Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

517 3 Ave

built 1931 · 4 stories · 8 apartments
Registered with the city: 517 REALTY LLC

Apartments named in these records

6 of this building’s 8 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 (2023) · 1 complaint, 2024
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Peerless 64 - 07 (NEW)), registration expired since Dec 2012

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Dec 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2008 (2 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

1 resolved in 2023
Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Older records on file

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2025
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Oct 2023, last expired Sep 2024
  • 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 2026-10-20
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

Below grade

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

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilizationWhole tax lot

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations); listed for this tax lot (1 addresses), not under this building's address

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

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

9 open: 7 about building conditions — fire safety (5), smoke or CO detectors (1), walls, floors and stairs (1); 3 immediately hazardous (class C), 2 about paperwork or notices. Also 11 older records from 1987–2011 never closed. 16 further violations from 2023–2025 were closed. 127 violations on record in all, 1987–2026 — the 36 most recent are listed here

2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork
2025 Feb
Fire safety class B
2025 Feb
Fire safety class C
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B
2025 Feb
Fire safetyApt 4R class C
2025 Feb
Fire safetyApt 3R class C
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
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2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2023 Oct
MoldApt 1R class B · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2023 Oct
Fire safetyApt 1R class C · closed
2023 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed
2023 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed
2023 Oct
PestsApt 1R class C · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R class B · closed
2023 Oct
MoldApt 1R class A · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R class B · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R class B · closed
2023 Oct
LeaksApt 1R class B · closed
2023 Oct
MoldApt 1R class A · closed
2018 Jul
Fire safety class B
2018 Jul
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2011 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B · never closed
2007 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 2L class A · never closed
2007 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 1R class A · never closed
2007 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 2L class A · never closed
2007 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 3R class A · never closed
2006 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 3R class A · never closed
2006 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3R class B · never closed
1998 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
1997 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 1L class A · never closed
1997 Jun
Fire safety class B · never closed
1987 Mar
Other conditions class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

Resident complaints to the city

1 heat or hot water

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · 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 2026-10-19 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

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

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 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.
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