Building health · BROOKLYN, NY

879 Dekalb Ave

built 1931 · 5 stories · 22 apartments
Registered with the city: Cobble Hill Management · 18 other buildings here list it; 879 DEKALB OWNER LLC

Apartments named in these records

11 of this building’s 22 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.

Water and pipes

Issues on record
Water service line

Lead (records)

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

Flooding

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: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); 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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2024) · 23 complaints, 2024–2026 · 15 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 15 class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 15 complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 10 complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 8 complaint
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2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 11 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 17 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 8 complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 8 class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 20 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 8SE complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 15 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 15 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 15 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 8 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2 class C · HPD violation
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 20 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 12 complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 12 complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 16 complaint
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Mtu Onsite Energy VER50PGC6NLT1), registration current since Mar 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2012

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

16 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

Pests and cleanliness

1 complaint, 2026

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Structure and facade

No issues on record
  • 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

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
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
What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

General condition and all records

Permit history

20 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

  • DOB violationsfound0 open

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
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

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

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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