Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

547 Howard Ave

built 1910 · 4 stories · 16 apartments
Also known as 1688 Lincoln Pl — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: SHINDA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION · 185 other buildings here list it; CB CSH 2015 LLC · 29 other buildings here list it; LIVONIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY , INC · 22 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

10 of this building’s 16 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
  • 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 · 7 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Burnham IN-12), registration expired since Apr 2022

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-21 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Apr 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

4 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · 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 · 7 complaints, 2025–2026 · 6 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

Fire and safety

4 resolved since 2024

Electrical

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2026

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-21
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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

31 open: 31 about building conditions — mold (7), doors and windows (5), leaks (5), other conditions (4); 5 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 166 violations on record in all, 1999–2026 — the 65 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Doors and windows class C
2026 Sep
Other conditions class A
2026 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B
2026 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B
2026 Sep
ElectricalApt 2C class B
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class A
2026 Sep
PestsApt 4D class C
2026 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 4D class B
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2026 Sep
LeaksApt 4D class B
2026 Sep
MoldApt 4D class A
2026 Sep
LeaksApt 4D class B
2026 Sep
MoldApt 4D class B
2026 Aug
Other conditions class B
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2026 Aug
Doors and windows class B
2026 Aug
LeaksApt 4C class B
2026 Aug
Other conditionsApt 4C class B
2026 Aug
PlumbingApt 4C class B
2026 Jul
LeaksApt 1B class B
2026 Jul
LeaksApt 1B class B
2026 Jul
MoldApt 1B class A
2026 Jul
Other conditionsApt 1B class B
2026 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 1B class B
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 2A class A · closed
2026 Feb
MoldApt 1C class B
2026 Feb
PestsApt 1C class C
2025 Jul
Doors and windows class C · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · closed
2025 May
Doors and windows class C · closed
2025 May
Doors and windows class B · closed
2025 May
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class B · closed
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class B · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4C class C · closed
2024 Oct
Doors and windows class C · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4C class C · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4C class C · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class A · closed
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 4C class B · closed
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 4C class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class C · closed
2024 Oct
MoldApt 4C class A · closed
2024 Oct
MoldApt 4C class A · closed
2024 Sep
Doors and windows class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

3 open: 3 about filings or paperwork

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

9 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-21 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

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

  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

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

24 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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