Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1910 · 5 stories · 8 apartments
Registered with the city: 159 EAST 55TH STREET LLC
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.
2025 May
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Peerless SC-06), registration current since May 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2025 Feb
Latest accepted inspection Feb 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2024 Sep
PestsApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2018 Mar
Plumbing permit, General construction permit, Heating/ventilation permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2017 May
No active shed permit
2016 May
Scaffold permit
2013 Nov
Fire protection permit
2011 Dec
Fire protection permit
2009 Jan
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2007 Apr
Latest boiler work permit 2007
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2007 Apr
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2001 Dec
Construction never closed
DOB Violations
2001 Dec
Construction never closed
1910
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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