159 W 142 St

Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed · DOB violation

Elevators complaint

1997 Jan

Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Nov 2023

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-18 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →

What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

Energy

EnergyWhole tax lot

ENERGY STAR score 39 (2024 report), reported for all of SAMUEL (CITY) (42 buildings)

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

36 open: 31 about building conditions — fire safety (9), walls, floors and stairs (8), doors and windows (4), heat or hot water (4); 14 immediately hazardous (class C), 5 about paperwork or notices. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 70 violations on record in all, 2006–2026 — the 67 most recent are listed here

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Doors and windows class A

Doors and windows class A

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

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Heat or hot waterApt 2A class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C

Heat or hot waterApt 4D class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed

2025 Oct

2025 Oct

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class B

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Doors and windowsApt 1E class A

Doors and windowsApt 1E class B

PestsApt 5J class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 5J class A · closed

Fire safetyApt 1E class B · closed

PestsApt 1E class C · closed

PestsApt 1E class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 7E class B · closed

LeaksApt 7E class C · closed

LeaksApt 3J class B · closed

Heat or hot water class C

2025 Feb

PestsApt 4B class C

2025 Feb

2025 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C

Heat or hot waterApt 2D class C

LeaksApt 2D class B

Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork

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

DOB violations

4 open: 3 about building conditions, 1 about filings or paperwork

Construction class - 1

1997 Jan

Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · Read these violations in full at DOB →

What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

Resident complaints to the city

41 heat or hot water, 14 pests, 12 plumbing, 8 doors or windows, 5 appliances, 4 general repairs, 4 leaks, 4 safety, 3 electrical, 2 paint or plaster, 2 unsanitary conditions, 1 elevators, 1 mold

2026 Oct

Plumbing, pestsApt 2D

General repairsApt 2D

Paint or plaster, pestsApt 4E

Unsanitary conditionsApt 3J

Appliances, safetyApt 2D

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Heat or hot waterApt 5J

Unsanitary conditionsApt 3J

Heat or hot water

Plumbing, safetyApt 2D

LeaksApt E

Heat or hot waterApt 2A

Heat or hot waterApt 1B

PlumbingApt 2F

Heat or hot waterApt 1B

Doors or windows, heat or hot water, pestsApt 5J

Heat or hot waterApt 7A

PestsApt 5J

Doors or windows, heat or hot water, moldApt 5J

Appliances, heat or hot waterApt 2D

Heat or hot waterApt 1B

AppliancesApt 3J

Heat or hot waterApt 2

Heat or hot waterApt 6B

PlumbingApt 7E

Heat or hot waterApt 7E

Heat or hot waterApt 7E

2025 Oct

2025 Sep

General repairsApt 2D

2025 Aug

PlumbingApt 7D

Heat or hot waterApt 7D

Heat or hot waterApt 5C

PestsApt 1D

Doors or windows, general repairs, safety, pestsApt 1E

PlumbingApt 1D

Doors or windows, pestsApt 1E

Heat or hot waterApt 1E

Heat or hot waterApt 1E

General repairs, pestsApt 5J

Doors or windows, pestsApt 1E

Heat or hot waterApt 1D

Doors or windows, pestsApt 1E

Appliances, doors or windows, pestsApt 1E

Doors or windowsApt 1E

PestsApt 1E

LeaksApt 7E

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 7E

LeaksApt 3J

Heat or hot waterApt 4B

Appliances, plumbingApt 2D

Heat or hot waterApt 4B

Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1B

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 7D

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot water, pestsApt 5C

Heat or hot waterApt 4F

Heat or hot waterApt 5F

2024 Nov

General construction permit

2024 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 2A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

22 permits since 1990

2026 Sep

2026 Aug

Structural permit

2026 Aug

General construction permit

Plumbing permit

Suspended scaffold permit

Mechanical systems permit

Plumbing permit

Supported scaffold permit

Boiler equipment permit

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2024 Feb

2023 Nov

General construction permit

and 12 more at the source

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · See every permit at DOB →

What this counts

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

Everything else on record

2026 Aug

Structural permit

General repairsApt 2D complaint

Paint or plasterApt 4E complaint

Appliances, safetyApt 2D complaint

SafetyApt 2D complaint

Doors or windowsApt 5J complaint

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Doors or windowsApt 5J complaint

AppliancesApt 2D complaint

AppliancesApt 3J complaint

Suspended scaffold permit

Mechanical systems permit

2025 Sep

General repairsApt 2D complaint

Doors or windows, general repairs, safetyApt 1E complaint

General repairsApt 5J complaint

Appliances, doors or windowsApt 1E complaint

Boiler equipment permit

Paint or plasterApt 7E complaint