Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

70 Sutter Ave

built 1930 · 4 stories · 20 apartments
Also known as 668 Howard Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: TRUMAN DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT LLC · 3 other buildings here list it; HOWARD AVENUE ASSOCIATES,LP · 3 other buildings here list it; HOWARD AVENUE ASSOCIATES · 5 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

9 of this building’s 20 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Flooding

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: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); 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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2025–2026 · 5 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2E complaint
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2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4A class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2005 Oct
Boiler permit
2002 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2001 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Lochinvar AWN-0400PM), registration current since Feb 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-21 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection May 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-20 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2005

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

4 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · 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 · 8 complaints, 2025–2026 · 7 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

1 complaint, 2026

Fire and safety

3 resolved since 2025

Electrical

1 complaint, 2026

Gas

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

Energy

EnergyWhole tax lot

ENERGY STAR score 47 (2024 report), reported for all of Howard 2 (3 buildings)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

7 open: 7 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (4), doors and windows (1), heat or hot water (1), leaks (1); 3 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 114 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 38 most recent are listed here

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

Permit history

5 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-20 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

Nothing on record

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list
  • Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

24 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.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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