Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1900 · 5 stories · 8 apartments
Also known as 157 Essex 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 May
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork
2025 Oct
Latest accepted inspection Oct 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Feb
Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain EGH-105), registration current since Feb 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
2024 Apr
Mechanical systems permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
DOB Violations
2023 Jul
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 Mar
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2022 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork
2022 Mar
Other conditions class I · paperwork
2022 Mar
Pests class A · paperwork
2021 Apr
Other conditions class I · paperwork
2021 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
2018 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2018 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2018 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2017 Sep
Leaks class A
2017 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2013 Dec
Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit, Construction fence permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2013 Aug
General construction permit, Construction fence permit
2011 Jan
Alteration permit
2009 Sep
General construction permit
2009 Jun
Doors and windows class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2009 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed
2009 Mar
Fire safety class B · never closed
2009 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2004 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4 class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2004 Jan
Fire safetyApt 3 class B · never closed
2004 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B · never closed
2004 Jan
Other conditionsApt 3 class B · never closed
1990 Apr
Electric Signs never closed
DOB Violations
1900
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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