Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

20 Commerce St

built 1854 · 4 stories · 17 apartments
Also known as 56 7 Ave S — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: VANDERLEIGH PROPERTIES · 5 other buildings here list it; MERAUKE REALTY LLC; MERAUKE LLC

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Jul
Latest accepted inspection Jul 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Jan
MoldApt 3D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
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 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4C
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
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
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1F
2025 Sep
LeaksApt BW
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 4B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
PlumbingApt 4A
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
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 Jun
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
PlumbingApt 4B
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt BW
2025 Jun
PlumbingApt 4A
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water
2025 May
Heat or hot water
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 May
Heat or hot water
2025 May
PlumbingApt 4A
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 May
Heat or hot water
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 May
Fire safety class B · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
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
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
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
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Sep
LeaksApt 4B class B · closed
2024 Sep
LeaksApt 4B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Feb
Boiler burning natural gas (H.B. Smith 19HE-S/W-06), registration current since Feb 2024
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4B
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
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
2023 Nov
PlumbingApt 2C
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2022 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2022 Mar
PestsApt 3C class C
2022 Jan
PestsApt 3C class C
2022 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B
2019 Nov
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
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
2014 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 1B class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2013 Oct
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2013 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2013 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 1B class B · never closed
2012 Jan
Construction class - 1 · never closed
DOB Violations
2011 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2010 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 1B class B · never closed
2008 Aug
Construction class - 2 · never closed
DOB Violations
2007 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 1B class A · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2007 Apr
Construction never closed
DOB Violations
2004 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
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
1854
Built
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