Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

389 Madison St

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built 1931 · 3 stories · 4 apartments · BIN 3051523 · BBL 3018200062

Worth knowing
23 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about fire safety and heat or hot water and pests and leaks and walls, floors and stairs
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19
Worth knowing
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

ESOTERIC 615 LLC

Heat or hot water: 8 reports to the city since 2024
2024
2025Heat or hot water · May 2025 · 1 report (4 complaints)May 19, 2025May 21, 2025May 22, 2025May 23, 2025Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Nov 30, 2025Heat or hot water · Dec 2025 · 2 reports (2 complaints)Dec 15, 2025Dec 30, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Jan 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Jan 23, 2026Jan 25, 2026Heat or hot water · Apr 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Apr 2, 2026Heat or hot water · Aug 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Aug 15, 2026Heat or hot water · Sep 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Sep 24, 2026Sep 29, 2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Also reported

2024 – 2026

A filled month had a report to HPD; darker means more than one, and the past year is brightest. Tap one to read it. Complaints within a week count as one report. Records list complaints filed, not conditions found.

Apartments named in these records

2 of this building’s 4 apartments are named in a city record. The rest have no record naming them, which is the usual case.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 13 complaints, 2025–2026 · 9 in the past year
Heat and hot water complaints

6 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler inspection filingsnot requiredNot required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2025 · 1 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2025 · 1 in the past year

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Limited storm, today's sea levels: Not loaded (file format unreadable)

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps, as of 2024-07-03
What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

  • Basementno recordUnknown

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

89 open: 76 about building conditions — smoke or CO detectors (17), walls, floors and stairs (17), leaks (12), fire safety (9); 23 immediately hazardous (class C), 13 about paperwork or notices. Also 11 older records from 2000–2014 never closed. 14 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 121 violations on record in all, 2000–2026 — the 114 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2 class C
2026 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B
2026 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B
2026 Sep
Fire safetyApt 2 class C
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B
2026 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2 class C
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2026 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B
2026 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B
2026 Sep
Fire safetyApt 2 class C
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork
2026 Apr
MoldApt 2 class B
2026 Apr
MoldApt 2 class B
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2026 Apr
Doors and windows class B
2026 Apr
Leaks class A
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 2 class B
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 2 class B
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B
2026 Apr
PlumbingApt 2 class B
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 2 class C
2026 Apr
PestsApt 2 class C
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Apr
MoldApt 2 class A · closed
2026 Apr
MoldApt 2 class A · closed
2026 Apr
Other conditionsApt 2 class C · closed
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2 class C · closed
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class C · closed
2026 Jan
Other conditionsApt 2 class C · closed
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 2 class C · closed
2026 Jan
MoldApt 2 class A · closed
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 2 class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 2 class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 2 class C · closed
and 61 more at the source
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →
What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

DOB violations

1 open: 1 about filings or paperwork

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at DOB →
What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

  • Permit historyno record0 permits since 1990

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building
Rent and tenancyNot applicable
  • Rent stabilizationnot requiredNot on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments

Sources

23 datasets

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.