Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

16 Ave A

built 1920 · 5 stories · 56 apartments
Also known as 153 E 2 St, 20 Ave A — 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 Oct
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Oct
Safety
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5M
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
Latest accepted inspection Oct 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Oct
Fire safety class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Oct
Floors or stairs, general repairs, heat or hot water, plumbing, safety, pests, leaksApt 5M
2026 Oct
General repairs, heat or hot water, safety, unsanitary conditions
2026 Oct
SafetyApt 5M
2026 Oct
Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, safety, mold, pests, leaksApt 5M
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5M
2026 Oct
PestsApt 4F class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B
2026 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4F class C
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4F class C
2026 Oct
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2026 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 5M
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Oct
Floors or stairs, moldApt 5M
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water
2026 Sep
Aeu-Haz Aeuhaz
DOB Violations
2026 Aug
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Aug
Doors or windows, electrical, safety, pestsApt 5M
2026 Aug
Doors or windows, electrical, heat or hot water, safetyApt 5M
2026 Aug
Unsanitary conditions
2026 Aug
Heat or hot water
2026 Aug
Electrical
2026 Aug
Unsanitary conditions
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Aug
Fire safety class B
2026 Aug
Rubbish and cleanliness class B
2026 Aug
Fire safety class C
2026 Aug
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Aug
Safety
2026 Aug
Elevators class - 1
DOB Violations
2026 Aug
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Aug
Doors or windowsApt 5M
2026 Aug
Safety, unsanitary conditions
2026 Jul
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Apr
MoldApt 3A
2026 Apr
Fire safety class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Apr
Fire safetyApt 4C class C · closed
2026 Apr
PestsApt 4C class C · closed
2026 Apr
PestsApt 4C class C · closed
2026 Mar
PestsApt 4C
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Mar
PestsApt 4C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Doors or windows, mold, pestsApt 5M
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water, safety
2026 Feb
Unsanitary conditions
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2J
2026 Jan
AppliancesApt 2E
2026 Jan
PestsApt 2E
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
2025 Dec
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, plumbingApt 2M
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4G
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4G
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4G
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4F class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4F class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4F
2025 Oct
PlumbingApt 5L
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4F class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class B
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4F class A · closed
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4F class B · closed
2025 Sep
General repairs, paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 4F
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Sep
1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Sep 2025
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2025 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3G
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5C class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3G
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 May
MoldApt 2G
2024 Mar
Elevators class - 1
DOB Violations
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5K
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2J
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4G class C · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Mar
Fire safetyApt 3H class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3H class C
2023 Mar
No active shed permit; permits since Mar 2022, last expired Mar 2023
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2022 Apr
Antenna permit
2022 Mar
General construction permit
2022 Mar
Supported scaffold permit
2021 Mar
General construction permit
2021 Jan
Plumbing permit
2020 Feb
Plumbing permit
2020 Jan
Mechanical systems permit
2020 Jan
Mechanical systems permit
2020 Jan
General construction permit
2019 Jun
Construction
DOB Violations
2018 Dec
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2016 Nov
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
DOB Violations
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1994 Sep
LL6291 Boiler never closed
DOB Violations
1991 Jun
Construction never closed
1920
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
1900 Jan
Boiler burning no6fuel (Crotty Mwb-79 CROTTY MWB-79), registration cancelled since Jan 1900
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
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