Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

856 Willoughby Ave

built 1931 · 4 stories · 8 apartments
Registered with the city: EIGHT FIFTY SIX WILLOUGHBY LLC; EIGHT FIFTY-SIX WILLOUGHBY LLC

Apartments named in these records

5 of this building’s 8 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 12 complaints, 2024–2026 · 10 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed · HPD violation
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2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1L complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2R complaint
2024 Sep
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2019 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2018 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2017 Oct
Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation
2017 Feb
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2013 Mar
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 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2007 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2006 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2005 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2004 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2003 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2002 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B. Smith #18-6 H.B. SMITH #18-6), registration expired since Nov 1987

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

7 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)

  • Boiler inspection filingsno recordNo boiler filings under this building's ID
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year

Electrical

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2026

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

Gas

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

204 open: 200 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (47), electrical (27), heat or hot water (25), doors and windows (15); 73 immediately hazardous (class C), 4 about paperwork or notices. Also 56 older records from 1987–2010 never closed. 17 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 308 violations on record in all, 1987–2026 — the 277 most recent are listed here

2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B
2026 Jun
GasApt 4R class B
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C
2026 Jun
ElectricalApt 4R class B
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B
2026 Jun
ElectricalApt 4R class C
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork
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2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Feb
Fire safety class B
2026 Feb
Leaks class C
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 4R class C
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B
2026 Feb
ElectricalApt 4R class C
2026 Feb
PestsApt 4R class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed
2026 Jan
PestsApt 4R class C
2026 Jan
PestsApt 4R class C
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 4R class B
2026 Jan
ElectricalApt 4R class C
2026 Jan
PlumbingApt 4R class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed
2026 Jan
Other conditionsApt 1R class C
2026 Jan
MoldApt 1R class B
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C
2024 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Dec
Doors and windows class C · closed
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
2024 Aug
Structure and facade class C · closed
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
2024 Aug
MoldApt 1L class A · closed
2024 May
Doors and windows class C · closed
2024 May
Doors and windows class C · closed
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
and 218 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

Permit history

1 permits since 1990

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

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
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

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