Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1961 · 21 stories · 410 apartments
Also known as 101 W 12 St, 485 Ave Of The Americas, 487 Ave Of The Americas, 489 Ave Of The Americas, 491 Ave Of The Americas, 493 Ave Of The Americas, 495 Ave Of The Americas, 501 Ave Of The Americas — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: THE JOHN ADAMS OWNERS INC
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 Oct
LeaksApt 6H
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Oct
PlumbingApt 4D
2026 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Aug
Latest accepted inspection Aug 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Jul
General construction permit
2026 Jun
General construction permit
2026 May
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-350), registration current since May 2026
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2026 May
4 active elevators; latest periodic inspection May 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Apr
Appliances, doors or windows, paint or plaster, safety, mold, leaksApt 5C
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Mar
Paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 5C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 5E
2026 Jan
Mechanical systems permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Dec
General construction permit
2025 Dec
Construction
DOB Violations
2025 Dec
Floors or stairs, heat or hot waterApt 2I
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Nov
Floors or stairsApt 2I
2025 Sep
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Feb
General construction permit
2025 Jan
General construction permit
2024 Sep
General repairs
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Sep
General repairs
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
DOB Violations
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2023 Feb
No active shed permit; permits since Feb 2022, last expired Feb 2023
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2020 Dec
Leaks class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2020 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2020 Dec
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2020 Sep
Safe (cycle 9, filed Sep 2020)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2018 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2018 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2006 Nov
Latest boiler work permit 2006
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1993 May
Construction hazardous · never closed
DOB Violations
1991 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1991 Feb
Doors and windows class A · never closed
1961
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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