856 Willoughby Ave — building record — Blueflo

Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

Printed 2026-10-21 from blueflo.tech/b/856-willoughby-avenue-brooklyn, where it is kept current. These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. Not a warranty. May not be used for tenant screening (terms of use).

built 1931 · 4 stories · 8 apartments · BIN 3043048 · BBL 3015930012

Worth knowing

City records list the water service line as lead

Source: Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30

Worth knowing

City records list the water service line as lead
73 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about electrical and heat or hot water and pests and gas and fire safety and lead-based paint and leaks and walls, floors and stairs and doors and windows
7 heat or hot water complaints filed with the city last winter
200 open HPD violations about building conditions

Clean in the records

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding

Registered with the city

EIGHT FIFTY SIX WILLOUGHBY LLC, EIGHT FIFTY-SIX WILLOUGHBY LLC

Heat or hot water: 9 reports to the city since 2024

2024Heat or hot water · Jan 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 19, 2024Heat or hot water · Nov 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Nov 13, 2024 Nov 13, 2024 (2nd)

2025Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Nov 13, 2025 Nov 14, 2025

2026Heat or hot water · Jan 2026 · 2 reports (4 complaints)Jan 4, 2026 Jan 6, 2026 Jan 22, 2026 Jan 27, 2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 21, 2026Heat or hot water · Jun 2026 · 2 reports (2 complaints)Jun 6, 2026 Jun 21, 2026Heat or hot water · Oct 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Oct 3, 2026

Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Also reported

2024 – 2026

Pests2 reports
2024Pests · Nov 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Nov 13, 2024 Nov 13, 2024 (2nd)
2025
2026Pests · Apr 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Apr 28, 2026
Electrical6 reports
2024Electrical · Jan 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 19, 2024
2025
2026Electrical · Jan 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 27, 2026Electrical · Feb 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 21, 2026Electrical · Apr 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Apr 28, 2026 Apr 28, 2026 (2nd)Electrical · Jun 2026 · 2 reports (2 complaints)Jun 6, 2026 Jun 21, 2026
Doors or windows3 reports
2024Doors or windows · Jan 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 19, 2024
2025
2026Doors or windows · Apr 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Apr 28, 2026 Apr 28, 2026 (2nd)Doors or windows · Jun 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jun 6, 2026

A filled month had a report to HPD; darker means more than one, and the past year is brightest. Tap one to read it. Complaints within a week count as one report. Records list complaints filed, not conditions found.

Apartments named in these records

Apt 1L 3 Apt 1R 7 Apt 2R 3 Apt 3R 1 Apt 4R 40

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

What has happened here

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

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

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

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

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

Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed · HPD violation

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Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation

General construction permit

Construction never closed · DOB violation

Construction never closed · DOB 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 · 12 complaints, 2024–2026 · 10 in the past year

What has happened here

Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint

Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed · HPD violation

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Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint

Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1L complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2R complaint

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

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

Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

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

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

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

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

What has happened here

PlumbingApt 4R complaint

Leaks class C · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4R class C · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4R class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 4R class C · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 1R complaint

Water service line

Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

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

What has happened here

Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation

PestsApt 4R complaint

PestsApt 4R class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 4R class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 4R class C · HPD violation

MoldApt 1R class B · HPD violation

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PestsApt 1L complaint

Mold, pestsApt 2R complaint

MoldApt 1L class A · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2026

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 1R complaint

ElectricalApt 4R class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 4R class C · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 4R complaint

ElectricalApt 4R complaint

ElectricalApt 4R class C · HPD violation

Show 4 more

ElectricalApt 4R complaint

Electrical complaint

ElectricalApt 4R class C · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 4R 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

Gas

What has happened here

GasApt 4R class B · HPD violation

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

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

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B

GasApt 4R class B

Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C

ElectricalApt 4R class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B

ElectricalApt 4R class C

Pests class A · paperwork

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Heat or hot water class C

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B

LeaksApt 4R class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B

ElectricalApt 4R class C

PestsApt 4R class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed

PestsApt 4R class C

PestsApt 4R class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B

LeaksApt 4R class B

ElectricalApt 4R class C

PlumbingApt 4R class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed

Other conditionsApt 1R class C

MoldApt 1R class B

Heat or hot water class C

Fire safety class C · closed

Doors and windows class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed

Structure and facade class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed

MoldApt 1L class A · closed

Doors and windows class C · closed

Doors and windows class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed

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

DOB violations

32 open: 11 about building conditions, 16 about filings or paperwork, 5 older than 10 years

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152

Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler

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Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler

Boilers class - 2

Low Pressure Boiler

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

Construction never closed

Construction never closed

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

and 7 more at the source

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

12 heat or hot water, 6 electrical, 3 doors or windows, 3 pests, 1 appliances, 1 general repairs, 1 mold, 1 outside the building, 1 plumbing, 1 safety

Heat or hot waterApt 4R

Electrical, general repairs, heat or hot waterApt 1R

Doors or windows, electrical, heat or hot water, safetyApt 4R

Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, outside the building, plumbing, pestsApt 4R

Electrical, heat or hot waterApt 4R

Electrical, heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 4R

Heat or hot waterApt 1R

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Heat or hot water

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot water, pestsApt 1L

Heat or hot water, mold, pestsApt 2R

ElectricalApt 4R

Doors or windowsApt 4R

Heat or hot waterApt 4R

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

1 permits since 1990

General construction permit

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

General repairsApt 1R complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · HPD violation

Doors or windows, safetyApt 4R complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, outside the buildingApt 4R complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · HPD violation

Show 4 more

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 1R class C · HPD violation

Doors or windowsApt 4R complaint

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

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

FEMA

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer2026-10-20
OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3)2026-09-09

NYC DCP

NYC GeoSearch (address directory)2026-10-20
PLUTO (tax lot data)2026-08-24

NYC DEP

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)2026-10-20
Lead Service Line Location Coordinates2026-01-30

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps2024-07-03

NYC DOB

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance2026-10-19
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits2026-10-19
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler2026-10-19
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings2026-10-19
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)2026-10-19
DOB Safety Violations2026-10-19
DOB Violations2026-10-19

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84)2025-11-25

NYC HPD

Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction2026-08-12
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems2026-10-20
Housing Maintenance Code Violations2026-10-19
Multiple Dwelling Registrations2026-08-12
Registration Contacts2026-08-12

NYC OTI

AddressPoint2026-07-07
Building Footprints2026-10-19

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations)2025-11-30

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.