# 879 Knickerbocker Ave, Brooklyn

What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/879-knickerbocker-avenue-brooklyn

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Also known as 1318 Decatur St: one building, several doors, and this card covers all of them.

## In one line

City records list the water service line as lead (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30)

## The building

- **Year built:** 1904 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)
- **Stories:** 3 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)
- **Homes:** 10 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)

## Worth knowing

- City records list the water service line as lead
- 18 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about doors and windows and lead-based paint and fire safety and pests and heat or hot water
- 73 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

- Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-21)

## Building systems

- **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Oct 2025, defects reported: yes (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-20)
- **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-20)
- **Water service line:** Lead (field inspection) (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 2026-10-21)
- **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:** 73 open: 73 about building conditions — doors and windows (17), walls, floors and stairs (15), fire safety (14), pests (6); 18 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 20 older records from 1984–2014 never closed. 353 violations on record in all, 1984–2026 — the 93 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-20)
- **DOB violations:** 14 open: 2 about building conditions, 9 about filings or paperwork, 3 older than 10 years (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-20)
- **Heat and hot water complaints:** 3 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21)
- **Resident complaints to the city:** 3 doors or windows, 3 heat or hot water, 1 safety (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21)

## 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:** No boiler registration or district steam on record (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-21)
- **Boiler work permits:** No boiler work permits on record (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-20)
- **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-20)
- **Gas piping:** Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025) (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-20)
- **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:** 0 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-20)
- **Sales:** Ownership transferred Oct 2017, no sale price (NYC Citywide Annualized Calendar Sales, as of 2026-06-09)
- **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No sidewalk shed permits on record (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-20)
- **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## By apartment

3 of 10 apartments named in a city record:

- Apt 2: https://blueflo.tech/b/879-knickerbocker-avenue-brooklyn/unit/2
- Apt 7: https://blueflo.tech/b/879-knickerbocker-avenue-brooklyn/unit/7
- Apt 8: https://blueflo.tech/b/879-knickerbocker-avenue-brooklyn/unit/8

## Registered with the city

- 879 KNICKERBOCKER AVE LLC (Agent, Registration Contacts)
- 879 KNICKERBOCKER AVENUE LLC (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts)
- 879 KNICKERBOCKER AVENUE LLC (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data))

## More

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