749 Lafayette Ave

Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · HPD violation

2025 Oct

2024 May

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Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot water complaint

2023 Oct

2023 Oct

Boilers class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation

2014 Jan

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

2004 Feb

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

1994 Sep

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

1993 Aug

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Peerless Jot-8-Fda PEERLESS JOT-8-FDA), registration expired since Aug 1994

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jan 2026, defects reported: yes

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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 1994

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

3 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)

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 7 complaints, 2025–2026 · 6 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 1B class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 1B class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 1B complaint

Leaks class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 1B class A · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 1B class A · closed · HPD violation

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LeaksApt 1B class A · closed · HPD violation

Leaks complaint

LeaksApt 1B class C · HPD violation

LeaksApt 3B complaint

LeaksApt 1B class C · HPD violation

LeaksApt 1B class C · HPD violation

Plumbing, leaksApt 1B complaint

LeaksApt 2A complaint

PlumbingApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

2024 Feb

Plumbing, leaksApt 2A complaint

2000 Oct

Plumbing permit

Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

Unsanitary conditionsApt 1B complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 1B complaint

2025 May

PestsApt 4A complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year

What has happened here

2026 Aug

ElectricalApt 4A complaint

ElectricalApt 2A class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 1B class B · closed · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 1B complaint

ElectricalApt 1B complaint

ElectricalApt 2B class B · closed · HPD violation

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ElectricalApt 2B complaint

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

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). Listed under the J-51 tax program, so stabilization can end when the exemption does

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

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152 DOB violation

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19

What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

107 open: 107 about building conditions — doors and windows (23), walls, floors and stairs (23), leaks (21), fire safety (10); 42 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 2 older records from 2014–2015 never closed. 25 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 542 violations on record in all, 2014–2026 — the 163 most recent are listed here

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2026 Aug

2026 Aug

Doors and windows class A

Fire safety class C

Walls, floors and stairs class A

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ElectricalApt 2A class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B

Doors and windowsApt 1B class C

Fire safetyApt 1B class C

Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C

LeaksApt 1B class A · closed

LeaksApt 1B class A · closed

LeaksApt 1B class A · closed

2026 Apr

LeaksApt 1B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed

ElectricalApt 1B class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed

Other conditions class A

LeaksApt 1B class C

LeaksApt 1B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

2024 Sep

Doors and windows class B · closed

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · closed

PlumbingApt 2A class C · closed

LeaksApt 2A class C · closed

ElectricalApt 2B class B · closed

2023 Dec

and 59 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

9 open: 8 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152

Boilers class - 2 · never closed

BE-EXT-LP Boiler

2014 Jan

2004 Feb

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1993 Aug

Construction fence permit, Alteration permit, Plumbing permit

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

7 leaks, 4 heat or hot water, 3 electrical, 2 plumbing, 1 mold, 1 paint or plaster, 1 pests, 1 unsanitary conditions

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

6 permits since 1990

2002 Jan

1995 Jan

General construction permit

1994 Sep

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

and 3 more at the source

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

Paint or plaster complaint

Other conditions class A · HPD violation

2023 Dec