Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

172 Water St

built 1971 · 24 stories · 535 apartments
Also known as 180 Water St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 60G MGMT, LLC; 180 Water LLC; EO 180 WATER LLC

Apartments named in these records

5 of this building’s 535 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.

Flooding

Issues on record
FEMA flood zone

In a FEMA special flood hazard area: AE

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Reached by future high tide (sea level rise, with no storm); 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

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

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

Heat and hot water

1 complaint, 2026
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Aerco BMK-3000), registration current since Sep 2026

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection May 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2016

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 complaints

1 heat or hot water complaint

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

Water and pipes

4 complaints, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

2 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

Fire and safety

4 resolved since 2025

Structure and facade

No issues on record
Facade rating

Safe (cycle 9, filed Dec 2022)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-19 · 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 Jul 2017, last expired Mar 2025
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Elevators

1 complaint, 2026
What has happened here
Elevators

8 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jun 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 91 (2024 report)

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

Resident complaints to the city

3 plumbing, 2 doors or windows, 1 elevators, 1 heat or hot water, 1 leaks, 1 mold, 1 unsanitary conditions

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

112 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

  • HPD violationsfound0 open. 5 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 15 violations on record in all, 2017–2025 — the 5 most recent are listed here
  • DOB violationsfound0 open

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

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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