Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

981 Jefferson Ave

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built 1920 · 4 stories · 8 apartments · BIN 3039833 · BBL 3014860052

Worth knowing
21 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water and pests and fire safety and walls, floors and stairs and doors and windows
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19
Worth knowing
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

HOWARD AVENUE DEVELOPMENT, LP, HOWARD AVEUNUE DEVELOPMENT, LP, HOWARD AVENUE DEVELOPMENT L.P.

Heat or hot water: 6 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Jan 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 18, 2024Heat or hot water · Feb 2024 · 1 report (6 complaints)Feb 28, 2024Feb 29, 2024Mar 1, 2024Mar 2, 2024Mar 4, 2024Mar 5, 2024Heat or hot water · Mar 2024 · 2 reports (6 complaints)Mar 7, 2024Mar 10, 2024Mar 12, 2024Mar 14, 2024Mar 15, 2024Mar 19, 2024Heat or hot water · Dec 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Dec 20, 2024Dec 22, 2024
2025
2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 1 report (2 complaints)Feb 12, 2026Feb 12, 2026 (2nd)
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Apartments named in these records

Apt 1R 1Apt 3L 7Apt 3R 8Apt 4R 35

4 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 3L class C · HPD violation
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class A · closed · HPD violation
Show 6 more
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class A · closed · HPD violation
2022 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class B · HPD violation
2022 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class C · HPD violation
2011 Mar
General construction permit
2011 Mar
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2000 Nov
Alteration permit, Construction fence permit
  • 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 · 4 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3L class C · closed · HPD violation
Show 27 more
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3L class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3L complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3L complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · HPD violation
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jul 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

2 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)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025
What has happened here
2026 Aug
LeaksApt 4R class B · HPD violation
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 4R class B · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Leaks class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
PlumbingApt 1R complaint
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 4R class B · HPD violation
2024 Aug
LeaksApt 4R class B · closed · HPD violation
Show 2 more
2024 Aug
LeaksApt 4R complaint
2000 Apr
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record, most recently 2024
What has happened here
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
MoldApt 3R class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
MoldApt 3R class A · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
MoldApt 4R class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
MoldApt 4R class B · closed · HPD violation
Show 5 more
2024 Aug
MoldApt 4R complaint
2024 Mar
PestsApt 4R class C · HPD violation
2024 Mar
MoldApt 4R class B · HPD violation
2024 Mar
MoldApt 3R class B · HPD violation
2024 Mar
MoldApt 3R class B · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2024
What has happened here
2024 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4R class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Fire safety class C · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Fire safety class A · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

General condition and all records

HPD violations

66 open: 65 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (15), doors and windows (12), heat or hot water (11), pests (6); 21 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. Also 10 older records from 2013–2016 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 208 violations on record in all, 2011–2026 — the 130 most recent are listed here

2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B
2026 Aug
LeaksApt 4R class B
2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B
2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B
2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 4R class B
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C
Show 42 more
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed
2026 Feb
Other conditionsApt 4R class A · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C · closed
2025 Nov
Leaks class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2024 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 3L class C
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3L class C · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3L class C · closed
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3L class B · closed
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3L class B · closed
2024 Dec
MoldApt 3R class B · closed
2024 Dec
MoldApt 3R class A · closed
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 4R class B
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class B · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4R class B · closed
2024 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · closed
2024 Sep
Fire safety class C
2024 Sep
Fire safety class A · closed
2024 Sep
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class A · closed
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4R class A · closed
2024 Sep
MoldApt 4R class B · closed
2024 Sep
MoldApt 4R class B · closed
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · closed
2024 Aug
LeaksApt 4R class B · closed
2024 Mar
PestsApt 4R class C
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water class C
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C
2024 Mar
MoldApt 4R class B
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water class C
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4R class C
2024 Mar
MoldApt 3R class B
2024 Mar
MoldApt 3R class B
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water class C
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C
2022 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2022 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class C
and 26 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

2 open: 1 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

2011 Mar
Construction class - 1 · never closed
1993 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
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

Permit history

4 permits since 1990

2011 Mar
General construction permit
2000 Nov
Alteration permit, Construction fence permit, Plumbing permit
and 2 more at the source
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
2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · HPD violation
2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Other conditionsApt 4R class A · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3L class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3L class B · closed · HPD violation
Show 3 more
2024 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4R class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Aug
Paint or plasterApt 4R complaint

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
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

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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