Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

169 Allen St

built 1920 · 6 stories · 30 apartments
Registered with the city: 167-169 ALLEN ST. HDFC · 1 other building here list it

Apartments named in these records

5 of this building’s 30 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.

Water and pipes

Issues on record

Elevators

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record, most recently 2024
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Best 5A-50), registration current since Jun 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 Nov 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 2009

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record, most recently 2022

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Electrical

Older records on file

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2022

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

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

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

HPD violations

2 open: 2 about building conditions — doors and windows (1), pests (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 24 older records from 1971–2011 never closed. 8 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 45 violations on record in all, 1971–2026 — the 34 most recent are listed here

2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3C class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3C class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectors class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectors class B · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
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2022 May
Doors and windowsApt 4B class A
2022 May
PestsApt 4B class C
2011 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 6C class C · never closed
2011 Aug
Fire safetyApt 6C class B · never closed
2010 May
Doors and windowsApt 6C class B · never closed
2010 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2H class B · never closed
1991 Oct
PlumbingApt 2H class B · never closed
1990 Mar
Doors and windows class B · never closed
1990 Mar
Plumbing class B · never closed
1990 Mar
Doors and windows class A · never closed
1990 Mar
Doors and windows class B · never closed
1990 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
1990 Mar
Plumbing class B · never closed
1990 Mar
Heat or hot water class B · never closed
1990 Mar
Heat or hot water class B · never closed
1990 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
1989 Sep
Fire safetyApt 6C class B · never closed
1988 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · never closed
1986 Jul
LeaksApt 3C class B · never closed
1986 May
GasApt 3C class B · never closed
1986 May
ElectricalApt 3C class B · never closed
1986 May
Doors and windowsApt 3C class C · never closed
1985 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 3C class A · never closed
1985 Aug
Other conditionsApt 3C class B · never closed
1985 Aug
Fire safetyApt 6C class B · never closed
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

Permit history

9 permits since 1990

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

  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

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
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft

Sources

23 datasets

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.

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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