Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

31 Ave C

built 1900 · 6 stories · 20 apartments
Also known as 254 E 3 St, 256 E 3 St — one building, several doors.

Apartments named in these records

12 of this building’s 20 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Aug
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2026 Aug
Construction DOB violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed · HPD violation
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2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed · HPD violation
2023 Jan
Doors and windows class B · HPD violation
2022 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · HPD violation
2021 Jun
Doors and windows class A · HPD violation
2021 Jun
Doors and windows class A · HPD violation
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class A · HPD violation
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class C · HPD violation
2019 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2018 Nov
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2018 Feb
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2017 Jul
Structure and facade class B · HPD violation
2017 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2017 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B · HPD violation
2016 Aug
General construction permit
2016 Aug
General construction permit
2016 Jul
General construction permit
2012 Nov
Construction fence permit, General construction permit
2009 Feb
Construction never closed · DOB violation
1991 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class A · never closed · HPD violation
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2022) · 3 complaints, 2024–2025 · 1 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain LGB-10), registration expired since Jul 2017

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-16 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Apr 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-16 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2002 (2 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-16
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

1 heat or hot water complaint

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 9 complaints, 2024–2025

Pests and cleanliness

4 complaints, 2024–2025 · 2 in the past year

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Electrical

Issues on record (2023) · 3 complaints, 2025

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-17
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

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilizationWhole tax lot

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
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

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-17
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

22 open: 20 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (6), smoke or CO detectors (4), doors and windows (3), electrical (3); 3 immediately hazardous (class C), 2 about paperwork or notices. Also 7 older records from 1987–2014 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 228 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 60 most recent are listed here

2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Apr
PestsApt 10 class C · closed
2026 Apr
Fire safetyApt 10 class C · closed
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed
2026 Apr
Fire safety class B · closed
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2026 Apr
Fire safety class B · closed
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2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Sep
GasApt 16 class C · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Other conditionsApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Sep
PlumbingApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 16 class B · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 5 class C · closed
2024 May
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · closed
2023 Jul
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2023 Jan
Doors and windows class B
2023 Jan
Electrical class A
2022 Dec
Electrical class C
2022 Dec
Electrical class A
2022 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 12 class C
2022 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B
2022 Feb
GasApt 16 class B
2021 Jun
Doors and windows class A
2021 Jun
Doors and windows class A
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class A
2020 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class C
2019 Jul
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2019 May
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2019 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2019 May
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2017 Jul
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2017 Jul
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2017 Jul
Structure and facade class B
2017 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2017 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B
2017 Apr
Fire safety class B
2014 Apr
Fire safetyApt 15 class C · never closed
2014 Jan
Fire safetyApt 11 class C · never closed
1991 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class A · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

9 open: 5 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork, 2 older than 10 years

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

49 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · 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

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

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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