Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

162 8 Ave

built 1920 · 3 stories · 7 apartments
Also known as 261 W 18 St — one building, several doors.

Apartments named in these records

Apt 1B 5Apt 4A 1

2 of this building’s 7 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record
What has happened here
2025 Dec
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2024 Oct
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2018 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
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2017 Feb
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain BG478SF), registration current since Dec 2023

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jun 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 1997

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 complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Flooding

Issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); 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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Water and pipes

No issues on record
What has happened here
2021 Jul
Plumbing permit
2017 Jun
Plumbing permit
2015 Nov
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Pests and cleanliness

1 resolved in 2024
What has happened here
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Older records on file
What has happened here
2007 Jul
Fire safety class B · never closed · HPD violation
2000 Jun
Fire safetyApt 1B class B · never closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2026 Jul
General construction permit
2021 Jul
General construction permit
2021 Feb
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2017 Jun
General construction permit, Construction fence permit
2017 May
General construction permit, Construction fence permit
2007 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · never closed · HPD violation
Show 4 more
2007 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed · HPD violation
2007 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · never closed · HPD violation
2004 Dec
Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
2000 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 1B class B · never closed · HPD violation
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

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

What has happened here
2025 Oct
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152 DOB violation
2016 Sep
GasApt 4A class C · never closed · HPD violation
Gas piping

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

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18
What this counts

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

General condition and all records

DOB violations

10 open: 3 about building conditions, 6 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

2025 Dec
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2025 Oct
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152
2024 Oct
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
2021 Feb
Construction class - 2
2018 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler
Show 2 more
2017 Feb
Low Pressure Boiler
2004 Dec
Construction non-hazardous · 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

Permit history

25 permits since 1990

2026 Jul
General construction permit
2021 Jul
Plumbing permit
2021 Jul
General construction permit
2017 Jun
Plumbing permit, General construction permit, Construction fence permit
2017 May
General construction permit, Construction fence permit
2015 Nov
Plumbing permit
2014 Jul
Sign permit
and 18 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
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2014 Jul
Sign permit
2007 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1B class B · never closed · HPD violation
  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 8 older records from 2000–2016 never closed. 2 further violations from 2023–2024 were closed. 22 violations on record in all, 2000–2024 — the 10 most recent are listed here
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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