Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1891 · 5 stories · 10 apartments
Registered with the city: DOWNING REALTY; 255 WEST 12TH STREET LLC; 255 WEST 12 STREET LLC
The building’s record over time
Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Oct
Latest accepted inspection Oct 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Jun
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2E class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B.Smith 19A-S-4), registration current since Nov 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Sep
MoldApt BS
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 2W
2024 Sep
No active shed permit; permits since Sep 2023, last expired Sep 2024
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 May
Heat or hot water class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 May
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 May
Other conditionsApt 2E class A · closed
2024 May
Doors and windows class B · closed
2024 May
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 May
Doors and windowsApt 5E class A · closed
2024 May
Doors and windowsApt 5E class A · closed
2024 May
Doors and windowsApt 5E class A · closed
2024 May
Doors and windows class B · closed
2024 May
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Mar
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Mar
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Mar
Mold class A · closed
2024 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Mar
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water class B · closed
2024 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Feb
Doors or windows, outside the building, safety
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Sep
Supported scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2021 Apr
Plumbing permit
2020 Feb
General construction permit
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2005 Feb
Latest boiler work permit 2005 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2005 Feb
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2002 Nov
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
1997 Jan
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
1891
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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