# 270 W 153 St, Manhattan What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-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 2866 Frederick Douglass Blvd, 2868 Frederick Douglass Blvd: one building, several doors, and this card covers all of them. ## In one line 37 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and doors and windows and lead-based paint and walls, floors and stairs and plumbing and fire safety and mold and structure and facade (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) ## The building - **Year built:** 1920 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) - **Stories:** 6 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) - **Homes:** 25 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) ## Worth knowing - 37 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and doors and windows and lead-based paint and walls, floors and stairs and plumbing and fire safety and mold and structure and facade - 3 hazardous (class 1) building code violations from 2024–2025 are still open - City records list the water service line's material as unknown (lead not ruled out) - Basement on record, and the city's stormwater map shows flooding here in at least one storm scenario - 77 open HPD violations about building conditions ## Also on record - City stormwater map shows nuisance flooding at this building in the Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels scenario ## Clean in the records - Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19) ## Building systems - **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Dec 2024, 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:** Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (excavation) (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: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); 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:** 83 open: 77 about building conditions — pests (20), walls, floors and stairs (18), doors and windows (13), other conditions (4); 37 immediately hazardous (class C), 6 about paperwork or notices. Also 2 older records from 2005 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 764 violations on record in all, 1999–2026 — the 218 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **DOB violations:** 11 open: 6 about building conditions, 3 about filings or paperwork, 2 older than 10 years (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18) - **Heat and hot water complaints:** 4 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19) - **Resident complaints to the city:** 11 heat or hot water, 6 general repairs, 5 appliances, 5 plumbing, 5 unsanitary conditions, 3 paint or plaster, 2 electrical, 1 doors or windows, 1 leaks, 1 mold, 1 outside the building, 1 pests (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); listed for this tax lot (1 addresses), not under this building's address (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30) - **Heat source:** Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-50), registration expired since Nov 2022 (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:** Not required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25) ## Permits and work - **Permit history:** 11 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 15 of 25 apartments named in a city record: - Apt 1: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/1 - Apt 4: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/4 - Apt 5: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/5 - Apt 6: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/6 - Apt 7: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/7 - Apt 12A: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/12a - Apt 14: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/14 - Apt 15: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/15 - Apt 16: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/16 - Apt 17: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/17 - Apt 19: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/19 - Apt 21: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/21 - Apt 23: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/23 - Apt 24: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/24 - Apt 25: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/25 ## Registered with the city - DOF I-153RD ST OWNER LLC (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data)) ## More - Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/270-west-153-street-manhattan/records - The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/270-west-153-street-manhattan - Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp - Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=270-west-153-street-manhattan - How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt