# 553 Howard Ave, Brooklyn What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn > These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. ## In one line 251 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and heat or hot water and fire safety and doors and windows and leaks and electrical and walls, floors and stairs and mold and plumbing and structure and facade and lead-based paint and gas (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) ## The building - **Year built:** 1910 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) - **Stories:** 4 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) - **Homes:** 12 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) ## Worth knowing - 251 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and heat or hot water and fire safety and doors and windows and leaks and electrical and walls, floors and stairs and mold and plumbing and structure and facade and lead-based paint and gas - 1 hazardous (class 1) building code violation from 2024 is still open - 18 heat or hot water complaints filed with the city last winter - 636 open HPD violations about building conditions ## Clean in the records - Water service line on record as non-lead (field inspection) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) ## Building systems - **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Oct 2023, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19) - **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-19) - **Water service line:** Non-Lead (field inspection) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) - **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) - **Basement:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## Violations and complaints - **HPD violations:** 657 open: 636 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (121), pests (119), doors and windows (62), heat or hot water (62); 251 immediately hazardous (class C), 21 about paperwork or notices. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 1,587 violations on record in all, 2007–2026 — the 768 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **DOB violations:** 10 open: 8 about building conditions, 1 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Heat and hot water complaints:** 18 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) - **Resident complaints to the city:** 41 heat or hot water, 25 pests, 22 doors or windows, 19 appliances, 17 general repairs, 16 plumbing, 10 leaks, 9 electrical, 9 mold, 9 unsanitary conditions, 8 floors or stairs, 8 paint or plaster, 1 safety (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) ## More systems - **Rent stabilization:** 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) - **Heat source:** No boiler registration or district steam on record (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20) - **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 1994 (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19) - **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19) - **Gas piping:** No open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Energy:** Not required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25) ## Permits and work - **Permit history:** 4 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No sidewalk shed permits on record (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## By apartment 12 of 12 apartments named in a city record: - Apt 1: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/1 - Apt 2: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/2 - Apt 3: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/3 - Apt 4: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/4 - Apt 5: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/5 - Apt 6: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/6 - Apt 7: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/7 - Apt 9: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/9 - Apt 10: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/10 - Apt 11: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/11 - Apt 12: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/12 - Apt 33: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/unit/33 ## Registered with the city - 553 HOWARD LLC (Agent, Registration Contacts) - 553 HOWARD LLC (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts) - 553 HOWARD AVE HOUSING (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data)) ## More - Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn/records - The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/553-howard-avenue-brooklyn - Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp - Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=553-howard-avenue-brooklyn - How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt