Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

163 W 143 St

built 1920 · 5 stories · 15 apartments

Apartments named in these records

5 of this building’s 15 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Oct
General construction permit
2026 Apr
General construction permit
2026 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 3B class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class B · closed · HPD violation
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2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
General construction permit
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B · HPD violation
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Mar 2026, last expired Jun 2026
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2024) · 10 complaints, 2024–2026 · 4 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Precision 0400), registration current since Oct 2026

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 Dec 2025, 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 2026 (4 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-17
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

4 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

7 complaints, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year

Electrical

1 complaint, 2025

Flooding

No 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: 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
What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

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

15 open: 12 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (5), fire safety (2), pests (2), smoke or CO detectors (2); 4 immediately hazardous (class C), 3 about paperwork or notices. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed

2026 Sep
Fire safety class C
2026 May
Fire safety class C
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Mar
MoldApt 3B class B
2026 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 3B class B · closed
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 3B class B · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class B · closed
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 3B class B · closed
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2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class B · closed
2026 Mar
ElectricalApt 3B class B · closed
2026 Mar
PlumbingApt 3B class A · closed
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 3B class B · closed
2026 Mar
MoldApt 3B class A · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class B · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class A · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class A · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Nov
Other conditionsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Nov
Other conditionsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B
2025 Jan
PestsApt 3B class C
2025 Jan
PestsApt 3B class C
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

5 open: 2 about building conditions, 3 about filings or paperwork

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

Nothing on record

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list
  • Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment
Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

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