Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

159 E 103 St

built 1910 · 4 stories · 30 apartments
Registered with the city: Revive 103 HDFC; REVIVE 103 HOPE HDFC INC

Apartments named in these records

17 of this building’s 30 apartments are 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Flooding

Issues on record
FEMA flood zone

In a FEMA special flood hazard area: AE, X (0.2% annual chance)

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20
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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 11 complaints, 2025–2026 · 8 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · HPD violation
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
Show 40 more
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2H class C · HPD violation
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Dec
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2G complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3H complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3H complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2023 Nov
Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2G complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4C class C · closed · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1E class C · closed · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2G complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3H class C · closed · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2G complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3A complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3D complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2G complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3H complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2013 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2011 Oct
Boiler permit
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Hydrotherm Mr1200B HYDROTHERM MR1200B), registration expired since Oct 1988

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jan 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2011

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

1 heat or hot water complaint

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 13 complaints, 2025–2026 · 12 in the past year

Electrical

1 complaint, 2026

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilizationWhole tax lot

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations); listed for this tax lot (1 addresses), not under this building's address

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30
What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 68 (2024 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

31 open: 31 about building conditions — doors and windows (7), fire safety (6), leaks (4), pests (4); 14 immediately hazardous (class C). 19 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 107 violations on record in all, 1998–2026 — the 50 most recent are listed here

2026 Oct
Pests class C
2026 Oct
Fire safetyApt 2C class C
2026 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 2C class B
2026 Oct
PestsApt 2C class C
2026 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B
2026 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class B
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2026 Oct
Doors and windows class C
2026 Oct
Doors and windows class B
2026 Oct
Leaks class B
2026 Oct
Leaks class B
2026 Oct
Fire safety class B
2026 Oct
Leaks class B
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Oct
Leaks class B
2026 Oct
Fire safety class B
2026 Oct
Doors and windows class C
2026 Oct
Doors and windows class B
2026 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 2G class B
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2H class C
2026 Sep
Fire safety class C
2026 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 3H class B
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Jul
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Jul
Doors and windows class C · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Jan
Doors and windows class C · closed
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Oct
Doors and windows class B · closed
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2023 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4C class C · closed
2023 Oct
Fire safetyApt 1E class C · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1E class C · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3H class C · closed
2023 Oct
Fire safetyApt 3H class C · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →
What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

Resident complaints to the city

11 heat or hot water, 10 pests, 9 general repairs, 7 plumbing, 4 doors or windows, 3 paint or plaster, 3 unsanitary conditions, 2 appliances, 1 electrical, 1 floors or stairs

2026 Oct
General repairsApt 2G
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
General repairs, unsanitary conditionsApt 2G
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
Show 54 more
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water
2026 Sep
General repairsApt 2G
2026 Sep
PestsApt 2C
2026 Aug
Doors or windows, general repairsApt 4F
2026 Jul
PestsApt 4B
2026 Jun
General repairsApt 4F
2026 Jun
PlumbingApt 2G
2026 Jun
Paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 1B
2026 Jun
General repairsApt 3H
2026 May
General repairs, pestsApt 3H
2026 May
Unsanitary conditions
2026 May
Electrical, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 1B
2026 May
PestsApt 3H
2026 May
Plumbing, pestsApt 1B
2026 May
PestsApt 3H
2026 Mar
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Dec
PestsApt 2G
2025 Sep
PestsApt 3H
2025 Jul
General repairsApt 4A
2025 Jul
Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4A
2025 Apr
General repairsApt 2G
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2G
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 3H
2024 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 3F
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3H
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3H
2024 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 2G
2024 Sep
Elevators
2024 Sep
Pests
2024 Sep
PestsApt 4D
2024 May
PestsApt 1A
2024 Apr
Unsanitary conditions
2024 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 4D
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2G
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2G
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2G
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2G
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2D
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3H
2023 Oct
PlumbingApt 1E
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints received in the last 2 years; the list below is every complaint on record for the last three years

Permit history

5 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

Sources

23 datasets

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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