Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1926 · 16 stories · 160 apartments
Also known as 85 John St — one building, several doors.
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 Sep
4 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Sep 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Jul
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 May
General construction permit
2026 Mar
Plumbing permit
2025 Nov
Latest accepted inspection Nov 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Jul
MoldApt 6M
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
Boiler burning natural gas (Hydrotherm MR-2100B (14 MODULES)), registration current since Jun 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2025 May
MoldApt 5C
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jan
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Sep
Structural permit, General construction permit
2024 Aug
Sprinklers permit
2024 Mar
Latest boiler work permit 2024 (3 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2024 Mar
Boiler equipment permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Feb
Plumbing permit
2023 Nov
Alteration permit
2023 Apr
No active shed permit; permits since Aug 2017, last expired Apr 2023
2023 Mar
0 open. 2 violations on record in all, 2021–2023 — the 0 most recent are listed here
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Feb
Safe (cycle 9, filed Feb 2023)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1926
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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