# 709 Putnam Ave, Brooklyn

What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/709-putnam-avenue-brooklyn

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## In one line

64 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water and fire safety and leaks and walls, floors and stairs and gas and doors and windows and electrical and mold and pests and plumbing (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19)

## The building

- **Year built:** 1931 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)
- **Stories:** 3 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)
- **Homes:** 1 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)

## Worth knowing

- 64 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water and fire safety and leaks and walls, floors and stairs and gas and doors and windows and electrical and mold and pests and plumbing
- 10 hazardous (class 1) building code violations from 2020–2024 are still open
- 9 heat or hot water complaints filed with the city last winter
- 12 open major (class 2) building code violations from 2017–2025
- Sidewalk shed permitted since Nov 2022
- 304 open HPD violations about building conditions

## Clean in the records

- Water service line on record as non-lead (records) (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:** Not required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings (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 (records) (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:** Unknown (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## Violations and complaints

- **HPD violations:** 323 open: 304 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (86), smoke or CO detectors (40), fire safety (38), heat or hot water (27); 64 immediately hazardous (class C), 19 about paperwork or notices. Also 40 older records from 1983–2016 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 578 violations on record in all, 1983–2026 — the 403 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19)
- **DOB violations:** 59 open: 32 about building conditions, 16 about filings or paperwork, 11 older than 10 years (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Heat and hot water complaints:** 9 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20)
- **Resident complaints to the city:** 18 heat or hot water, 8 leaks, 8 mold, 8 plumbing, 4 general repairs, 1 doors or windows (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20)

## More systems

- **Rent stabilization:** Not on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments (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:** No boiler work permits on record (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:** Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026) (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:** 2 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** Shed permit active now (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

3 of 1 apartments named in a city record:

- Apt 2F: https://blueflo.tech/b/709-putnam-avenue-brooklyn/unit/2f
- Apt 2R: https://blueflo.tech/b/709-putnam-avenue-brooklyn/unit/2r
- Apt 4R: https://blueflo.tech/b/709-putnam-avenue-brooklyn/unit/4r

## Registered with the city

- Individual owner (name not shown) (IndividualOwner, Registration Contacts)
- Individual owner (name not shown) (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data))

## More

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