Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

684 Shepherd Ave

built 1930 · 2 stories · 4 apartments
Registered with the city: SHEPHERD 26 CORP.

Apartments named in these records

City records name 7 apartment labels, more than the 4 apartments the city lists for this building, so some are likely the same apartment written differently.

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

Heat and hot water

2 complaints, 2026
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)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler inspection filingsnot requiredNot required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year
Water service line

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2023

Electrical

Older records on file

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

  • Basementno recordUnknown

Gas

  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

General condition and all records

HPD violations

22 open: 20 about building conditions — pests (6), doors and windows (4), walls, floors and stairs (3), fire safety (2); 7 immediately hazardous (class C), 2 about paperwork or notices. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 153 violations on record in all, 2015–2026 — the 73 most recent are listed here

2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2026 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 2F class B
2026 Jan
PlumbingApt 2F class B
2026 Jan
PestsApt 2F class C
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 2F class B
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2026 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 2F class B
2026 Jan
PestsApt 2F class C
2026 Jan
Fire safetyApt 2F class C · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2F class A · closed
2024 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 2F class A · closed
2024 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 2F class A · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A · closed
2024 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 2F class A · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2F class C · paperwork · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2F class C · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2F class C · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2F class C · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2F class C · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 2F class C · closed
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2F class C · closed
2024 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 2F class C · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt F1 class B · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt F1 class B · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt F1 class B · closed
2024 Oct
PestsApt 2R class C
2024 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 2R class B · closed
2024 Sep
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2F class C · closed
2024 Sep
Electrical class B · closed
2024 Sep
Electrical class B · closed
2024 Sep
ElectricalApt 2R class B · closed
2024 Sep
Other conditions class B
2024 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 2R class B
2024 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 2R class B
2023 Dec
Fire safetyApt 1F class C
2023 Oct
PestsApt F1 class C
2023 Oct
PestsApt F1 class C
2023 Apr
Plumbing class B
2023 Apr
Gas class B
2022 Jul
Fire safetyApt 1B class B
2019 Jun
PestsApt 1B class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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 building conditions

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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 historyno record0 permits since 1990

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
Rent and tenancyNot applicable
  • Rent stabilizationnot requiredNot on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments

Sources

23 datasets

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