Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

421 Troy Ave

built 1931 · 6 stories · 43 apartments
Also known as 757 Empire Blvd — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 757 EMPIRE REALTY INC

Apartments named in these records

13 of this building’s 43 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2025) · 61 complaints, 2024–2026 · 7 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
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2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6F complaint
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2025 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Mar
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2025 Mar
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2025 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2025 Feb
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2025 Feb
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2025 Feb
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2025 Feb
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2025 Feb
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4D complaint
2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5B complaint
2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5B complaint
2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint
2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4F complaint
2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3D complaint
2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3D complaint
2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2024 Nov
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2024 Apr
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2024 Apr
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2024 Apr
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2024 Mar
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2024 Mar
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2024 Mar
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2024 Mar
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2024 Feb
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2024 Feb
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2024 Jan
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2023 Dec
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2023 Nov
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1996 Jul
Fuel burning permit
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-70), registration current since Mar 2026

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 Jul 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 (2025) · 2 complaints, 2025

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 3 complaints, 2024–2025

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2025
What has happened here
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 6D class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6D class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
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2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class B · closed · HPD violation
2020 Jun
General construction permit
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

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

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Elevators

No issues on record
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Sep 2025

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-21 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 64 (2023 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

58 open: 58 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (18), doors and windows (10), heat or hot water (6), leaks (6); 13 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 2 older records from 2013–2015 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025 were closed. 234 violations on record in all, 2012–2025 — the 159 most recent are listed here

2025 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 6D class C · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 6D class C · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6D class B · closed
2025 Oct
PlumbingApt 6D class B · closed
2025 Oct
MoldApt 6D class A · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D class C · closed
2025 Oct
MoldApt 3A class B
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2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 3A class C
2025 Oct
PestsApt 3A class C
2025 Oct
PestsApt 3A class C
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
LeaksApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
LeaksApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
LeaksApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
LeaksApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class A · closed
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 3A class B · closed
2025 Oct
PlumbingApt 3A class B · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 3A class B · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water class C
and 10 more at the source
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

2 open: 2 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

Resident complaints to the city

61 heat or hot water, 2 paint or plaster, 2 pests, 2 plumbing, 1 appliances, 1 doors or windows, 1 floors or stairs, 1 general repairs, 1 leaks, 1 mold

2026 Oct
General repairsApt 3B
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6F
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D
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2025 Oct
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, leaksApt 3A
2025 Aug
Plumbing, moldApt BASEME
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
PestsApt 4F
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
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2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4D
2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5B
2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5B
2025 Jan
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2025 Jan
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Doors or windows, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, pestsApt 4F
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
AppliancesApt 3D
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2024 Dec
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2024 Dec
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
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2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2024 Nov
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2024 Apr
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2024 Apr
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2024 Apr
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2024 Mar
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2024 Mar
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2024 Mar
Paint or plasterApt B
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
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2024 Feb
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2024 Feb
Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 6D
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water
2024 Feb
Floors or stairs, plumbing, pestsApt 5D
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt BASEME
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints received in the last 2 years; the list below is every complaint on record for the last three years

Permit history

3 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

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

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.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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