Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1928 · 16 stories · 90 apartments
Also known as 685 W End Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. · 195 other buildings here list it; 685 WEST END OWNERS CORP.; AKAM ASSOCIATES · 10 other buildings here list it
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.
2027 Jan
Shed permit active now
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Mar
Latest accepted inspection Mar 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Jan
4 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jan 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2025 Dec
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Dec
General construction permit
2024 Nov
Boiler burning natural gas (A.O. Smith DW-1810), registration current since Nov 2024
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2024 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2024 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2024 Mar
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Feb
Structural permit, General construction permit
2024 Jan
Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Jan 2024)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Mar
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2022 Apr
Supported scaffold permit
2022 Feb
General construction permit
2022 Feb
General construction permit
2021 Jul
Plumbing permit
2019 Oct
0 open. 30 violations on record in all, 1998–2019 — the 0 most recent are listed here
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2014 May
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction never closed
DOB Violations
2014 May
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction never closed
2014 May
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction never closed
2014 May
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction never closed
2000 May
Boilers non-hazardous · never closed
1998 Mar
Latest boiler work permit 1998
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1928
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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