Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1900 · 6 stories · 40 apartments
Also known as 520 Columbus Ave, 522 Columbus Ave, 524 Columbus Ave, 526 Columbus Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: RCR MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC · 28 other buildings here list it; 85TH COLUMBUS CORPORATION; 85TH COLUMBUS CORP
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 Jul
1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Jul 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Jul
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Apr
Latest accepted inspection Apr 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Feb
No active shed permit; permits since Aug 2020, last expired Feb 2026
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Dec
Safe (cycle 10, filed Dec 2025)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2025 Sep
Fire safety class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 11 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 11 class B · closed
2025 Aug
SafetyApt 11
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jul
Boiler burning natural gas (Rockmills MP4-133), registration current since Jul 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2025 Jul
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Jun
PestsApt 13 class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
PestsApt 13
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 13
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Mar
SafetyApt 44
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 53
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 62
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 62
2022 May
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2021 Sep
General construction permit
2020 Dec
Alteration permit
2020 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 36 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2019 Aug
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2019 Mar
Plumbing permit
2017 Aug
General construction permit
2016 Oct
Sign permit
2016 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 34 class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2005 Oct
Latest boiler work permit 2005 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1900
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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