856 Franklin Ave

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4L class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class B · HPD violation

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 1K class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1K class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1K class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1K class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1K class B · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2A class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windows class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windows class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4L class B · closed · HPD violation

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 44 complaints, 2024–2026 · 11 in the past year

What has happened here

2026 Oct

2026 Oct

Heat or hot waterApt 3I class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 2M complaint

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2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 2M complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4N complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4L complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 3A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4M complaint

2025 Apr

2025 Apr

2025 Mar

2025 Mar

2025 Mar

Heat or hot waterApt 1I complaint

2025 Jan

2025 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 1M complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2J complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1N complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 3D complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2H complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2M complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1M complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2J complaint

Heat or hot waterApt AZ complaint

2024 Jan

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

2023 Jun

2023 Jun

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

2010 Feb

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Supreme D1-30-5), registration current since May 2025

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: no

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 2010

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

17 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 · 9 complaints, 2024–2026 · 4 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 4L class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4L class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 4L class B · HPD violation

Plumbing, leaksApt 4L complaint

PlumbingApt 1K class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 1K class B · HPD violation

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LeaksApt 4L class A · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4L class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4L complaint

LeaksApt 4L complaint

LeaksApt 4L complaint

PlumbingApt 3G complaint

2025 Sep

LeaksApt 4B complaint

2025 Apr

PlumbingApt 3E complaint

PlumbingApt 1B complaint

PlumbingApt 2M complaint

2024 Sep

PlumbingApt 2M complaint

PlumbingApt 3G complaint

PlumbingApt 3G complaint

2024 May

PlumbingApt 4L complaint

2024 Apr

PlumbingApt 4L complaint

2023 Nov

LeaksApt 1B complaint

2010 Feb

Plumbing permit

Water service line

Non-Lead (excavation)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 14 complaints, 2024–2026 · 10 in the past year

What has happened here

Unsanitary conditionsApt 3G complaint

PestsApt 3G complaint

PestsApt 4L class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 4L class C · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 4L complaint

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · HPD violation

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PestsApt 1K class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 1K class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 1K complaint

Mold, pestsApt 3G complaint

PestsApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 4L complaint

PestsApt 4L class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 4L class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 2A complaint

MoldApt 2A complaint

Mold, pestsApt 3G complaint

2025 Jul

PestsApt 2B complaint

MoldApt 1B complaint

Pests complaint

PestsApt 3G complaint

Unsanitary conditions complaint

MoldApt 3G complaint

2024 Jun

2024 May

Mold, pestsApt 4L complaint

2024 Apr

Unsanitary conditions complaint

2024 Apr

PestsApt AZ complaint

2023 Nov

MoldApt 1B complaint

2023 Nov

PestsApt 4A complaint

Fire and safety

3 resolved since 2025

What has happened here

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

8 complaints, 2024–2026 · 4 in the past year

What has happened here

Electrical complaint

ElectricalApt 2A complaint

ElectricalApt 2A complaint

ElectricalApt 2A complaint

2025 Jul

ElectricalApt 2B complaint

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ElectricalApt 4J 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

Elevators

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2026

What has happened here

ElevatorsApt 3G complaint

Elevators class - 2 · DOB violation

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

2023 Oct

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

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2023 Aug

VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation

2019 Sep

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction DOB violation

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction DOB violation

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction DOB violation

2017 Jan

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction DOB violation

Elevators

2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jan 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →

What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 20 (2024 report)

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

78 open: 78 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (24), pests (18), leaks (7), mold (6); 20 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 2 older records from 2009 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 677 violations on record in all, 1996–2026 — the 236 most recent are listed here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class A

LeaksApt 4L class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class B

LeaksApt 4L class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class A

PlumbingApt 4L class B

Doors and windowsApt 4L class B

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PestsApt 4L class C

Other conditionsApt 4L class B

PestsApt 4L class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4L class B

Rubbish and cleanliness class B

PlumbingApt 1K class B

PestsApt 1K class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1K class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1K class B

LeaksApt 1K class B

PestsApt 1K class C

Doors and windowsApt 2A class B

Fire safety class C · closed

PestsApt 2A class C · closed

PestsApt 2A class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 3I class C · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 4L class B · closed

PestsApt 4L class C · closed

PestsApt 4L class C · closed

LeaksApt 4L class A · closed

LeaksApt 4L class B · closed

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

and 30 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

14 open: 8 about building conditions, 6 about filings or paperwork

2026 Sep

EN-LL97321 GHG Emissions - LL97

Elevators class - 2

EN-EGRDEA Energy Grade - LL33

EN-LL97321 GHG Emissions - LL97

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(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction

2019 Feb

Failure To Benchmark

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction

2017 Jan

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction

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

47 heat or hot water, 15 general repairs, 11 pests, 10 paint or plaster, 9 electrical, 7 doors or windows, 7 floors or stairs, 6 appliances, 6 mold, 6 plumbing, 5 leaks, 2 elevators, 2 line of travel, 1 safety, 1 unsanitary conditions

General repairsApt 3G

Elevators, unsanitary conditionsApt 3G

Doors or windows, paint or plaster, pestsApt 3G