Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

172 Water St

built 1971 · 24 stories · 535 apartments
Also known as 180 Water St — one building, several doors.

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Oct
LeaksApt 2720
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Sep
Boiler burning natural gas (Aerco BMK-3000), registration current since Sep 2026
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2026 Sep
Mechanical systems permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Sep
Sprinklers permit
2026 Sep
Plumbing permit
2026 Aug
General construction permit
2026 Jul
Elevators
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jun
8 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jun 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 May
Latest accepted inspection May 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Mar
PlumbingApt 1802
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
PlumbingApt 1802
2026 Jan
Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt M1
2026 Jan
MoldApt 2521
2026 Jan
PlumbingApt 1802
2026 Jan
Doors or windows
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Apr
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Mar
No active shed permit; permits since Jul 2017, last expired Mar 2025
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Jun
LeaksApt 1009 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1009
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 May
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Apr
Suspended scaffold permit
2023 May
Plumbing permit
2023 Apr
Sprinklers permit
2023 Feb
General construction permit
2023 Feb
Structural permit
2022 Dec
Safe (cycle 9, filed Dec 2022)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2016 Sep
Latest boiler work permit 2016
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2007 Sep
In a FEMA special flood hazard area: AE
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1971
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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