Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

505 Willoughby Ave

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built 1901 · 3 stories · 4 apartments · BIN 3048779 · BBL 3017580057

Checked in city records
Checked in city records: non-lead water line, outside FEMA flood zones and stormwater maps, no open housing-condition violations
Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, Housing Maintenance Code Violations, Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30
Also on record
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

Willoughby BSD, LLC

Checked in city records
Checked in city records: non-lead water line, outside FEMA flood zones and stormwater maps, no open housing-condition violations
Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, Housing Maintenance Code Violations, Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30

How often each problem is 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 1 10Apt 2 4Apt 3 2

3 of this building’s 4 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

Older records on file
What has happened here
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
1998 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · never closed · HPD violation
1998 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · never closed · HPD violation
  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler inspection filingsnot requiredNot required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

No issues on record
What has happened here
2023 Aug
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Older records on file
What has happened here
2024 Sep
Unsanitary conditions complaint
2024 Aug
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2024 Apr
Unsanitary conditions complaint

Fire and safety

Older records on file
What has happened here
2025 Mar
Fire safety class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Mar
Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation
2023 Dec
Sprinklers permit
1998 May
Fire safetyApt 1 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Jul
Fire safetyApt 3 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Jul
Fire safetyApt 2 class B · never closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2024
What has happened here
2024 Aug
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2023 Aug
General construction permit
1998 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class A · never closed · HPD violation
1998 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1998 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1998 May
Doors and windowsApt 1 class A · never closed · HPD violation
Show 4 more
1998 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class C · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B · never closed · HPD violation
Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the Willoughby-Hart Historic District

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits 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 2026-10-20
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

Above grade

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

General condition and all records

DOB violations

1 open: 1 about building conditions

2024 Aug
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

5 permits since 1990

2023 Dec
Sprinklers permit
2023 Oct
Mechanical systems permit
2023 Oct
Structural permit
2023 Aug
Plumbing permit
2023 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · 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
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Mechanical systems permit
2023 Oct
Structural permit
1998 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1998 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1 class B · never closed · HPD violation
Show 3 more
1989 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Jul
Other conditions class B · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Jul
Other conditions class B · never closed · HPD violation
  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 18 older records from 1989–1998 never closed. 8 further violations from 2023–2025 were closed. 78 violations on record in all, 1989–2025 — the 26 most recent are listed here
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints. None in the last 2 years, but 2 earlier complaints on record from 2024

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building
Rent and tenancyNot applicable
  • Rent stabilizationnot requiredNot on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

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.