# 870 42 St, Brooklyn What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/870-42-street-brooklyn > These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. ## In one line 1 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violation about pests (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) ## The building - **Year built:** 1920 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) - **Stories:** 4 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) - **Homes:** 16 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) ## Worth knowing - 1 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violation about pests - 10 heat or hot water complaints filed with the city last winter - 3 open major (class 2) building code violations from 2026 - 8 open HPD violations about building conditions ## Also on record - On the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registrations) ## Clean in the records - Water service line on record as non-lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - Boiler inspection filed Dec 2025 with no defects reported (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19) - Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) ## Building systems - **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Dec 2025, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19) - **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-19) - **Water service line:** Non-Lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) - **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) - **Basement:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## Violations and complaints - **HPD violations:** 11 open: 8 about building conditions — fire safety (2), walls, floors and stairs (2), doors and windows (1), other conditions (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C), 3 about paperwork or notices. Also 61 older records from 1988–2016 never closed. 21 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 244 violations on record in all, 1988–2026 — the 93 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **DOB violations:** 3 open: 3 about building conditions (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Heat and hot water complaints:** 10 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) - **Resident complaints to the city:** 9 heat or hot water (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) ## More systems - **Rent stabilization:** On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations) (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30) - **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (H.B. Smith 19A-S/W-09), registration current since Jul 2026 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20) - **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 2009 (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19) - **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19) - **Gas piping:** No open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Energy:** Not required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25) ## Permits and work - **Permit history:** 5 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No active shed permit; permits since Jul 2026, last expired Sep 2026 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## By apartment 7 of 16 apartments named in a city record: - Apt 1: https://blueflo.tech/b/870-42-street-brooklyn/unit/1 - Apt 4: https://blueflo.tech/b/870-42-street-brooklyn/unit/4 - Apt 10: https://blueflo.tech/b/870-42-street-brooklyn/unit/10 - Apt 11: https://blueflo.tech/b/870-42-street-brooklyn/unit/11 - Apt 12: https://blueflo.tech/b/870-42-street-brooklyn/unit/12 - Apt 15: https://blueflo.tech/b/870-42-street-brooklyn/unit/15 - Apt 16: https://blueflo.tech/b/870-42-street-brooklyn/unit/16 ## Registered with the city - 870 42ND STREET REALTY LLC (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts) - 870 42ND STREET REALTY LLC (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data)) ## More - Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/870-42-street-brooklyn/records - The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/870-42-street-brooklyn - Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp - Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=870-42-street-brooklyn - How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt