281 Edgecombe Ave — timeline

Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

built 1909 · 6 stories · 49 apartments

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 Aug

Pests, leaksApt 3D

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Jun

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Jun 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance

2026 Apr

Doors and windows class B · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Apr

Fire safety class C · closed

2026 Apr

Fire safety class B · closed

2026 Apr

Fire safety class C · closed

2026 Apr

Heat or hot water

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Mar

Floors or stairsApt 6A

Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-90), registration current since Sep 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)

2025 Aug

Paint or plaster, pestsApt 3D

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2025 Jul

Latest accepted inspection Jul 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler

2025 Jun

Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 10, filed Jun 2025)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings

2025 Mar

Heat or hot water

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

Heat or hot waterApt 1A

MoldApt 5F class A · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2024 Oct

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5F class A · closed

2024 Oct

Electrical, floors or stairs, moldApt 5F

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2024 Oct

Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 5F

2024 Oct

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class B · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2024 Oct

Doors and windowsApt 1C class B · closed

2024 Oct

Doors and windowsApt 1C class B · closed

2024 Oct

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class C · closed

2024 Oct

Doors and windowsApt 1C class B · closed

2024 Oct

Doors and windowsApt 1C class B · closed

2024 Oct

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1C class C · closed

2024 Sep

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 1C

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2024 Sep

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2024 Sep

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class A · closed

2024 Sep

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed

2024 Sep

Doors and windowsApt 1E class B · closed

2024 Sep

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed

2024 Sep

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed

2024 Sep

MoldApt 1E class A · closed

2024 Sep

ElectricalApt 1E class C · closed

2024 Sep

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class C · closed

2024 Aug

Appliances, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, moldApt 1E

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

Fire safety class A · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2024 Apr

Fire safety class A · closed

2024 Apr

Heat or hot waterApt 6B class C · closed

2024 Apr

Heat or hot water

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

Heat or hot waterApt 8F

2023 Nov

Heat or hot water

2023 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt BSMT

General construction permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2022 Sep

General construction permit

2021 Nov

No active shed permit; permits since Nov 2020, last expired Nov 2021

2020 Jun

General construction permit

2019 Aug

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

2019 Jun

General construction permit, Plumbing permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2019 May

Plumbing permit

2018 Apr

Plumbing permit, General construction permit, Fuel storage permit, Fuel burning permit

1909

Built

PLUTO (tax lot data)

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