Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

252 Wadsworth Ave

built 1914 · 5 stories · 26 apartments
Registered with the city: LEMLE & WOLFF, INC · 22 other buildings here list it; 252 WADSWORTH ASSOCIATES LLC; 252 WADSWORTH ASSOCIATES

Apartments named in these records

10 of this building’s 26 apartments are named in a city record. The rest have no record naming them, which is the usual case.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Structure and facade

Issues on record
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Oct 2020, last expired Mar 2021
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 7 complaints, 2025–2026 · 6 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-50), registration current since Apr 2024

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jul 2026, 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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2002

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

7 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2024) · 4 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2025–2026

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2024

Electrical

1 complaint, 2025

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). 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
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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

28 open: 28 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (9), other conditions (6), lead-based paint (5), mold (2); 7 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 6 older records from 2016 never closed. 14 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 92 violations on record in all, 2013–2026 — the 48 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Other conditionsApt 3B class B
2026 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B
2026 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B
2026 Sep
Other conditionsApt 2D class B
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2E class A
2026 Sep
Other conditionsApt 2E class A
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2E class A
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class A
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2026 Sep
PestsApt 4D class C
2026 Sep
Other conditionsApt 4D class B
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safety class B · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 5A class C · closed
2026 Feb
Other conditionsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed
2025 Apr
PestsApt 2C class C · closed
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 5E class C
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 5E class C
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 5E class C
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A
2024 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 5E class C
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B
2024 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 5E class A
2024 Nov
Other conditionsApt 5E class B
2024 Nov
Other conditionsApt 5E class B
2024 Nov
PlumbingApt 5E class B
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A
2024 Nov
LeaksApt 5E class B
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class C
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A
2024 Oct
Doors and windows class B · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4D class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

Permit history

7 permits since 1990

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

  • DOB violationsfound0 open

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
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

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

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
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