Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

2050 Frederick Douglass Blvd

built 1985 · 7 stories · 102 apartments
Registered with the city: CHARLES HILL HOUSING ASSOCIATES; CHARLES H HOUSING ASSOC.

Apartments named in these records

8 of this building’s 102 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.

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record
Facade rating

Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Feb 2023)

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 Oct 2017, last expired Oct 2018
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 6 complaints, 2025–2026
What has happened here
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 401 complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 104 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 702 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 702 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 305 complaint
Show 23 more
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 203 complaint
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Aug
Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2007 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2006 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2005 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2005 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2005 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2004 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2003 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2002 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2001 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2000 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1998 May
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Hydrotherm Model M02310 HYDROTHERM MODEL M02310), registration cancelled since Apr 1987

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 Jul 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

6 heat or hot water complaints

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)

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

2 complaints, 2025–2026
Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (records)

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

Electrical

Older records on file

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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Elevators

Older records on file
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

Gas

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 45 (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: 5 about building conditions — pests (3), doors and windows (1), walls, floors and stairs (1); 4 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 1 older record from 2009 never closed. 2 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 166 violations on record in all, 1990–2026 — the 8 most recent are listed here

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

Permit history

4 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

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

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.
Report an error · Talk to us · Look up another building
Not an inspection and not a warranty. May not be used for tenant screening — terms of use · privacy.
For AI and developers: llms.txt · API · MCP server · this card as markdown