# 221 Ave A, Manhattan What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/221-avenue-a-manhattan > These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. ## In one line 1 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violation about pests (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) ## The building - **Year built:** 1900 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) - **Stories:** 6 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) - **Homes:** 22 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) ## Worth knowing - 1 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violation about pests - Basement on record, and the city's stormwater map shows flooding here in at least one storm scenario ## Also on record - City stormwater map shows deep and contiguous flooding at this building in the Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels scenario ## Clean in the records - Water service line on record as non-lead (field inspection) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - Boiler inspection filed Oct 2026 with no defects reported (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17) - Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19) ## Building systems - **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Oct 2026, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17) - **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18) - **Water service line:** Non-Lead (field inspection) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19) - **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) - **Basement:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## Violations and complaints - **HPD violations:** 2 open: 2 about building conditions — pests (1), walls, floors and stairs (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C). 1 further violation from 2025 was closed. 76 violations on record in all, 1984–2025 — the 3 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **DOB violations:** 0 open (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18) - **Heat and hot water complaints:** 1 heat or hot water complaint (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19) - **Resident complaints to the city:** 4 heat or hot water, 3 doors or windows, 1 general repairs, 1 pests, 1 plumbing, 1 unsanitary conditions (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19) ## More systems - **Rent stabilization:** On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations); listed for this tax lot (1 addresses), not under this building's address (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30) - **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (H.B. Smith 19HE-S/W-8), registration current since Jul 2025 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19) - **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 2022 (2 on record) (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19) - **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-18) - **Gas piping:** No open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18) - **Energy:** Not required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25) ## Permits and work - **Permit history:** 17 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17) - **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No sidewalk shed permits on record (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17) - **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## By apartment 3 of 22 apartments named in a city record: - Apt 5: https://blueflo.tech/b/221-avenue-a-manhattan/unit/5 - Apt 12: https://blueflo.tech/b/221-avenue-a-manhattan/unit/12 - Apt 17: https://blueflo.tech/b/221-avenue-a-manhattan/unit/17 ## Registered with the city - 221 AVENUE A, LLC (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts) - 221 AVENUE A, LLC. (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data)) ## More - Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/221-avenue-a-manhattan/records - The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/221-avenue-a-manhattan - Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp - Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=221-avenue-a-manhattan - How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt