Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1929 · 15 stories · 94 apartments
Also known as 437 E 56 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 Aug
4 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 May
No active shed permit; permits since Jul 2017, last expired May 2026
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Mar
General construction permit
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Jul
General construction permit
2025 Jul
Plumbing permit
2025 May
Suspended scaffold permit
2025 May
Supported scaffold permit
2025 May
Plumbing permit
2025 May
General construction permit
2025 Mar
Suspended scaffold permit
2024 Aug
General construction permit
2023 Sep
Elevators class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Sep
Fire safety class C
2023 Sep
Doors and windowsApt PENTHO class B
2023 Feb
Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Feb 2023)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1995 Jan
LeaksApt 2B class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1995 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · never closed
1989 Jan
Doors and windows class B · never closed
1929
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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