Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

286 E 2 St

built 1920 · 5 stories · 20 apartments
Registered with the city: HELM MANAGEMENT INC · 10 other buildings here list it; HOUSTON GROUP LLC; HOUSTON GROUP, LLC

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 Oct
General repairsApt 3A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2026 Oct
Heat or hot water
2026 Sep
Boiler burning natural gas (H.B. Smith 28A-S-5), registration expired since Sep 2026
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2026 Aug
Other conditions class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Aug
Electrical, paint or plaster, leaksApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2026 May
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
Electrical class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Sep
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Aug
Latest accepted inspection Aug 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Jul
Boilers class - 3
DOB Violations
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 May
Fire safety class B · closed
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2025 May
Leaks class B · closed
2025 May
Electrical, heat or hot waterApt 2B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 3C class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Apr
Electrical, heat or hot water, plumbing, safetyApt 1B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 3C
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 4C
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt D
2025 Feb
PestsApt 1B
2024 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Sep
Fire safetyApt 3A class C · closed
2024 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 3A class C · closed
2024 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 3A class C · closed
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B
2023 May
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 May
General construction permit
2021 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt D class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2021 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt D class B
2021 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt D class A
2021 Aug
LeaksApt D class A
2021 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt D class B
2021 Aug
LeaksApt D class B
2019 Apr
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2018 May
Fire safety class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2018 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2018 Jan
Heat or hot water class C
2018 Jan
Other conditions class B
2015 Sep
No active shed permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2014 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 4A class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2014 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class A · never closed
2014 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B · never closed
2014 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4A class B · never closed
2014 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class B · never closed
2014 Sep
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2014 Sep
Scaffold permit
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2007 Aug
Plumbing hazardous · never closed
DOB Violations
2005 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2004 Nov
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2004 Nov
Plumbing permit
2002 Sep
Latest boiler work permit 2002 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1997 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
1995 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1993 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1920
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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