Building health · BROOKLYN, NY
built 1905 · 4 stories · 8 apartments
Registered with the city: 537 56TH STREET INC; 537 56 STREET 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 May
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Mar
Latest accepted inspection Mar 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2023 Nov
Fire safety class C
2023 Nov
Fire safety class C
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2018 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler
DOB Violations
2015 Nov
PestsApt 6 class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2015 Nov
PestsApt 6 class B · never closed
2015 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6 class B · never closed
2015 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6 class A · never closed
2015 Nov
Fire safetyApt 6 class B · never closed
2015 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6 class B · never closed
2015 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6 class B · never closed
2015 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6 class B · never closed
2013 Dec
Electrical class B · never closed
2007 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 5 class C · never closed
2007 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 5 class C · never closed
2007 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 5 class C · never closed
2007 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 5 class C · never closed
2007 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 5 class C · never closed
2007 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 5 class C · never closed
2007 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 5 class C · never closed
2007 Sep
Fire safetyApt 5 class B · never closed
2007 Sep
Electrical class B · never closed
2007 Sep
Doors and windows class B · never closed
2007 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · never closed
2007 Sep
PestsApt 5 class B · never closed
2007 Sep
PestsApt 5 class B · never closed
2007 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class A · never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
1905
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
Dates are the city's record dates, shown to the month.
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