# 255 W 116 St, Manhattan What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan > These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. Also known as 257 W 116 St, 259 W 116 St: one building, several doors, and this card covers all of them. ## In one line 22 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and mold and fire safety and doors and windows and heat or hot water (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) ## 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:** 31 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) ## Worth knowing - 22 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and mold and fire safety and doors and windows and heat or hot water - 1 hazardous (class 1) building code violation from 2025 is still open - 5 heat or hot water complaints filed with the city last winter - 59 open HPD violations about building conditions ## Also on record - On the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registrations) ## Clean in the records - Water service line on record as non-lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - 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 Jan 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:** Non-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:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## Violations and complaints - **HPD violations:** 59 open: 59 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (18), pests (12), leaks (8), mold (7); 22 immediately hazardous (class C). 9 further violations from 2023–2025 were closed. 359 violations on record in all, 1998–2025 — the 68 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **DOB violations:** 15 open: 4 about building conditions, 8 about filings or paperwork, 3 older than 10 years (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18) - **Heat and hot water complaints:** 5 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19) - **Resident complaints to the city:** 4 appliances, 4 heat or hot water, 3 plumbing, 2 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) (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30) - **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (A.O. Smith Dw 720 D100S A.O. SMITH DW 720 D100S), registration expired since Mar 1995 (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:** Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026) (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18) - **Energy:** ENERGY STAR score 1 (2024 report) (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25) ## Permits and work - **Permit history:** 6 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 13 of 31 apartments named in a city record: - Apt 2B: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/2b - Apt 2E: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/2e - Apt 2F: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/2f - Apt 3A: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/3a - Apt 3B: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/3b - Apt 3C: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/3c - Apt 3D: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/3d - Apt 3F: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/3f - Apt 3G: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/3g - Apt 4D: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/4d - Apt 4F: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/4f - Apt 4G: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/4g - Apt 5F: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/unit/5f ## Registered with the city - CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT (Agent, Registration Contacts) - 255-259 WEST 116TH OWNER, LLC (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts) - 255-259 WEST 116TH OWNER, LLC (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data)) ## More - Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/255-west-116-street-manhattan/records - The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/255-west-116-street-manhattan - Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp - Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=255-west-116-street-manhattan - How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt