Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1926 · 14 stories · 48 apartments
Also known as 500 E 57 St, 501 E 56 St — one building, several doors.
The building’s record over time
Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Dec
Shed permit active now
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Sep
Supported scaffold permit
2026 Aug
Plumbing permit
2026 Jul
General construction permit
2026 Jun
Mechanical systems permit
2026 Jun
General construction permit
2026 Jun
General construction permit
2026 May
Suspended scaffold permit
2026 May
Plumbing permit
2026 May
General construction permit
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Apr
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Feb
5 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Feb 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2025 Oct
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152
DOB Violations
2025 Sep
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Rockmills MP-150), registration current since Sep 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2025 Mar
Latest accepted inspection Mar 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Jan
No Report Filed (cycle 9, filed Jan 2025)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2024 Jun
Failure To Submit Eer
DOB Violations
2024 Feb
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade)
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Apr
Failure To Submit Eer
2020 Aug
Latest boiler work permit 2020 (4 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2019 Apr
Elevator
DOB Violations
2019 Apr
Elevator
2019 Apr
Elevator
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2002 Jun
Unsafe Buildings never closed
DOB Violations
1926
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
Dates are the city's record dates, shown to the month.
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