# 309 E 52 St, Manhattan

What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/309-east-52-street-manhattan

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

## In one line

City records list the water service line as lead (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30)

## The building

- **Year built:** 1950 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)
- **Stories:** 4 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)
- **Homes:** 4 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)

## Worth knowing

- City records list the water service line as lead
- 3 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about doors and windows and heat or hot water and pests
- 1 hazardous (class 1) building code violation from 2024 is still open
- 3 open major (class 2) building code violations from 2023–2025
- 19 open HPD violations about building conditions

## Clean in the records

- Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19)
- No heat or hot water complaints filed last winter (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19)

## Building systems

- **Boiler inspection filings:** Not required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17)
- **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18)
- **Water service line:** Lead (records) (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 2026-10-19)
- **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)
- **Basement:** Unknown (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## Violations and complaints

- **HPD violations:** 37 open: 19 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (5), electrical (4), other conditions (4), doors and windows (3); 3 immediately hazardous (class C), 18 about paperwork or notices. Also 2 older records from 2015 never closed. 1 further violation from 2025 was closed (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19)
- **DOB violations:** 5 open: 4 about building conditions, 1 about filings or paperwork (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18)
- **Heat and hot water complaints:** 0 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Resident complaints to the city:** 2 unsanitary conditions, 1 outside the building, 1 pests (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19)

## More systems

- **Rent stabilization:** Not on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30)
- **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (H.B.Smith G 300-6 H.B.SMITH G 300-6), registration expired since Apr 1987 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19)
- **Boiler work permits:** No boiler work permits 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 2026-10-18)
- **Gas piping:** Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025) (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18)
- **Energy:** Not required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25)

## Permits and work

- **Permit history:** 0 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17)
- **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No sidewalk shed permits on record (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17)
- **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## By apartment

1 of 4 apartments named in a city record:

- Apt 4: https://blueflo.tech/b/309-east-52-street-manhattan/unit/4

## Registered with the city

- Individual owner (name not shown) (IndividualOwner, Registration Contacts)
- Individual owner (name not shown) (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data))

## More

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