Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

2705 Frederick Douglass Blvd

built 1920 · 3 stories · 8 apartments
Registered with the city: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH; LITTLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH INC; LITTLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Apartments named in these records

Apt B2 3Apt B4 13

2 of this building’s 8 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.

Water and pipes

Issues on record
What has happened here
1997 Jan
PlumbingApt B2 class C · never closed · HPD violation
Water service lineWhole tax lot

Lead (field inspection)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Flooding

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: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); 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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record, most recently 2023
What has happened here
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2009 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2008 Jul
Heating/ventilation permit
2007 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2004 Mar
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
1998 May
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
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1997 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1995 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1993 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B. Smith, 19-S-6 H.B. SMITH, 19-S-6), registration expired since Dec 1997

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 Dec 2025, 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 2004 (3 on record)

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 complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Pests and cleanliness

Older records on file
What has happened here
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2007 Oct
PestsApt B4 class C · never closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Older records on file
What has happened here
2001 Mar
Fire safetyApt B4 class C · never closed · HPD violation
1997 Jan
Fire safety class B · never closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Older records on file
What has happened here
2005 Dec
Electrical class B · never closed · HPD violation
2003 Apr
ElectricalApt B4 class B · never closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2012 Apr
Construction class - 3 · never closed · DOB violation
2010 Dec
Structure and facade class B · never closed · HPD violation
2010 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
2010 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
2010 Dec
Doors and windows class A · never closed · HPD violation
2007 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt B4 class B · never closed · HPD violation
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2007 Oct
Doors and windowsApt B4 class B · never closed · HPD violation
2007 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt B4 class A · never closed · HPD violation
2003 Apr
Doors and windowsApt B4 class A · never closed · HPD violation
2003 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt B4 class A · never closed · HPD violation
2003 Apr
Doors and windowsApt B4 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1997 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed · HPD violation
1997 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed · HPD violation
1997 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt B2 class B · never closed · HPD violation
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Gas

What has happened here
2026 Jan
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152 DOB violation
Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

Permit history

3 permits since 1990

2008 Jul
Heating/ventilation permit
2004 Mar
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
and 1 more at the source
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

Everything else on record
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2007 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt B4 class B · never closed · HPD violation
2007 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt B4 class B · never closed · HPD violation
2003 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt B4 class B · never closed · HPD violation
2003 Apr
Other conditionsApt B4 class A · never closed · HPD violation
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1997 Jan
Other conditions class B · never closed · HPD violation
1997 Jan
Other conditionsApt B2 class C · never closed · HPD violation
  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 43 older records from 1974–2010 never closed. 5 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 59 violations on record in all, 1974–2026 — the 48 most recent are listed here
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

Nothing on record

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list
  • Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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