2255 5 Ave

Elevators class - 2 · DOB violation

Elevators class - 2 · DOB violation

Elevator never closed · DOB violation

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2001 Oct

Elevators

4 active elevators; latest periodic inspection May 2025

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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 69 complaints, 2024–2026 · 49 in the past year

What has happened here

Heat or hot waterApt 9F complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 9C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 3H complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 9C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt MD complaint

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Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 9C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 12C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 6B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 8E complaint

2025 Apr

2025 Mar

Heat or hot waterApt 8E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 10A complaint

2024 May

Heat or hot waterApt M complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint

2023 Dec

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

2013 Jan

Heating/ventilation permit

Heat and hot water complaints

47 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
Boiler inspection filingsno recordNo boiler filings under this building's ID
Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 22 complaints, 2024–2026 · 12 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 12A complaint

LeaksApt 12A complaint

Plumbing complaint

LeaksApt 12E class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 12C class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 12C complaint

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LeaksApt 4B complaint

PlumbingApt 10A complaint

PlumbingApt 1G complaint

LeaksApt 8D complaint

PlumbingApt 12E complaint

PlumbingApt 8E class C · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 8E complaint

PlumbingApt 8E complaint

PlumbingApt 1E complaint

PlumbingApt 1G complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 12E complaint

PlumbingApt 12E complaint

PlumbingApt 6B complaint

2025 Jul

LeaksApt 12H complaint

PlumbingApt MC complaint

2024 Jul

PlumbingApt 6B complaint

PlumbingApt 2G complaint

Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 35 complaints, 2024–2026 · 17 in the past year

What has happened here

MoldApt 1H complaint

PestsApt 7D complaint

PestsApt 5E complaint

PestsApt 8A complaint

PestsApt 8A complaint

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PestsApt MC class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 12D complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 3H complaint

PestsApt 3C class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2E complaint

PestsApt 2E complaint

PestsApt 3C class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 1F complaint

MoldApt 12E complaint

PestsApt 8A complaint

Unsanitary conditionsApt 6H complaint

Pests class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 8E class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 8E class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 1G complaint

PestsApt 2E complaint

PestsApt 12E complaint

PestsApt 12E complaint

Mold, unsanitary conditionsApt 6B complaint

2025 Jul

PestsApt 3H complaint

2025 Jun

MoldApt 12H complaint

MoldApt 12H complaint

2025 Jan

2025 Jan

PestsApt 6H complaint

PestsApt 6H complaint

PestsApt 11D complaint

MoldApt 10A complaint

MoldApt MC complaint

2024 Jun

2024 May

2024 May

MoldApt MB complaint

PestsApt 7D complaint

Electrical

3 complaints, 2026

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 12A complaint

ElectricalApt 12C complaint

ElectricalApt 1G complaint

ElectricalApt MB complaint

ElectricalApt MB complaint

2024 Jun

ElectricalApt MB complaint

Flooding

No issues on record

FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (0.2% annual chance)

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

Energy

EnergyWhole tax lot

ENERGY STAR score 26 (2024 report), reported for all of A&E - Big Riverton (5) (5 buildings)

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

52 open: 52 about building conditions — fire safety (9), pests (8), doors and windows (7), mold (7); 16 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 339 violations on record in all, 1995–2026 — the 156 most recent are listed here

Doors and windowsApt 11B class B

Doors and windowsApt 11B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 7D class A

Fire safety class C

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class B

Doors and windowsApt 7D class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 9D class B

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Smoke or CO detectorsApt 9D class B

Fire safetyApt 9D class C

Doors and windowsApt 12C class B

LeaksApt 12C class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6G class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6G class B

PestsApt MC class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt MC class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt MC class B

Doors and windowsApt 4C class B

Other conditionsApt 12D class B

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 7D class A · closed

PestsApt 3C class C

Doors and windowsApt 4C class B · closed

PestsApt 3C class C

Pests class C · closed

PestsApt 8E class C · closed

PestsApt 8E class C · closed

PlumbingApt 8E class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8E class B · closed

and 2 more at the source

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

11 open: 5 about building conditions, 5 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

Construction class - 2

Construction class - 1

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No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade)

Local Law class - 2

2023 Feb

2001 Oct

Elevator 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

69 heat or hot water, 27 pests, 16 plumbing, 14 general repairs, 12 leaks, 12 paint or plaster, 11 doors or windows, 7 mold, 6 appliances, 3 electrical, 2 safety, 2 unsanitary conditions, 1 floors or stairs, 1 outside the building

