Building record from city data · MANHATTAN, NY

238 W 52 St

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built 1926 · 5 stories · 16 apartments on its tax lot · BIN 1080860 · BBL 1010230051

Worth knowing
City records list the water service line's material as unknown (lead not ruled out)
Source: Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30
Worth knowing
Also on record
Clean in the records
Worth knowing
City records list the water service line's material as unknown (lead not ruled out)
Source: Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30

Water and pipes

Issues on record
Water service lineWhole tax lot

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records)

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

Heat and hot water

No issues on record
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Aug 2025, 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 sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

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

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

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
General condition and all recordsno record
  • HPD violationsfound0 open
  • DOB violationsfound0 open
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints
  • Permit historyno record0 permits since 1990
Structure and facadeNo data published
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

21 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.