Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

526 Lafayette Ave

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built 1931 · 4 stories · 20 apartments · BIN 3049873 · BBL 3017880021

Worth knowing
1 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violation about heat or hot water
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19
Worth knowing
Also on record
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

LAFAYETTE RESIDENCES I, LLC, LAFAYETTE RESIDENCES I LLC

Heat or hot water: 4 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Feb 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 21, 2024
2025Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Nov 13, 2025Heat or hot water · Dec 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Dec 9, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Feb 2, 2026Feb 7, 2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Also 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

8 of this building’s 20 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
Sidewalk shed and scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · 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 · 4 complaints, 2025–2026
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Rockmills MP-30), registration current since Aug 2026

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 Jun 2026, defects reported: yes

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 1994

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 complaints

4 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

1 complaint, 2026
Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record, most recently 2023

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 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

9 open: 7 about building conditions — mold (4), heat or hot water (1), pests (1), walls, floors and stairs (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C), 2 about paperwork or notices. Also 3 older records from 2005–2012 never closed. 10 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 124 violations on record in all, 1991–2026 — the 22 most recent are listed here

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

Permit history

8 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

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

Sources

23 datasets

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.