Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

552 St Marks Ave

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Also known as 656 Franklin Ave — one building, several doors.

built 1931 · 4 stories · 9 apartments · BIN 3028671 · BBL 3011560051

Worth knowing
City records list the water service line as lead
Source: Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30
Worth knowing
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

MHR MANAGEMENT, INC, WFHA BROOKLYN LP, UHAB HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO N

Heat or hot water: 5 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Jan 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Jan 15, 2024Jan 19, 2024Heat or hot water · Jun 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jun 21, 2024
2025Heat or hot water · Jan 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Jan 24, 2025Jan 28, 2025Heat or hot water · Oct 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Oct 29, 2025Heat or hot water · Dec 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Dec 6, 2025
2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Apartments named in these records

4 of this building’s 9 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) · 4 complaints, 2025 · 2 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Peerless Sct 07 PEERLESS SCT 07), registration expired since Sep 1995

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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2022 (4 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 complaints

2 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

Issues on record, most recently 2022

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record, most recently 2021

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2022

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2022

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

  • 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

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

DOB violations

4 open: 1 about building conditions, 3 about filings or paperwork

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

4 heat or hot water, 1 appliances, 1 doors or windows, 1 floors or stairs

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

17 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.