Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

205 Columbus Ave

built 1887 · 5 stories · 16 apartments

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 Feb
Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Apr
Plumbing
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2024 Dec
LeaksApt 4B class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B
2024 Dec
LeaksApt 4B class B
2024 Dec
Paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 4B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Sep
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Jun
Plumbing permit
2024 Apr
General construction permit
2024 Apr
No active shed permit; permits since Apr 2023, last expired Apr 2024
2023 Jun
Supported scaffold permit
2023 Mar
General construction permit
2022 Aug
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B. Smith LO28A-S-9), registration expired since Aug 2022
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2013 Nov
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2013 Nov
Sign permit
2013 Oct
General construction permit, Construction fence permit
2013 Oct
Heating/ventilation permit
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2002 Oct
Latest boiler work permit 2002 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1887
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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