Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

178 Norfolk St

built 1900 · 6 stories · 20 apartments
Registered with the city: PARK SQUARE ASSOCIATES, INC · 1 other building here list it; PSA LESAGE, LLC · 4 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

6 of this building’s 20 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 1 complaint, 2025
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B. Smith LO28-S-5), registration current since Apr 2025

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 Jul 2026, 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 1994

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 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 1 complaint, 2025

Electrical

1 complaint, 2025
What has happened here

Structure and facade

Older records on file
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Feb 2017, last expired Feb 2018
  • 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

Gas

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

14 open: 10 about building conditions — fire safety (2), pests (2), smoke or CO detectors (2), doors and windows (1); 3 immediately hazardous (class C), 4 about paperwork or notices. Also 40 older records from 1989–2012 never closed. 13 further violations from 2025 were closed. 80 violations on record in all, 1989–2025 — the 67 most recent are listed here

2025 Nov
Fire safetyApt 9 class B
2025 Nov
Fire safetyApt 9 class C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 9 class C · closed
2025 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 7 class A · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class A · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class A · closed
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2025 Sep
PestsApt 7 class C
2025 Sep
Fire safetyApt 7 class C · closed
2025 Sep
LeaksApt 7 class B · closed
2025 Aug
PestsApt 7 class C
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 7 class B · closed
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 7 class B · closed
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 7 class B · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class B · closed
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 7 class A · closed
2021 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 12 class B
2021 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 12 class B
2018 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2018 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2018 Jun
Rubbish and cleanliness class B
2018 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 7 class A
2018 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2018 Feb
Leaks class A
2018 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2018 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2012 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 2 class C · never closed
2012 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B · never closed
2012 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2 class B · never closed
2012 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class A · never closed
1995 Sep
Fire safetyApt 19 class B · never closed
1995 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 19 class B · never closed
1995 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 2 class B · never closed
1995 Jan
Fire safetyApt 2 class B · never closed
1994 Sep
GasApt 19 class C · never closed
1994 Sep
GasApt 18 class C · never closed
1994 Apr
Fire safety class B · never closed
and 16 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

7 open: 1 about building conditions, 4 about filings or paperwork, 2 older than 10 years

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, 2 plumbing, 1 electrical, 1 floors or stairs, 1 heat or hot water, 1 paint or plaster, 1 pests

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

8 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

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

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.
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