Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1926 · 16 stories · 87 apartments
Also known as 121 W 72 St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 121 West 72nd Street Owners Corp.; 121 W 72ND ST OWNERS
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
2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jul 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Jun
Latest accepted inspection Jun 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 May
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Apr
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Mar
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-100), registration current since Mar 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2024 Sep
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2023 Sep
No active shed permit; permits since Aug 2018, last expired Sep 2023
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 Apr
Plumbing permit
2023 Mar
Structural permit, General construction permit
2022 Oct
General construction permit
2022 Feb
Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Feb 2022)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2021 Dec
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2021 Dec
Plumbing permit
2021 Jun
Plumbing permit
2021 Feb
Sprinklers permit
2019 Apr
Elevator Annual Inspection / Test
DOB Violations
2019 Jan
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade)
2014 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16D class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2014 May
LeaksApt 16D class B · never closed
2014 May
PlumbingApt 16D class B · never closed
2013 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16D class A · never closed
2013 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16D class B · never closed
2013 Apr
LeaksApt 16D class B · never closed
2013 Apr
ElectricalApt 16D class B · never closed
2013 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 16D class B · never closed
2012 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 9D class A · never closed
2012 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 14A class B · never closed
2012 Sep
PlumbingApt 14A class B · never closed
2012 Sep
GasApt 14A class B · never closed
2012 Sep
MoldApt 14A class B · never closed
2010 Dec
Other conditionsApt 14A class A · never closed
2010 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 14A class B · never closed
2010 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 14A class B · never closed
2010 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 14A class B · never closed
2010 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 14A class B · never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2004 Apr
LL1081 Elevators never closed
DOB Violations
2004 Apr
Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed
1999 Dec
Construction never closed
1997 Sep
Latest boiler work permit 1997
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1990 Sep
ElectricalApt 11E class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1926
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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