# 2500 Frederick Douglass Blvd, Manhattan

What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/2500-frederick-douglass-boulevard-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

City records list the water service line as lead (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30)

## The building

- **Year built:** 1910 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)
- **Stories:** 5 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)
- **Homes:** 9 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)

## Worth knowing

- City records list the water service line as lead
- 6 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and doors and windows and heat or hot water
- 11 heat or hot water complaints filed with the city last winter
- 26 open HPD violations about building conditions

## Clean in the records

- Boiler inspection filed Oct 2025 with no defects reported (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17)
- Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19)

## Building systems

- **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Oct 2025, 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:** Lead (records) (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: 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)
- **Basement:** No basement (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## Violations and complaints

- **HPD violations:** 26 open: 26 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (7), doors and windows (6), electrical (3), fire safety (3); 6 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 1 older record from 1984 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 275 violations on record in all, 1984–2026 — the 88 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19)
- **DOB violations:** 1 open: 1 about building conditions (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18)
- **Heat and hot water complaints:** 11 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Resident complaints to the city:** 13 heat or hot water, 8 doors or windows, 8 pests, 7 paint or plaster, 5 leaks, 5 plumbing, 4 general repairs, 3 electrical, 3 floors or stairs, 2 mold, 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. Listed under the J-51 tax program, so stabilization can end when the exemption does (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30)
- **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain EGH-125), registration current since Jul 2025 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19)
- **Boiler work permits:** No boiler work permits 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:** 3 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17)
- **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No active shed permit (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

4 of 9 apartments named in a city record:

- Apt 1A: https://blueflo.tech/b/2500-frederick-douglass-boulevard-manhattan/unit/1a
- Apt 2B: https://blueflo.tech/b/2500-frederick-douglass-boulevard-manhattan/unit/2b
- Apt 5A: https://blueflo.tech/b/2500-frederick-douglass-boulevard-manhattan/unit/5a
- Apt 5B: https://blueflo.tech/b/2500-frederick-douglass-boulevard-manhattan/unit/5b

## Registered with the city

- 122 FDB MANAGEMENT LLC (Agent, Registration Contacts)
- 115-135 FDB LLC (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts)
- 115-135 FDB LLC (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data))

## More

- Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/2500-frederick-douglass-boulevard-manhattan/records
- The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/2500-frederick-douglass-boulevard-manhattan
- Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp
- Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=2500-frederick-douglass-boulevard-manhattan
- How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt
