Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

1 Convent Ave

built 1901 · 5 stories · 24 apartments

Apartments named in these records

13 of this building’s 24 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

Structure and facade

Issues on record
Sidewalk shed and scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · See the shed permits at DOB →
What this counts

Sidewalk shed permits (DOB NOW and BIS). Permitted since a date means permitted, not necessarily up continuously

  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 6 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Weil Mclain 1080), registration current since Dec 2024

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jul 2024, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2016

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

1 heat or hot water complaint

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2021) · 4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

5 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year

Electrical

1 complaint, 2026

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19
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

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

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

27 open: 26 about building conditions — fire safety (8), walls, floors and stairs (5), other conditions (4), doors and windows (3); 3 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. 18 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 135 violations on record in all, 2008–2026 — the 45 most recent are listed here

2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Aug
Other conditions class B
2026 Aug
Other conditions class A
2026 Aug
Other conditions class B
2026 Aug
Fire safety class B
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
2026 Apr
Doors and windows class B · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 53 class B · closed
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2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 53 class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 53 class A · closed
2025 Jun
Fire safetyApt 31 class C
2025 Jun
Doors and windows class C · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jul
Doors and windows class A
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2024 Jul
Other conditions class B · closed
2024 Jul
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Jul
Leaks class B · closed
2024 Jul
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2024 Jul
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Jul
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 53 class B · closed
2024 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 53 class B · closed
2024 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 34 class B · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safetyApt 53 class C · closed
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 53 class C · closed
2023 Jul
Fire safetyApt 35 class C
2023 Jul
Doors and windows class A
2022 Feb
Structure and facade class B
2021 Nov
Structure and facade class B
2021 Nov
Leaks class A
2021 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2021 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2021 Nov
Fire safetyApt 33 class C
2021 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 34 class B
2019 Aug
Leaks class A
2016 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 55 class B
2016 Dec
Fire safetyApt 55 class B
2016 Dec
Rubbish and cleanliness class B
2016 Dec
Leaks class B
2016 Dec
Fire safety class B
2016 Dec
Fire safety class B
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

6 open: 2 about building conditions, 4 about filings or paperwork

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

17 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

Nothing on record

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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