Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

2843 Frederick Douglass Blvd

built 1910 · 5 stories · 9 apartments
Registered with the city: mcs PROPERTIES LLC · 4 other buildings here list it; 2837 FREDERICK DOUGLAS ASSOC · 2 other buildings here list it; HARLEM URBAN DEV CORP · 5 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

City records name 11 apartment labels, more than the 9 apartments the city lists for this building, so some are likely the same apartment written differently.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 9 complaints, 2025–2026 · 7 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
Show 32 more
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2025 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2024 Sep
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2024 Jun
Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2019 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2018 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2017 Feb
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2013 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2009 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2007 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1993 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Sep 2026, 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

Heat and hot water complaints

7 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record, most recently 2024

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 2 complaints, 2025

Electrical

1 resolved in 2024

Flooding

No 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: Not in mapped flooding; 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
What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30
What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

General condition and all records

HPD violations

31 open: 31 about building conditions — pests (19), walls, floors and stairs (4), heat or hot water (3), leaks (2); 22 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 5 older records from 2013–2015 never closed. 20 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 391 violations on record in all, 2008–2026 — the 56 most recent are listed here

2026 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Nov
Fire safety class B
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B
Show 37 more
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water class C
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2A class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed
2025 Jan
PestsApt 2B class C
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 1B class B
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class A
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 1B class B
2024 Oct
PestsApt 1B class C
2024 Oct
PestsApt 1B class C
2024 Jul
ElectricalApt 3A class B · closed
2024 Jul
Other conditionsApt 3A class C · closed
2024 Jul
Other conditionsApt 3A class B · closed
2024 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class A
2024 Jun
PestsApt 4A class C · closed
2024 Jun
PestsApt 4A class C · closed
2024 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B · closed
2024 Jun
LeaksApt 4A class B · closed
2024 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 3A class B · closed
2024 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 3A class B · closed
2020 Jun
PestsApt B5 class C
2020 Jun
PestsApt A5 class C
2020 Jun
PestsApt A4 class C
2020 Jun
PestsApt B3 class C
2020 Feb
PestsApt 4B class C
2020 Feb
PestsApt 4B class C
2020 Feb
PestsApt 3A class C
2020 Feb
PestsApt 3A class C
2020 Feb
PestsApt 2A class C
2020 Feb
PestsApt 2A class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →
What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

Permit history

1 permits since 1990

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

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
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

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