20 Commerce St

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits 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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

9 open: 9 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (3), pests (2), smoke or CO detectors (2), fire safety (1); 4 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 15 older records from 1986–2014 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 200 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 59 most recent are listed here

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3C class B · closed

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3C class B · closed

2025 Dec

Fire safety class C · closed

2025 Dec

Fire safety class C · closed

2025 Jun

Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed

2025 Jun

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B

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2025 Jun

Fire safetyApt 2B class C

2025 Jun

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B

2025 Jun

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B

2025 Jun

Fire safety class B · closed

2025 Jun

Fire safetyApt 3C class C · closed

2025 Jun

Doors and windowsApt 3C class C · closed

2025 Jun

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

2025 Jun

Leaks class B · closed

2025 Jun

Other conditions class B · closed

2025 Jun

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed

2025 Jun

Heat or hot waterApt 3C class C · closed

2025 Jun

Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed

2025 May

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

2025 May

Fire safety class B · closed

2025 Apr

Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed

2025 Apr

Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed

2025 Apr

Heat or hot water class C · closed

2025 Apr

Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C · closed

2025 Apr

Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C · closed

2024 Sep

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · closed

2024 Sep

LeaksApt 4B class B · closed

2023 Dec

Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C

2022 Mar

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B

2014 Mar

Doors and windowsApt 1B class B · never closed

2013 May

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class B · never closed

2013 Mar

Doors and windowsApt 1B class B · never closed

2011 Jul

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · never closed

2010 Sep

Doors and windowsApt 1B class B · never closed

2007 Oct

Doors and windowsApt 1B class A · never closed

2004 Mar

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B · never closed

1998 Sep

Other conditionsApt 3C class B · never closed

1997 Nov

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B · never closed

1997 Nov

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class A · never closed

1996 Jul

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class A · never closed

1996 Jul

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class A · never closed

1996 Jul

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class A · never closed

1996 May

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class B · never closed

1986 May

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C 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

3 open: 3 older than 10 years

2012 Jan

Construction class - 1 · never closed

2008 Aug

Construction class - 2 · never closed

2007 Apr

Construction 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

37 heat or hot water, 5 plumbing, 1 leaks, 1 mold

2026 Jan

MoldApt 3D

2025 Dec

Heat or hot waterApt 4C

2025 Nov

Heat or hot water

2025 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 3D

2025 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

2025 Nov

Heat or hot water

2025 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 3D

2025 Oct

Heat or hot waterApt BW

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2025 Oct

Heat or hot waterApt 4B

2025 Oct

Heat or hot water

2025 Oct

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

Heat or hot waterApt 1F

2025 Sep

LeaksApt BW

2025 Jun

Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 4B

Heat or hot waterApt 1A

2025 Jun

Heat or hot waterApt 3D

Heat or hot waterApt BW

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

2025 Feb

Heat or hot water

2025 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 4B

2025 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 1A

2025 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 1F

2025 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

2025 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 1F

Heat or hot waterApt 1A

2023 Dec

Heat or hot water

2023 Dec

Heat or hot waterApt 4B

Heat or hot waterApt 2D

2023 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 3A

2023 Nov

Heat or hot water

2023 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 3A

Heat or hot waterApt 2A

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

Permit history

20 permits since 1990

2019 Nov

General construction permit

2019 Apr

General construction permit, Plumbing permit

2018 Apr

General construction permit, Plumbing permit

2017 Jun

Plumbing permit, General construction permit, Heating/ventilation permit

2015 Nov

General construction permit

2013 Oct

Plumbing permit

and 14 more at the source

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

Everything else on record

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3C class B · closed · HPD violation

2026 Jan

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3C class B · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jun

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B · HPD violation

2025 Jun

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B · HPD violation

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2025 Jun

Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation

1998 Sep

Other conditionsApt 3C class B · never closed · HPD violation

Nothing on record

Gasno record

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

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.

These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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Apartments named in these records

Heat and hot water

Water and pipes

Pests and cleanliness

Fire and safety

Structure and facade

Flooding

Rent and tenancy

General condition and all records

Nothing on record

Sources

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