Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

838 42 St

built 1916 · 4 stories · 20 apartments
Registered with the city: BG 42 LLC · 1 other building here list it; BG 42 L.L.C

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Oct
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Sep
Latest accepted inspection Sep 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · closed
2025 Nov
PestsApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Other conditionsApt 5 class A · closed
2025 Nov
PestsApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, pestsApt 5
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Aug
Other conditions class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Aug
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2025 Aug
Pests class C · closed
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · closed
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · closed
2025 Aug
PlumbingApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Aug
PestsApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Aug
PestsApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Aug
PestsApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 5 class A · closed
2025 Aug
PestsApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 5 class C · closed
2025 Aug
PlumbingApt 5 class A · closed
2025 Aug
PestsApt 5
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Aug
Other conditions class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Aug
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 Aug
Fire safety class B · closed
2025 Aug
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 Aug
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 Aug
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2025 Aug
Pests class C · closed
2025 Aug
Unsanitary conditionsApt 5
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Aug
Appliances, plumbing, pestsApt 5
2025 Aug
Paint or plasterApt 5
2025 Aug
Paint or plasterApt 5
2025 Jul
Paint or plaster, pestsApt 5
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Dec
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 11
2024 Oct
Other conditions class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Oct
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Oct
Fire safetyApt 18 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
DOB Violations
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2015 Oct
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2013 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2009 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2006 Apr
Construction hazardous · never closed
DOB Violations
2004 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1997 Feb
Lead-based paintApt 16 class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1989 Feb
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal Fst-70 FEDERAL FST-70), registration expired since Feb 1989
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
1916
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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