# 38 W 96 St, Manhattan

What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/38-west-96-street-manhattan

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## In one line

2 hazardous (class 1) building code violations from 2025–2026 are still open (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18)

## The building

- **Year built:** 1897 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)
- **Stories:** 5 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)
- **Homes:** 6 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)

## Worth knowing

- 2 hazardous (class 1) building code violations from 2025–2026 are still open
- 3 open major (class 2) building code violations from 2025–2026

## Also on record

- On the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registrations)
- In the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District: exterior changes need Landmarks Commission approval

## Clean in the records

- Water service line on record as non-lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30)
- Boiler inspection filed Mar 2026 with no defects reported (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17)
- Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19)
- No open HPD violations about building conditions from the last 10 years (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, 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:** Latest accepted inspection Mar 2026, defects reported: no (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:** Non-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:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## Violations and complaints

- **HPD violations:** 0 open. 3 violations on record in all, 2015–2022 — the 0 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19)
- **DOB violations:** 8 open: 7 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:** no complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19)

## More systems

- **Rent stabilization:** On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations) (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30)
- **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (American Standard # G-406 - Series 3Bj2 AMERICAN STANDARD # G-406 - SERIES 3BJ2), registration expired since Oct 1985 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19)
- **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 2007 (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:** No open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published (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:** 1 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17)
- **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No active shed permit; permits since Mar 2026, last expired Jun 2026 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17)
- **Landmark status:** In the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## Registered with the city

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

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