Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

480 Lefferts Ave

built 1939 · 6 stories · 48 apartments
Also known as 497 Brooklyn Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: Plaza Management Co Inc · 4 other buildings here list it; EIGES BROS, LLC; EIGES BROS. LLC
Last sold Jul 2026 for $4,825,000 · NYC Department of Finance

Apartments named in these records

8 of this building’s 48 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
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Feb 2021, last expired Dec 2021
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Flooding

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: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); 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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 14 complaints, 2024–2026 · 7 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Rockmills MP-80), registration current since Jul 2025

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 Apr 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

7 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

6 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

3 complaints, 2026

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Electrical

1 complaint, 2026

Elevators

No issues on record
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Mar 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-20 · 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 40 (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

2 open: 2 about building conditions — fire safety (1), walls, floors and stairs (1). Also 3 older records from 2011 never closed. 18 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 32 violations on record in all, 2011–2026 — the 23 most recent are listed here

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

Permit history

3 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-20 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

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

SalesWhole tax lot

Last sold Jul 2026 for $4,825,000

NYC Citywide Annualized Calendar Sales, as of 2026-06-09
What this counts

Department of Finance sales files, 2016 on

  • DOB violationsfound0 open

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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