Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

57 Jay St

built 1896 · 6 stories · 23 apartments
Also known as 178 Water St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 57 JAY MANAGER LLC; 57 JAY OWNER LLC

Apartments named in these records

19 of this building’s 23 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record
Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the DUMBO Historic District

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Oct 2021, last expired Apr 2025

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 24 complaints, 2024–2026 · 5 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D class C · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5D complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
Show 31 more
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D class B · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D class B · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 5D complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · HPD violation
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 6C complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6C complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6C complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6C complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Oct 2023, 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

5 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)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 23 complaints, 2024–2026 · 8 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 8 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

Electrical

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2024–2025 · 1 in the past year

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

Elevators

Issues on record, most recently 2025
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Jan 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

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)

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

44 open: 43 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (11), heat or hot water (9), fire safety (5), electrical (4); 15 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 304 violations on record in all, 2018–2026 — the 88 most recent are listed here

2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Jun
Other conditions class B
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Dec
Other conditions class A · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 6D class C
2025 Oct
ElectricalApt 6D class B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D class C
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6D class A
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2025 Oct
LeaksApt 6D class B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D class B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D class B
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B
2025 Oct
ElectricalApt 6D class B
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 6D class B
2025 Oct
ElectricalApt 6D class B
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class C
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1C class B
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1C class B
2025 Oct
ElectricalApt 1C class B
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6D class A
2025 Sep
LeaksApt 6D class B
2025 Sep
Fire safetyApt 6D class C
2025 Sep
Pests class C
2025 Sep
Other conditions class C · closed
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6D class B · closed
2025 May
LeaksApt 6D class B · closed
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6D class B · closed
2025 May
LeaksApt 6D class B · closed
2025 May
Fire safetyApt 6D class C · closed
2025 May
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 May
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class A · closed
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B · closed
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B · closed
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B · closed
2024 Dec
ElectricalApt 1C class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B · closed
2024 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 1C class B · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safetyApt 1C class C · closed
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · closed
2024 Jun
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2024 Apr
LeaksApt 6B class C · closed
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · 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

Resident complaints to the city

24 heat or hot water, 18 plumbing, 12 safety, 10 doors or windows, 7 leaks, 6 electrical, 6 floors or stairs, 6 unsanitary conditions, 2 general repairs, 2 paint or plaster, 2 pests, 1 appliances, 1 outside the building

2026 Oct
Doors or windows, safetyApt 3A
2026 Oct
Unsanitary conditions
2026 Oct
Appliances, heat or hot water, plumbing, safetyApt 3B
2026 Aug
Safety
2026 Jul
Leaks
2026 Jun
Floors or stairs
2026 May
Leaks
2025 Dec
Floors or stairs, pestsApt 6D
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2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 6D
2025 Nov
LeaksApt 1A
2025 Nov
PlumbingApt 5D
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5D
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
PlumbingApt 4A
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6D
2025 Oct
Floors or stairs, pestsApt 6D
2025 Oct
Electrical, plumbing, safetyApt 6D
2025 Oct
PlumbingApt 4A
2025 Oct
PlumbingApt 6D
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water, leaksApt 6D
2025 Oct
PlumbingApt D
2025 Oct
Doors or windows, electrical, plumbingApt 6D
2025 Oct
Electrical, safetyApt 1C
2025 Oct
Plumbing, safetyApt 5C
2025 Oct
Doors or windows, floors or stairs
2025 Sep
Plumbing, leaksApt 6D
2025 Sep
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Sep
LeaksApt 6D
2025 Sep
PlumbingApt 6D
2025 Sep
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Sep
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Sep
PlumbingApt 4B
2025 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 6C
2025 Sep
General repairsApt 6C
2025 Sep
LeaksApt 6C
2025 Jun
Doors or windows, outside the building
2025 May
Unsanitary conditionsApt 3D
2025 May
Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 6D
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 5D
2025 May
Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 4R
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 May
Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 4C
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 2D
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
PlumbingApt 6C
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 6C
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 6A
2025 Feb
General repairs, unsanitary conditions
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6C
2025 Jan
Safety
2025 Jan
PlumbingApt 6D
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6D
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6D
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6C
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6C
2024 Dec
ElectricalApt 1C
2024 Dec
Electrical, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plasterApt 1C
2024 Dec
Electrical, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plasterApt 1C
2024 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 4A
2024 Oct
Doors or windows, plumbingApt 1C
2024 Oct
Plumbing, safety
2024 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 6D
2024 Jun
PestsApt 4B
2024 Jun
PestsApt 5B
2024 Jun
Unsanitary conditionsApt 4B
2024 May
PestsApt BASEME
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
2024 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 6D
2024 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 6B
2024 Mar
SafetyApt 5C
2024 Mar
Outside the building, safety
2024 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 4A
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 6D
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

14 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

Everything else on record
2026 Oct
Doors or windows, safetyApt 3A complaint
2026 Oct
Appliances, safetyApt 3B complaint
2026 Sep
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation
2026 Sep
EN-LL97321 GHG Emissions - LL97 DOB violation
2026 Aug
Safety complaint
2026 Jun
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation
Show 47 more
2026 Jun
Other conditions class B · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Floors or stairs complaint
2026 Mar
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation
2025 Dec
Other conditions class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
EN-LL97321 GHG Emissions - LL97 DOB violation
2025 Dec
Floors or stairsApt 6D complaint
2025 Dec
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation
2025 Oct
Floors or stairsApt 6D complaint
2025 Oct
SafetyApt 6D complaint
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Other conditions class B · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1C class B · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1C class B · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 6D complaint
2025 Oct
SafetyApt 1C complaint
2025 Oct
SafetyApt 5C complaint
2025 Oct
Doors or windows, floors or stairs complaint
2025 Sep
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation
2025 Sep
Other conditions class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 6C complaint
2025 Sep
General repairsApt 6C complaint
2025 Jul
Landmark DOB violation
2025 Jun
Doors or windows, outside the building complaint
2025 May
Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 May
Doors or windowsApt 6D complaint
2025 May
Doors or windowsApt 4R complaint
2025 May
Doors or windowsApt 4C complaint
2025 Feb
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation
2025 Feb
General repairs complaint
2025 Jan
Safety complaint
2024 Dec
Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 1C complaint
2024 Dec
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84 DOB violation
2024 Dec
Failure To Post Energy Grade/Score DOB violation
2024 Dec
Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 1C complaint
2024 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 4A complaint
2024 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 1C complaint
2024 Oct
Safety complaint
2024 Aug
Failure To Benchmark DOB violation
2024 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 6D complaint
2024 May
Failure To Benchmark DOB violation
2024 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 6D complaint
2024 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 6B complaint
2024 Mar
SafetyApt 5C complaint
2024 Mar
Outside the building, safety complaint
2024 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 4A complaint
2022 May
Structural permit
2022 Mar
Mechanical systems permit

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
Energyno record
  • Energyno recordNo energy score on record

Sources

23 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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