Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

397 Kingston Ave

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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.

built 1924 · 4 stories · 37 apartments · BIN 3034310 · BBL 3013000001

Worth knowing
6 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and fire safety and heat or hot water and leaks
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-21
Worth knowing
Also on record
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

RACHAMIM ASSOCIATES LLC, RACHAMIM ASSOCIATES L

Heat or hot water: 11 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Nov 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Nov 25, 2024Nov 26, 2024
2025Heat or hot water · Jan 2025 · 2 reports (7 complaints)Jan 7, 2025Jan 8, 2025Jan 11, 2025Jan 12, 2025Jan 22, 2025Jan 23, 2025Jan 23, 2025 (2nd)Heat or hot water · Feb 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 21, 2025Heat or hot water · Oct 2025 · 1 report (3 complaints)Oct 21, 2025Oct 21, 2025 (2nd)Oct 23, 2025Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Nov 4, 2025Heat or hot water · Dec 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Dec 14, 2025Dec 15, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Jan 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Jan 25, 2026Feb 1, 2026Heat or hot water · May 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)May 1, 2026Heat or hot water · Oct 2026 · 2 reports (3 complaints)Oct 6, 2026Oct 18, 2026Oct 18, 2026 (2nd)
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

Apt 2B 2Apt 2E 2Apt 2F 1Apt 4F 2Apt 4G 2Apt 4H 39Apt 4K 3Apt 4L 1

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
What has happened here
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4K class B · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4H class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4H class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class B · HPD violation
2020 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A · HPD violation
2017 Mar
Doors and windows class B · HPD violation
Show 2 more
2017 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class B · HPD violation
2015 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed · HPD violation
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Jul 2021, last expired Mar 2025
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2021) · 22 complaints, 2024–2026 · 12 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4H complaint
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4H complaint
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4H class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4H complaint
Show 24 more
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4H complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4H complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4H class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4H complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4F complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4G complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2021 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2E class C · HPD violation
2009 Nov
Fuel storage permit, Fuel burning permit
2008 Mar
Heating/ventilation permit
2003 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · never closed · HPD violation
1996 Nov
Heating/ventilation permit
1987 Jun
Heat or hot water class A · never closed · HPD violation
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 2026-10-20 · 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
What has happened here
2026 Oct
LeaksApt 4K class B · HPD violation
2025 Dec
LeaksApt 4H class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
LeaksApt 4H class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
LeaksApt 4H class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
PlumbingApt 4H class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Plumbing complaint
Show 3 more
2021 Dec
LeaksApt 2E class C · HPD violation
2008 Nov
Plumbing permit
1996 Dec
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Aug
PestsApt 4H complaint
2026 Feb
PestsApt 4H class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Unsanitary conditionsApt 4H complaint
2025 Dec
Unsanitary conditions complaint
2025 Nov
PestsApt 4H class C · closed · HPD violation
Show 9 more
2025 Oct
PestsApt 4H class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
MoldApt 4H class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
MoldApt 4H class B · HPD violation
2025 Sep
PestsApt 4H class C · HPD violation
2025 Sep
PestsApt 4H class C · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Pests class C · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Unsanitary conditions complaint
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions complaint
2024 May
Unsanitary conditions complaint

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025
What has happened here
2026 May
Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4H class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Fire safetyApt 4H class C · HPD violation
2022 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 4G class B · paperwork · HPD violation
2022 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 4H class B · paperwork · HPD violation
2021 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2B class C · paperwork · HPD violation
Show 1 more
2021 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2B class C · paperwork · HPD violation

Electrical

4 complaints, 2025 · 2 in the past year
What has happened here
2025 Dec
ElectricalApt 4H complaint
2025 Nov
ElectricalApt 4H complaint
2025 Oct
ElectricalApt 4H complaint
2025 Jul
ElectricalApt 4H complaint

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

What has happened here
2025 Nov
Gas class C · closed · HPD violation
  • 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
Show 41 more
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

2026 Sep
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84
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

2009 Nov
Fuel storage permit, Fuel burning permit, Plumbing permit
2008 Mar
Heating/ventilation permit
1996 Dec
Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit
and 3 more at the source
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

Everything else on record
2026 Oct
Other conditionsApt 4K class B · HPD violation
2026 Sep
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation
2025 Dec
Other conditionsApt 4H class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
General repairsApt 4H complaint
2025 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 4H complaint
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation
Show 16 more
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4H class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4H class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Other conditionsApt 4H class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Other conditionsApt 4H class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4H class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jul
General repairs complaint
2025 Jul
General repairsApt 4H complaint
2025 Feb
Other conditions class B · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Other conditions class B · HPD violation
2024 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 4F complaint
2024 Nov
Doors or windows complaint
2024 May
Doors or windowsApt 4L complaint
2024 Apr
Safety complaint
2015 Jun
Other conditions class B · never closed · HPD violation
  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

Nothing on record

ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

24 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC DOF

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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