Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1925 · 13 stories · 59 apartments
Also known as 1133 Madison Ave, 1135 Madison Ave, 1137 Madison Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 38 EAST 85TH STREET, INC; 38 EAST 85TH STREET INC
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 Sep
No active shed permit; permits since Nov 2019, last expired Sep 2026
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Sep
Structural permit
2026 Jun
Plumbing permit
2026 Jun
Mechanical systems permit
2026 Jun
General construction permit
2026 Jun
Plumbing permit
2026 Jun
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Rockmills MP-175), registration current since Jun 2026
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2026 May
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 May
2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection May 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Feb
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Feb
General construction permit
2026 Feb
Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Nov
Doors or windows, safety, pestsApt 2D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2025 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2025 Sep
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Dec
Mechanical systems permit
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
DOB Violations
2020 Oct
Safe (cycle 9, filed Oct 2020)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1992 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1992 Jun
Doors and windows class B · never closed
1925
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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