Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1904 · 5 stories · 13 apartments
Registered with the city: BLACK DIAMOND EQUITY MANAGEMENT INC · 4 other buildings here list it; 231-235 EAST 53 STREET LLC · 1 other building here list it; 231-235 EAST 53RD STREET LLC · 1 other building here list it
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 Sep
No active shed permit; permits since Jun 2026, last expired Sep 2026
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Jun
Supported scaffold permit
2018 Apr
General construction permit, Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, Fire protection permit
2018 Apr
Heating/ventilation permit, Plumbing permit
2017 Jan
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
2013 Oct
Fire protection permit
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1996 Apr
Construction never closed
DOB Violations
1991 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1989 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 3W class C · never closed
1988 Mar
ElectricalApt 5E class C · never closed
1986 Jun
Other conditionsApt 3W class C · never closed
1904
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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