Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

397 E 52 St

built 1900 · 5 stories · 16 apartments
Also known as 946 1 Ave, 948 1 Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: EL-KAM REALTY · 1 other building here list it; EL-KAM REALTY CO · 19 other buildings here list it

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
Latest accepted inspection Sep 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 May
Doors and windows class B
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 May
Fire safety class B
2025 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1D class B
2025 May
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Dec
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Dec
PlumbingApt 1D
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1D
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2024 Jun
No active shed permit; permits since Jun 2023, last expired Jun 2024
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water class C
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C
2024 Jan
Fire safetyApt 1D class C
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1D class B · closed
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1D class B · closed
2024 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 1D class A · closed
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C · closed
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1D class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1D class B · closed
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2023 Dec
PlumbingApt 1D
2023 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1D class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1D class B
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2023 Nov
Unsanitary conditions
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2023 Nov
PestsApt 1D class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Aug
Doors and windows class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Aug
Fire safety class C
2023 Jun
Supported scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 May
Other conditionsApt 1D class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 May
Doors and windowsApt 1D class B
2023 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B
2023 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B
2023 Apr
Heat or hot water class C
2023 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B
2023 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B
2021 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class A
2021 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B
2021 Dec
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2021 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2013 Jan
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Weil Mclain, Bl-778-S WEIL MCLAIN, BL-778-S), registration expired since Jan 2013
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2008 Aug
Plumbing permit, Fire protection permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2007 May
Plumbing permit, Alteration permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1997 Dec
Latest boiler work permit 1997
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1997 Dec
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1992 Dec
Sign permit
1991 Sep
Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit
1900
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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