Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

37 Orchard St

built 1910 · 5 stories · 16 apartments
Also known as 68 Hester St — one building, several doors.

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.
2026 Apr
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Mar
Plumbing permit
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 15 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 15 class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 7
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 15 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 15 class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 15 class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 15 class B · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 15 class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 15 class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4 class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 4 class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 15 class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 15 class C · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 15 class C · closed
2026 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 15 class C · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 8
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 8
2025 Oct
General construction permit, Mechanical systems permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Oct
Construction fence permit
2025 Aug
Latest accepted inspection Aug 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Aug
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Aug
Plumbing permit
2025 Aug
General construction permit
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Feb
Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain BG-778S), registration expired since Feb 2023
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2017 Jan
Fire safetyApt 15 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2017 Jan
Fire safetyApt 8 class B
2017 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2016 Oct
ElectricalApt 7 class C
2016 Sep
Fire safetyApt 12 class B · never closed
2016 Sep
Fire safetyApt 12 class B · never closed
2016 Sep
Fire safetyApt 12 class B · never closed
2016 Sep
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2016 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2016 Jul
Structure and facade class B · never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1999 Jan
Latest boiler work permit 1999
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1910
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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