Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1930 · 20 stories · 195 apartments
Also known as 159 3 Ave, 161 3 Ave, 163 3 Ave, 165 3 Ave, 200 E 16 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 Sep
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Jul
PlumbingApt 17D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jul
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jun
Plumbing
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jun
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 May
Mechanical systems permit, General construction permit
2026 Apr
Plumbing permit
2026 Apr
2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Apr 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Mar
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Mar
General construction permit
2025 Oct
Latest accepted inspection Oct 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Jun
No active shed permit; permits since Sep 2018, last expired Jun 2025
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jan
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Jan
Safe (cycle 9, filed Jan 2025)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2025 Jan
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Dec
General construction permit
2024 Mar
Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-250), registration current since Mar 2024
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2023 Nov
Failure To Correct Swarmp Conditions (Facade)
DOB Violations
2023 Feb
Hazardous Condition (Facade)
2018 Feb
Facade Safety Program
2015 Dec
Fail To Certify Class 1 never closed
2013 Jun
Latest boiler work permit 2013 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1930
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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