General repairs, moldApt 1H

LeaksApt 12A

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 12A

Appliances, doors or windows, general repairsApt 11B

Heat or hot waterApt 9F

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Heat or hot waterApt 9C

Heat or hot waterApt 3H

Heat or hot waterApt 9C

Heat or hot waterApt MD

Heat or hot waterApt 4E

Heat or hot waterApt 9C

Heat or hot waterApt 12C

General repairs, outside the building, paint or plaster, leaksApt 12C

Electrical, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 12A

Doors or windowsApt 9C

Doors or windowsApt BASEME

General repairsApt 12C

PestsApt 3H

Electrical, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 12C

PestsApt 2E

PlumbingApt 10A

Electrical, plumbingApt 1G

General repairsApt 4C

Heat or hot waterApt 3B

SafetyApt 5E

General repairsApt 7D

Heat or hot waterApt 3B

Appliances, pestsApt 1F

PestsApt 3C

Plumbing, moldApt 12E

PestsApt 8A

Doors or windows, general repairsApt 8H

PestsApt 3C

Heat or hot water, unsanitary conditionsApt 6H

Heat or hot waterApt 3B

General repairsApt 4C

Heat or hot waterApt 6B

PestsApt 3C

PlumbingApt 8E

PlumbingApt 8E

Heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 1E

Heat or hot waterApt 8E

General repairsApt 4C

Appliances, paint or plaster, plumbing, pests, leaksApt 12E

General repairsApt 8H

Doors or windowsApt 4C

LeaksApt 1E

Appliances, plumbing, pestsApt 12E

Floors or stairs, plumbing, mold, unsanitary conditionsApt 6B

Appliances, moldApt 3E

Paint or plaster, pestsApt 3H

Appliances, moldApt 3E

Paint or plasterApt 12H

Paint or plaster, moldApt 12H

Paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 12H

2025 Apr

2025 Mar

Doors or windows, pestsApt 6H

Heat or hot waterApt 8E

PlumbingApt MC

Heat or hot waterApt 10A

Doors or windowsApt 11H

Paint or plaster, pestsApt 11H

General repairs, pestsApt 11D

Electrical, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt MB

MoldApt 10A

Doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 10A

Electrical, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt MB

Doors or windows, electrical, mold, pestsApt MB

Doors or windowsApt 1

MoldApt MB

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 9B

Heat or hot waterApt M

Heat or hot waterApt 4C

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 1A

PestsApt 11H

Heat or hot waterApt 4C

PlumbingApt 2G

2023 Dec

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 1A

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

10 permits since 1990

2021 Aug

Plumbing permit

2021 Aug

2017 Jun

2015 Oct

Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit

2013 Jan

2012 Jun

Sprinklers permit

2007 May

2006 Oct

and 2 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

General repairsApt 1H complaint

Paint or plasterApt 12A complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, general repairsApt 11B complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 9D class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 9D class B · HPD violation

General repairs, outside the building, paint or plasterApt 12C complaint

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General repairs, paint or plasterApt 12A complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6G class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6G class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt MC class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt MC class B · HPD violation

Doors or windowsApt 9C complaint

Doors or windowsApt BASEME complaint

Other conditionsApt 12D class B · HPD violation

General repairsApt 12C complaint

General repairs, paint or plasterApt 12C complaint

General repairs complaint

General repairsApt 4C complaint

SafetyApt 5E complaint

General repairsApt 7D complaint

AppliancesApt 1F complaint

Doors or windows, general repairsApt 8H complaint

General repairsApt 4C complaint

Paint or plasterApt 1E complaint

General repairsApt 4C complaint

General repairsApt 8H complaint

Appliances, paint or plasterApt 12E complaint

Doors or windowsApt 4C complaint

AppliancesApt 12E complaint

Floors or stairsApt 6B complaint

AppliancesApt 3E complaint

AppliancesApt 3E complaint

2025 Jul

Paint or plasterApt 3H complaint

Paint or plasterApt 12H complaint

Paint or plasterApt 12H complaint

Paint or plasterApt 12H complaint

Doors or windowsApt 6H complaint

Doors or windowsApt 11H complaint

Paint or plasterApt 11H complaint

General repairsApt 11D complaint

Paint or plasterApt MB complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 10A complaint

Paint or plasterApt MB complaint

2024 Jun

Doors or windowsApt MB complaint

Doors or windowsApt 1 complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 9B complaint