Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

397 Kingston Ave

built 1924 · 4 stories · 37 apartments
Also known as 399 Kingston Ave, 399 Kingston Ave, 401 Kingston Ave, 403 Kingston Ave, 409 Kingston Ave, 679 Montgomery St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: RACHAMIM ASSOCIATES LLC; RACHAMIM ASSOCIATES L

Apartments named in these records

8 of this building’s 37 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2021) · 22 complaints, 2024–2026 · 12 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 4 oil (Rockmills MP-70), registration current since Nov 2024

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-21 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jan 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

9 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Electrical

4 complaints, 2025 · 2 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 2026-10-21
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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30
What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

Gas

  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 23 (2024 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

20 open: 16 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (4), other conditions (3), pests (3), leaks (2); 6 immediately hazardous (class C), 4 about paperwork or notices. Also 4 older records from 1987–2015 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 326 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 60 most recent are listed here

2026 Oct
Other conditionsApt 4K class B
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4K class B
2026 Oct
LeaksApt 4K class B
2026 May
Fire safety class B · closed
2026 Feb
PestsApt 4H class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4H class C · closed
2025 Dec
LeaksApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Dec
Other conditionsApt 4H class B · closed
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2025 Dec
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2025 Nov
Gas class C · closed
2025 Nov
PestsApt 4H class C · closed
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4H class C · closed
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Oct
PestsApt 4H class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4H class A · closed
2025 Oct
MoldApt 4H class C · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 Sep
MoldApt 4H class B
2025 Sep
PestsApt 4H class C
2025 Sep
PestsApt 4H class C
2025 Sep
Fire safetyApt 4H class C
2025 Sep
Pests class C
2025 Sep
Other conditionsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Sep
Other conditionsApt 4H class A · closed
2025 Sep
LeaksApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Sep
LeaksApt 4H class A · closed
2025 Sep
PlumbingApt 4H class A · closed
2025 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Feb
Other conditions class B
2025 Jan
Other conditions class B
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2022 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 4G class B · paperwork
2022 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 4H class B · paperwork
2021 Dec
LeaksApt 2E class C
2021 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2E class C
2021 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2B class C · paperwork
2021 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2B class C · paperwork
2020 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A
2017 Mar
Doors and windows class B
2017 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2015 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
2015 Jun
Other conditions class B · never closed
2003 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · never closed
1987 Jun
Heat or hot water class A · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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 2026-10-21 · 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 history

6 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-21 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

Nothing on record

ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

24 datasets

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

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
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