165 William St — all records — Blueflo

Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

built 1908 · 10 stories · 12 apartments

Apartments named in these records

Apt 5 2 Apt 8 15 Apt 9 2

3 of this building’s 12 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.

Elevators

Issues on record

What has happened here

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation

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VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation

Elevators class - 1 · DOB violation

Elevator DOB violation

Elevator Annual Inspection / Test DOB violation

Elevators class - 2 · DOB violation

Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Apr 2026

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

Heat and hot water

Older records on file

What has happened here

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot waterApt 8 class A · HPD violation

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jun 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 2008

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 sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Older records on file

What has happened here

Plumbing permit

Leaks class A · HPD violation

LeaksApt 8 class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 8 class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Leaks class B · HPD violation

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LeaksApt 9 class B · HPD violation

Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Older records on file

What has happened here

PestsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Pests class B · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Older records on file

What has happened here

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Older records on file

What has happened here

Construction fence permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

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General construction permit

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 9 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Facade rating

Safe (cycle 9, filed Oct 2020)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18 · See the facade filings at DOB →

What this counts

Most recent facade (FISP) filing in the latest 5-year cycle

Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Dec 2018, last expired Oct 2026
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

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

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

28 open: 28 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (11), leaks (6), pests (3), fire safety (2); 3 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 13 older records from 1997–2016 never closed. 1 further violation from 2023 was closed. 82 violations on record in all, 1997–2023 — the 42 most recent are listed here

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

LeaksApt 8 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

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LeaksApt 8 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

LeaksApt 8 class B

Heat or hot waterApt 8 class A

PestsApt 8 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Other conditions class B

Fire safety class B

Other conditions class C

Fire safety class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 9 class B

LeaksApt 9 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

and 15 more at the source

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

18 open: 5 about building conditions, 13 about filings or paperwork

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators

VT-PER-CO Elevators

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators

VT-PER-CO Elevators

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators

VT-PER-CO Elevators

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators

VT-PER-CO Elevators

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VT-CAT1-CO Elevators

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators

VT-CAT1-CO Elevators

Elevators class - 1

Low Pressure Boiler

Elevator Annual Inspection / Test

Elevators class - 2

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

2 general repairs

General repairsApt 8

General repairsApt 8

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

44 permits since 1990

Construction fence permit

General construction permit

Supported scaffold permit

Plumbing permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

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General construction permit

Supported scaffold permit

and 34 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

Supported scaffold permit

General repairsApt 8 complaint

General repairsApt 8 complaint

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · HPD violation

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Supported scaffold permit

Other conditions class B · HPD violation

Other conditions class C · HPD violation

Nothing on record

Gasno record

Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

Energyno record

Energyno recordNo energy score on record

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer2026-10-19
OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3)2026-09-09

NYC DCP

NYC GeoSearch (address directory)2026-10-19
PLUTO (tax lot data)2026-08-24

NYC DEP

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)2026-10-19
Lead Service Line Location Coordinates2026-01-30

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps2024-07-03

NYC DOB

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance2026-10-18
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits2026-10-17
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler2026-10-17
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings2026-10-18
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)2026-10-19
DOB Safety Violations2026-10-18
DOB Violations2026-10-18

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84)2025-11-25

NYC HPD

Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction2026-08-12
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems2026-10-19
Housing Maintenance Code Violations2026-10-19
Multiple Dwelling Registrations2026-08-12
Registration Contacts2026-08-12

NYC OTI

AddressPoint2026-07-07
Building Footprints2026-10-11

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations)2025-11-30

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Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.

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