# 163 W 121 St, Manhattan

What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan

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

Also known as 2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd: one building, several doors, and this card covers all of them.

## In one line

68 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water and lead-based paint and leaks and walls, floors and stairs and fire safety and pests and electrical and plumbing and doors and windows and gas and rubbish and cleanliness (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19)

## The building

- **Year built:** 1910 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)
- **Stories:** 5 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)
- **Homes:** 9 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)

## Worth knowing

- 68 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water and lead-based paint and leaks and walls, floors and stairs and fire safety and pests and electrical and plumbing and doors and windows and gas and rubbish and cleanliness
- 9 heat or hot water complaints filed with the city last winter
- 113 open HPD violations about building conditions

## Clean in the records

- Water service line on record as non-lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30)
- Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20)

## Building systems

- **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Mar 2020, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Water service line:** Non-Lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30)
- **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20)
- **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)
- **Basement:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## Violations and complaints

- **HPD violations:** 121 open: 113 about building conditions — heat or hot water (25), walls, floors and stairs (22), fire safety (10), lead-based paint (9); 68 immediately hazardous (class C), 8 about paperwork or notices. Also 4 older records from 1982–1992 never closed. 18 further violations from 2025 were closed. 291 violations on record in all, 1982–2026 — the 143 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19)
- **DOB violations:** 19 open: 5 about building conditions, 11 about filings or paperwork, 3 older than 10 years (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Heat and hot water complaints:** 9 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20)
- **Resident complaints to the city:** 22 heat or hot water, 6 general repairs, 5 plumbing, 1 appliances, 1 doors or windows, 1 electrical, 1 leaks, 1 safety (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20)

## More systems

- **Rent stabilization:** 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)
- **Heat source:** No boiler registration or district steam on record (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20)
- **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 1994 (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19)
- **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Gas piping:** Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026) (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Energy:** Not required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25)

## Permits and work

- **Permit history:** 8 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No active shed permit (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## By apartment

8 of 9 apartments named in a city record:

- Apt 2: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan/unit/2
- Apt 2C: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan/unit/2c
- Apt 4: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan/unit/4
- Apt 4E: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan/unit/4e
- Apt 5: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan/unit/5
- Apt 6: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan/unit/6
- Apt 7: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan/unit/7
- Apt 8: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan/unit/8

## Registered with the city

- 2021 SEVENTH PROPERTIES INC (Agent, Registration Contacts)
- 2021 SEVENTH PROPERTIES (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts)
- 2021 SEVENTH PROPERTIES CORP (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data))

## More

- Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/163-west-121-street-manhattan/records
- The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/163-west-121-street-manhattan
- Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp
- Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=163-west-121-street-manhattan
- How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt