481 Van Buren St

General construction permit

2025 Sep

Doors and windowsApt B3 class C · HPD violation

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Walls, floors and stairsApt B2 class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt B2 class C · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt B2 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt B2 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt B3 class B · HPD violation

Doors and windows class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt A3 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt A1 class C · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt A2 class C · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt B3 class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt B3 class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt B3 class C · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt B3 class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed · HPD violation

Sidewalk shed and scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-21 · See the shed permits at DOB →

What this counts

Sidewalk shed permits (DOB NOW and BIS). Permitted since a date means permitted, not necessarily up continuously

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 12 complaints, 2025 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

2025 Dec

Heat or hot waterApt C2 complaint

2025 Nov

Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt A3 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt A3 complaint

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Heat or hot waterApt B2 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt B2 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt C4 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt A3 complaint

2024 Oct

Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt C3 class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt C3 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt A3 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt B4 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt D1 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt B3 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt B3 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt B1 complaint

2019 Nov

2018 Apr

2017 Feb

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

2013 Mar

2009 Dec

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

2009 Jan

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

1994 Jul

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Mar 2024, 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

1 heat or hot water complaint

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)

Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2025) · 4 complaints, 2025

What has happened here

2026 Apr

PlumbingApt B3 class A · HPD violation

2025 May

PlumbingApt B2 complaint

LeaksApt B2 class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt B2 complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt B2 complaint

Show 13 more

LeaksApt C4 complaint

LeaksApt A3 class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt A2 class C · HPD violation

PlumbingApt A2 class C · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt B3 class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt B3 class C · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt B3 complaint

PlumbingApt B3 complaint

Leaks class C · closed · HPD violation

Plumbing class C · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt C2 complaint

PlumbingApt B3 complaint

1992 Sep

Water service lineWhole tax lot

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

4 complaints, 2025

What has happened here

Unsanitary conditions complaint

Unsanitary conditions complaint

PestsApt B2 complaint

Unsanitary conditionsApt B4 complaint

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Unsanitary conditions complaint

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

What has happened here

2024 Dec

Show 2 more

Electrical

Issues on record (2025) · 2 complaints, 2025

What has happened here

ElectricalApt B3 class B · HPD violation

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

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

196 open: 195 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (70), doors and windows (22), leaks (20), other conditions (17); 45 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. Also 29 older records from 2005–2008 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 538 violations on record in all, 2005–2025 — the 265 most recent are listed here

PlumbingApt B3 class A

Doors and windowsApt B3 class C

Fire safety class C

Heat or hot water class C

Heat or hot waterApt A3 class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt B2 class A

Doors and windowsApt B2 class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt B2 class B

Show 42 more

Smoke or CO detectorsApt B2 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt B2 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt B2 class B

LeaksApt B2 class B

ElectricalApt B3 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt B3 class B

Other conditionsApt B3 class B

Doors and windows class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt A3 class B

LeaksApt A3 class B

Other conditionsApt A2 class B

LeaksApt A2 class C

Heat or hot water class C

Heat or hot waterApt C3 class C

Fire safety class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt A1 class C · closed

PlumbingApt A2 class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt A2 class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt B3 class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt B3 class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt B3 class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt B3 class C · closed

PlumbingApt B3 class B · closed

PlumbingApt B3 class C · closed

Other conditionsApt B3 class B · closed

Leaks class C · closed

Other conditions class C · closed

Other conditions class C · closed

Plumbing class C · closed

and 175 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

19 open: 8 about building conditions, 9 about filings or paperwork, 2 older than 10 years

2025 Nov

Low Pressure Boiler

2025 Sep

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

Show 11 more

2009 Dec

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

2009 Jan

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

1994 Jul

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

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

12 heat or hot water, 4 doors or windows, 3 general repairs, 3 leaks, 3 plumbing, 2 electrical, 2 floors or stairs, 2 pests, 2 safety, 2 unsanitary conditions

2025 Dec

Heat or hot waterApt C2

Unsanitary conditions

Doors or windows, electrical, pestsApt B3

Heat or hot waterApt A3

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Floors or stairs, general repairs, plumbing, leaksApt B2

LeaksApt C4

Unsanitary conditions

Safety

Heat or hot waterApt B2

Heat or hot waterApt B2

Electrical, floors or stairs, general repairsApt B3

Doors or windows, general repairs

Heat or hot waterApt C4

Heat or hot waterApt A3

PestsApt B2

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, pestsApt B3

Heat or hot waterApt C3

Doors or windowsApt A3

Heat or hot waterApt A3

Heat or hot water, unsanitary conditionsApt B4

Heat or hot waterApt D1

Heat or hot waterApt D1

Doors or windows, unsanitary conditions

Doors or windows

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, pestsApt B3

Doors or windowsApt B3

Doors or windowsApt A3

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt A3

Heat or hot waterApt B3

Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt B3

Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt B3

Heat or hot waterApt B3

PlumbingApt C2

Paint or plasterApt B3

Heat or hot waterApt B1

Paint or plaster, plumbingApt B3

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

5 permits since 1990

2026 Apr

General construction permit

Structural permit

Mechanical systems permit

1992 Sep

Aeu-Haz Aeuhaz DOB violation

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 Jul

2026 Jul

Aeu-Haz Aeuhaz DOB violation

2026 Jul

Aeu-Haz Aeuhaz DOB violation

Structural permit

Mechanical systems permit

Doors or windowsApt B3 complaint

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Safety complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt B2 class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt B2 class B · HPD violation

Floors or stairs, general repairsApt B2 complaint

Safety complaint

Other conditionsApt B3 class B · HPD violation

Floors or stairs, general repairsApt B3 complaint

Doors or windows, general repairs complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt A3 class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt A2 class B · HPD violation

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairsApt B3 complaint

Doors or windowsApt A3 complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairsApt B3 complaint

Doors or windowsApt B3 complaint

Doors or windowsApt A3 complaint

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt A3 complaint

Other conditionsApt B3 class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt B3 complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt B3 complaint

Other conditions class C · closed · HPD violation

Other conditions class C · closed · HPD violation

Paint or plasterApt B3 complaint