Building record from city data · MANHATTAN, NY

286 W 137 St

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built 1910 · 4 stories · 4 apartments · BIN 1058980 · BBL 1019420057

Checked in city records
Checked in city records: non-lead water line, outside FEMA flood zones and stormwater maps, no heat complaints last winter
Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30
Also on record
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

286 137 LLC

Checked in city records
Checked in city records: non-lead water line, outside FEMA flood zones and stormwater maps, no heat complaints last winter
Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30

Apartments named in these records

Apt 4 1

1 of this building’s 4 apartments is 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

No issues on record
What has happened here
2018 Jan
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

2 resolved since 2024
What has happened here
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

No issues on record
What has happened here
2017 Jun
Sprinklers permit

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2020 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4 class A · HPD violation
2017 Jul
Alteration permit
Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record

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

Above grade

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

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

HPD violations

1 open: 1 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (1). 3 further violations from 2023–2025 were closed. 21 violations on record in all, 2015–2025 — the 4 most recent are listed here

2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2020 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4 class A
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

DOB violations

1 open: 1 about filings or paperwork

2026 Jan
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152
DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · Read these violations in full at DOB →
What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

Permit history

3 permits since 1990

2018 Jan
Plumbing permit, Alteration permit
2017 Jun
Sprinklers 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
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

Nothing on record

Heat and hot waterNo issues on record
  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler inspection filingsnot requiredNot required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building
Rent and tenancyNot applicable
  • Rent stabilizationnot requiredNot on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments

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

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.