Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

116 Mercer St

built 1885 · 6 stories · 3 apartments
Also known as 545 Broadway — one building, several doors.

Apartments named in these records

1 of this building’s 3 apartments is 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.

Water and pipes

Issues on record
Water service line

Lead (field inspection)

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

Heat and hot water

No issues on record
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Rockmills R 48), registration expired since Jun 2023

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 Oct 2025, 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 permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Fire and safety

No issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2025
Facade rating

Safe (cycle 10, filed Aug 2025)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18 · See the facade filings at DOB →
What this counts

Most recent facade (FISP) filing in the latest 5-year cycle

Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Aug 2018, last expired Aug 2019

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

Elevators

Issues on record, most recently 2025

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

Permit history

24 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

  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 7 older records from 2005 never closed
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energyno recordNo energy score on record
Rent and tenancyNot applicable
  • Rent stabilizationnot requiredNot on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments

Sources

22 datasets

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Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
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