Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

181 E 73 St

built 1958 · 20 stories · 117 apartments
Also known as 1270 3 Ave, 1278 3 Ave — one building, several doors.

Apartments named in these records

Apt PHA 4

1 of this building’s 117 apartments is 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.

Heat and hot water

1 complaint, 2024
What has happened here
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt PHA complaint
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-175), registration current since Jul 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 Feb 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 1998

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-17
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

Water and pipes

Older records on file
What has happened here
2024 Jun
Plumbing permit
2023 Apr
Plumbing permit
1999 Jul
Plumbing non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
1999 Jul
Plumbing non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Electrical

Older records on file
What has happened here
1987 Apr
Electrical class B · never closed · HPD violation
1986 Jul
Electrical class B · never closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2025
What has happened here
2025 Sep
General construction permit
2025 May
Construction DOB violation
2024 May
General construction permit
2023 Apr
General construction permit
2023 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · HPD violation
2023 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
Show 5 more
2020 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt PHA class B · HPD violation
2020 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt PHA class B · HPD violation
2020 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt PHA class B · HPD violation
1989 Apr
Doors and windows class A · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Apr
Doors and windows class A · never closed · HPD violation
Facade rating

Safe (cycle 10, filed Jul 2026)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18 · 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 Sep 2025, last expired Sep 2026
  • 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

Elevators

Issues on record, most recently 2023
What has happened here
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
1997 Jan
Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed · DOB violation
Elevators

2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Mar 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-18 · 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 55 (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

HPD violations

5 open: 4 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (4), 1 about paperwork or notices. Also 4 older records from 1986–1989 never closed. 10 violations on record in all, 1986–2023 — the 9 most recent are listed here

2023 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2023 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2020 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt PHA class B
2020 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt PHA class B
2020 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt PHA class B
1989 Apr
Doors and windows class A · never closed
1989 Apr
Doors and windows class A · never closed
1987 Apr
Electrical class B · never closed
Show 1 more
1986 Jul
Electrical class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

6 open: 1 about building conditions, 3 about filings or paperwork, 2 older than 10 years

2025 May
Construction
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
1999 Jul
Plumbing non-hazardous · never closed
1999 Jul
Plumbing non-hazardous · never closed
1997 Jan
Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed
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

1 heat or hot water

2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt PHA
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

Everything else on record
2025 Apr
Suspended scaffold permit
2025 Mar
Supported scaffold permit
2025 Mar
Protection and mechanical methods permit
2025 Jan
Structural permit
2024 Sep
Protection and mechanical methods permit

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

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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