Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

181 Vermilyea Ave

built 1916 · 5 stories · 40 apartments
Registered with the city: 181 Realty Corp; 181 REALTY CORP.

Apartments named in these records

12 of this building’s 40 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

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: 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
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

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection May 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

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)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2022) · 4 complaints, 2025–2026

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Electrical

2 complaints, 2025

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2021

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 40 (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

42 open: 42 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (12), fire safety (7), lead-based paint (6), other conditions (4); 14 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 83 older records from 1983–2016 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025 were closed. 413 violations on record in all, 1983–2025 — the 164 most recent are listed here

2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2025 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 35 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 35 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class A · closed
2025 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 35 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
PlumbingApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Other conditionsApt 35 class B · closed
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2025 Nov
Other conditionsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Other conditionsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
PestsApt 35 class C · closed
2025 Nov
PestsApt 35 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 35 class A · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class A · closed
2025 Nov
PlumbingApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Fire safetyApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class B · closed
2025 May
Fire safety class B
2022 Nov
Fire safety class C
2022 Nov
Fire safety class C
2022 Aug
Lead-based paintApt 25 class C
2022 Aug
MoldApt 25 class C
2021 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class A
2021 Apr
Lead-based paintApt 32 class C
2021 Mar
Lead-based paintApt 32 class C
2021 Mar
Lead-based paintApt 32 class C
2020 Dec
Leaks class B
2020 Dec
Fire safety class B
2020 Dec
Fire safety class B
2020 Dec
Leaks class B
2020 Feb
MoldApt 1 class B
2020 Feb
Fire safetyApt 1 class C
2020 Feb
Doors and windows class C
2020 Jan
Other conditionsApt 41 class B
2020 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 41 class C
2020 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 41 class C
2019 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 21 class B
2019 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 21 class B
2019 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 21 class B
2019 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 21 class B
2019 Aug
PlumbingApt 21 class B
2019 May
Other conditionsApt 26 class B
and 75 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

6 open: 5 about filings or paperwork, 1 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

3 leaks, 2 electrical, 2 general repairs, 2 heat or hot water, 2 mold, 2 pests, 2 plumbing, 1 doors or windows, 1 floors or stairs, 1 unsanitary conditions

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

2 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

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

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