Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

291 Edgecombe Ave

built 1909 · 6 stories · 24 apartments

Apartments named in these records

9 of this building’s 24 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Mod Con 500), registration current since Jun 2025

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 Feb 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 2017 (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

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R1 class B · HPD violation
2026 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 1R1 class B · HPD violation
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R1 class B · HPD violation
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R1 class B · HPD violation
2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · HPD violation
2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · HPD violation
Show 23 more
2026 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 3D class B · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 May
Doors and windowsApt 3D class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed · HPD violation
2019 May
Construction class - 3 · DOB violation
2014 Apr
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2013 Nov
General construction permit
2013 Oct
General construction permit
2004 Apr
Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
2001 Jun
Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
1999 Jun
Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
1994 May
Construction never closed · DOB violation
1992 May
Construction unknown · never closed · DOB violation
1992 May
Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
1988 Nov
Construction unknown · never closed · DOB violation
1988 Nov
Construction unknown · never closed · DOB violation
Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the Hamilton Heights / Sugar Hill 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

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 10 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 9 complaints, 2024–2026 · 5 in the past year

Electrical

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

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

Elevators

Issues on record, most recently 2022

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 50 (2024 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

52 open: 52 about building conditions — pests (14), walls, floors and stairs (14), mold (5), fire safety (4); 17 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 3 older records from 1986–2011 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 329 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 128 most recent are listed here

2026 Oct
Fire safety class C
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R1 class B
2026 Oct
LeaksApt 1R1 class B
2026 Oct
PestsApt 1R1 class C
2026 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 1R1 class B
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R1 class B
2026 Oct
ElectricalApt 1R1 class B
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1R1 class B
Show 42 more
2026 Oct
PlumbingApt 1R1 class B
2026 Oct
Other conditionsApt 1R1 class B
2026 Oct
MoldApt 1R1 class A
2026 Oct
PlumbingApt 1R1 class B
2026 Aug
Other conditionsApt 2B class A
2026 Aug
PestsApt 2B class C
2026 Aug
PlumbingApt 2B class B
2026 Aug
PestsApt 2B class C
2026 Aug
PestsApt 2B class C
2026 Jul
PestsApt 3D class C
2026 Jul
PestsApt 3D class C
2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B
2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B
2026 Jul
Fire safetyApt 3D class B
2026 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 3D class B
2026 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 3D class B
2026 Jun
Fire safetyApt 1R1 class C
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class A · closed
2026 Jun
PlumbingApt 3D class A · closed
2026 Jun
MoldApt 3D class A · closed
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B · closed
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class A · closed
2026 Jun
LeaksApt 2C class A · closed
2026 Jun
MoldApt 2C class A · closed
2026 May
MoldApt 3D class A · closed
2026 May
Doors and windowsApt 3D class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
2026 May
LeaksApt 3D class B · closed
2026 May
PestsApt 3D class C · closed
2026 May
PestsApt 3D class C · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3D class B · closed
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3D class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
2025 Nov
PlumbingApt 3D class B · closed
2025 Nov
LeaksApt 3D class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
2025 Nov
LeaksApt 3D class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
and 5 more at the source
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

14 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

Sources

23 datasets

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

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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