686 Academy St

Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 55 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 55 complaint

2026 Apr

Heat or hot waterApt 35 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2 complaint

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2024 Oct

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

1996 Dec

Fuel storage permit, Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Rockmills MP-50), registration current since Jan 2024

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jul 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 1996

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 2026-10-19 · 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 · 9 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

What has happened here

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PlumbingApt 35 complaint

PlumbingApt 2 class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 2 class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2 class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 31 complaint

PlumbingApt 31 complaint

PlumbingApt 5 complaint

2025 Feb

Unsanitary conditionsApt 3 complaint

Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 18 complaints, 2024–2026 · 11 in the past year

What has happened here

2026 Oct

PestsApt 34 complaint

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PestsApt 2 class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2 class C · HPD violation

2026 Mar

2026 Feb

PestsApt 35 complaint

2025 Jul

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jun

MoldApt 31 complaint

Mold, pestsApt 2 complaint

PestsApt 2 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 2 class C · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 2 complaint

PestsApt 41 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 41 class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

5 resolved since 2024

What has happened here

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

2025 Oct

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year

What has happened here

Electrical class B · HPD violation

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ElectricalApt 2 class A · closed · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2 class B · closed · HPD violation

Flooding

No issues on record

FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19

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

Above grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

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

Gas

What has happened here

GasApt 2 class B · HPD violation

GasApt 2 class C · HPD violation

GasApt 2 class C · HPD violation

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

64 open: 64 about building conditions — electrical (11), walls, floors and stairs (8), other conditions (6), pests (6); 21 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 1 older record from 2006 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 554 violations on record in all, 1998–2026 — the 95 most recent are listed here

Other conditions class A

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B

Other conditionsApt 2 class B

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GasApt 2 class B

Electrical class B

Heat or hot water class C

Doors and windowsApt 34 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 34 class A

Doors and windowsApt 34 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 34 class A

GasApt 2 class C

Heat or hot waterApt 55 class C · closed

Other conditions class A

Fire safety class B · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

2026 Apr

Doors and windows class B · closed

2025 Oct

Fire safety class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2 class A · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2 class A · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2 class B · closed

PlumbingApt 2 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class A · closed

ElectricalApt 2 class A · closed

PlumbingApt 2 class B · closed

LeaksApt 2 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class A · closed

Other conditionsApt 2 class B · closed

ElectricalApt 2 class B · closed

2025 Jun

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

PestsApt 2 class C · closed

PestsApt 2 class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class A · closed

PestsApt 41 class C · closed

PestsApt 41 class C · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

2024 Mar

Doors and windowsApt 2 class B · closed

and 15 more at the source

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

DOB violations

1 open: 1 about filings or paperwork

2024 Oct

BE-EXT-LP Boiler

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

11 doors or windows, 11 plumbing, 11 unsanitary conditions, 10 general repairs, 9 electrical, 6 paint or plaster, 5 appliances, 5 floors or stairs, 5 pests, 4 heat or hot water, 3 mold, 3 safety

2026 Oct

Doors or windows, general repairs, unsanitary conditionsApt 3

Electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, plumbing, pestsApt 2

General repairsApt 2

General repairs, pestsApt 2

Unsanitary conditionsApt 2

AppliancesApt 2

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Doors or windows, electrical, general repairs, plumbing, unsanitary conditionsApt 2

Heat or hot water, safetyApt 55

Doors or windows

Unsanitary conditionsApt 2

Heat or hot waterApt 35

2026 Mar

2026 Feb

Doors or windows, unsanitary conditionsApt 2

Plumbing, pestsApt 35

AppliancesApt 35

Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, safetyApt 2

2025 Jul

Appliances, doors or windows, general repairs, unsanitary conditionsApt 2

Electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, unsanitary conditionsApt 2

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, plumbingApt 31

Paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 31

Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 5

Appliances, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 2

2025 Feb

PlumbingApt 2

Heat or hot water, paint or plasterApt 2

Appliances, electrical, pestsApt 2

Paint or plasterApt 3

2024 Mar

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, pestsApt 2

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 2

Doors or windows, electrical, general repairs, plumbing, pestsApt 2

Electrical, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 2

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

3 permits since 1990

1996 Dec

Fuel storage permit, Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

and 2 more at the source

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · 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, general repairsApt 3 complaint

Floors or stairs, general repairsApt 2 complaint

Other conditions class A · HPD violation

General repairsApt 2 complaint

General repairsApt 2 complaint

General repairsApt 2 complaint

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Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 2 class B · HPD violation

Other conditions class A · HPD violation

AppliancesApt 2 complaint

Doors or windows, general repairsApt 2 complaint

SafetyApt 55 complaint

Doors or windows complaint

Doors or windows complaint

Doors or windows complaint

Doors or windowsApt 2 complaint

AppliancesApt 35 complaint

Other conditionsApt 2 class B · closed · HPD violation

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, safetyApt 2 complaint

2025 Jul

Appliances, doors or windows, general repairsApt 2 complaint

Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2 complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairsApt 31 complaint

Paint or plasterApt 31 complaint

Appliances, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2 complaint

Paint or plasterApt 2 complaint

Paint or plasterApt 3 complaint

Safety complaint

AppliancesApt 2 complaint

2024 Mar

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2 complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2 complaint

Doors or windows, general repairsApt 2 complaint