Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

500 53 St

built 1927 · 4 stories · 6 apartments
Also known as 5301 5 Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: KWOK &SHAO REALTY INc; KWOK & SHAO REALTY INC

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Oct
Latest accepted inspection Oct 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Jan
PestsApt 4F class C · closed
2024 Dec
Floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 4F
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3F class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 3F class C · closed
2023 Dec
Other conditions class B · closed
2023 Dec
LeaksApt 3F class B · closed
2023 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2023 Nov
Other conditions class B · closed
2022 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 4F class C · paperwork
2022 Nov
MoldApt 4E class A
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A
2022 Apr
Other conditionsApt 2F class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class C
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class C
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class C
2022 Apr
Fire safetyApt 2F class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class B
2022 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2F class B
2022 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2F class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class C
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class C
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class B
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class A
2022 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class C
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2006 Dec
Latest boiler work permit 2006
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2006 Dec
Plumbing permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1998 Dec
Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit
1996 Apr
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Us Radiator US RADIATOR), registration expired since Apr 1996
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
1927
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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