542 Gates Ave

Fire safetyApt 1D class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 1B class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 1B class C · closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4D class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed · HPD violation

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Doors and windowsApt 1B class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class A · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class C · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class A · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation

2016 Jul

General construction permit

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 9 complaints, 2025–2026 · 8 in the past year

What has happened here

Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint

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Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4D complaint

2025 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 4D complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation

2024 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint

2023 Nov

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

1993 Aug

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain LGB-7S), registration expired since Apr 2024

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 Jan 2026, 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

Heat and hot water complaints

9 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)

Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2024–2026 · 5 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 1C class A · HPD violation

LeaksApt 3D complaint

LeaksApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Plumbing, leaksApt 3A complaint

PlumbingApt 2A complaint

2026 Mar

LeaksApt 1A class C · HPD violation

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2025 Dec

2024 Jul

LeaksApt 1D complaint

2024 Mar

Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 9 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year

Electrical

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2026

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 3D complaint

2024 Jul

ElectricalApt 1D complaint

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). Listed under the J-51 tax program, so stabilization can end when the exemption does

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

42 open: 42 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (15), mold (7), pests (5), electrical (4); 8 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 357 violations on record in all, 1977–2026 — the 102 most recent are listed here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B

Doors and windowsApt 4D class B

PestsApt 3D class C

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B

LeaksApt 1C class A

Other conditions class A

Other conditionsApt 1B class B

Other conditionsApt 1B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class A

Doors and windowsApt 1B class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A

PestsApt 2A class C

LeaksApt 2A class B · closed

Fire safetyApt 1D class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class A · closed

Pests class C

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class B

Other conditionsApt 1B class B · closed

Fire safetyApt 1B class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A

Other conditionsApt 4D class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class C

LeaksApt 1A class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class A · closed

2025 Dec

2025 Dec

Fire safetyApt 1B class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1A class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 1A class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · 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

DOB violations

1 open: 1 about filings or paperwork

1993 Aug

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

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

Resident complaints to the city

9 heat or hot water, 7 paint or plaster, 6 general repairs, 5 appliances, 5 leaks, 5 mold, 4 pests, 3 floors or stairs, 2 plumbing, 1 doors or windows, 1 electrical

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 1B

Electrical, leaksApt 3D