Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

253 Sherman Ave

built 1927 · 6 stories · 66 apartments
Also known as 255 Sherman Ave, 263 Sherman Ave, 265 Sherman Ave, 512 Isham St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: MILBROOK PROPERTIES LTD · 15 other buildings here list it; H.R.S EQUITIES, LLC; HRS EQUITIES

Apartments named in these records

10 of this building’s 66 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 27 complaints, 2024–2026 · 7 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Best 5B-100), registration current since Dec 2025

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 Mar 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 2013

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

8 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

4 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2023

Electrical

1 complaint, 2024

Structure and facade

Older records on file

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 31 (2024 report)

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

5 open: 5 about building conditions — mold (2), doors and windows (1), fire safety (1), lead-based paint (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 4 older records from 2012–2016 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 139 violations on record in all, 1990–2026 — the 66 most recent are listed here

2026 Apr
MoldApt E class B
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt E class B · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 25A class A · closed
2025 Jun
PestsApt E class C · closed
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt E class B · closed
2025 Jun
Doors and windowsApt E class B · closed
2025 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 44B class C · closed
2025 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 44B class C · closed
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2025 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 44B class C · closed
2025 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 44B class C · closed
2025 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 44B class C · closed
2025 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 44B class C · closed
2025 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 44B class C · closed
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 44B class B · closed
2025 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 44B class C · closed
2024 Jul
MoldApt 24B class B
2024 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 24B class B · closed
2024 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 24B class B · closed
2024 Jul
LeaksApt 24B class B · closed
2024 Jul
PlumbingApt 24B class B · closed
2024 Jul
LeaksApt 24B class B · closed
2024 Jul
LeaksApt 24B class B · closed
2024 May
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 May
Other conditionsApt E class B · closed
2024 May
PestsApt E class C · closed
2024 May
PestsApt E class C · closed
2024 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt E class B · closed
2023 Nov
Lead-based paintApt 44B class C
2019 Mar
Doors and windowsApt E1 class A
2019 Mar
Fire safetyApt E1 class B
2016 May
PestsApt E class B · never closed
2016 May
PestsApt E class B · never closed
2016 May
ElectricalApt E class B · never closed
2012 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 43B class B · never 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

Resident complaints to the city

27 heat or hot water, 4 floors or stairs, 4 paint or plaster, 3 plumbing, 2 doors or windows, 2 general repairs, 2 safety, 1 electrical, 1 leaks, 1 mold

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

17 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
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.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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