# 176 W 87 St, Manhattan What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/176-west-87-street-manhattan > These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. Also known as 541 Amsterdam Ave, 551 Amsterdam Ave, 555 Amsterdam Ave: one building, several doors, and this card covers all of them. ## In one line 1 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violation about walls, floors and stairs (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) ## The building - **Year built:** 1918 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) - **Stories:** 13 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) - **Homes:** 86 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) ## Worth knowing - 1 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violation about walls, floors and stairs - Basement on record, and the city's stormwater map shows flooding here in at least one storm scenario - Latest facade filing: safe with a repair and maintenance program - 11 open HPD violations about building conditions ## Also on record - On the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registrations) - City stormwater map shows deep and contiguous flooding at this building in the Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels scenario ## Clean in the records - Water service line on record as non-lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - Boiler inspection filed Oct 2026 with no defects reported (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19) - Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) - Elevator periodic inspection filed within the last year (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19) - No heat or hot water complaints filed last winter (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) ## Building systems - **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Oct 2026, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19) - **Facade rating:** Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Sep 2022) (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-19) - **Water service line:** Non-Lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) - **Stormwater flooding:** Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); 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) - **Basement:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## Violations and complaints - **HPD violations:** 13 open: 11 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (6), smoke or CO detectors (2), fire safety (1), leaks (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C), 2 about paperwork or notices. Also 3 older records from 1999–2005 never closed. 18 violations on record in all, 1991–2022 — the 16 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **DOB violations:** 3 open: 3 about filings or paperwork (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Heat and hot water complaints:** 0 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) - **Resident complaints to the city:** no complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) ## More systems - **Rent stabilization:** On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations). Co-op or condo on the list: renters who moved in after conversion are not covered (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30) - **Heat source:** Boiler burning No. 4 oil (Federal Fst 250 FEDERAL FST 250), registration cancelled since Dec 2017 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20) - **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 2017 (3 on record) (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19) - **Elevators:** 3 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jan 2026 (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19) - **Gas piping:** No open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Energy:** ENERGY STAR score 48 (2024 report) (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25) ## Permits and work - **Permit history:** 128 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No active shed permit; permits since Jun 2020, last expired Nov 2024 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## By apartment 2 of 86 apartments named in a city record: - Apt 1A: https://blueflo.tech/b/176-west-87-street-manhattan/unit/1a - Apt 2F: https://blueflo.tech/b/176-west-87-street-manhattan/unit/2f ## Registered with the city - AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. (Agent, Registration Contacts) - 176 West 87 Street Owners Corp. (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts) - 176 WEST 87TH ST OWNERS CO. C/O BHS (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data)) ## More - Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/176-west-87-street-manhattan/records - The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/176-west-87-street-manhattan - Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp - Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=176-west-87-street-manhattan - How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt