# 299 W 153 St, Manhattan What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan > These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. Also known as 2890 Frederick Douglass Blvd: one building, several doors, and this card covers all of them. ## In one line 44 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and heat or hot water and walls, floors and stairs and leaks and mold and doors and windows and fire safety (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) ## The building - **Year built:** 1920 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) - **Stories:** 6 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) - **Homes:** 42 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) ## Worth knowing - 44 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and heat or hot water and walls, floors and stairs and leaks and mold and doors and windows and fire safety - 9 heat or hot water complaints filed with the city last winter - Basement on record, and the city's stormwater map shows flooding here in at least one storm scenario - 2 open major (class 2) building code violations from 2026 - 192 open HPD violations about building conditions ## Also on record - City stormwater map shows nuisance flooding at this building in the Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels scenario ## Clean in the records - Boiler inspection filed Feb 2026 with no defects reported (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19) - Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) ## Building systems - **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19) - **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-19) - **Water service line:** Non-Lead (statistical analysis/predictive model) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20) - **Stormwater flooding:** Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); 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) - **Basement:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## Violations and complaints - **HPD violations:** 192 open: 192 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (47), leaks (31), doors and windows (26), pests (21); 44 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 1,586 violations on record in all, 1982–2026 — the 609 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **DOB violations:** 3 open: 2 about building conditions, 1 about filings or paperwork (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Heat and hot water complaints:** 9 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) - **Resident complaints to the city:** 69 plumbing, 57 pests, 45 leaks, 42 general repairs, 42 heat or hot water, 40 paint or plaster, 35 doors or windows, 35 mold, 31 electrical, 26 appliances, 21 floors or stairs, 12 unsanitary conditions, 9 safety, 4 elevators, 1 outside the building (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20) ## More systems - **Rent stabilization:** On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations); listed for this tax lot (1 addresses), not under this building's address (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30) - **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (Laars PNCH-1500), registration current since Oct 2026 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20) - **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 2017 (4 on record) (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19) - **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19) - **Gas piping:** Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026) (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **Energy:** ENERGY STAR score 87 (2024 report) (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25) ## Permits and work - **Permit history:** 11 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No active shed permit; permits since Apr 2025, last expired Jan 2026 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19) - **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## By apartment 34 of 42 apartments named in a city record: - Apt 1E: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/1e - Apt 2B: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/2b - Apt 2C: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/2c - Apt 2D: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/2d - Apt 2E: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/2e - Apt 2F: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/2f - Apt 2G: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/2g - Apt 2H: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/2h - Apt 3: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/3 - Apt 3A: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/3a - Apt 3C: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/3c - Apt 3D: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/3d - Apt 3E: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/3e - Apt 3F: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/3f - Apt 3G: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/3g - Apt 3H: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/3h - Apt 4B: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/4b - Apt 4D: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/4d - Apt 4F: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/4f - Apt 4G: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/4g - Apt 4H: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/4h - Apt 5A: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/5a - Apt 5B: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/5b - Apt 5C: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/5c - Apt 5D: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/5d - Apt 5E: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/5e - Apt 5G: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/5g - Apt 6A: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/6a - Apt 6B: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/6b - Apt 6C: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/6c - Apt 6D: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/6d - Apt 6E: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/6e - Apt 6F: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/6f - Apt 6H: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/unit/6h ## Registered with the city - WAVECREST MGMT GROUP (Agent, Registration Contacts) - HURSTON PLC. EQUITIES LLC (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts) - Individual owner (name not shown) (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data)) ## More - Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/299-west-153-street-manhattan/records - The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/299-west-153-street-manhattan - Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp - Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=299-west-153-street-manhattan - How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt