Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

40 Downing St

built 1888 · 5 stories · 20 apartments

Apartments named in these records

Apt 1D 6Apt 2D 1Apt 4B 5

3 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.

Water and pipes

Issues on record
What has happened here
1992 Sep
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Lead (records)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Flooding

Issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); 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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Heat and hot water

Older records on file
What has happened here
2008 Feb
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2004 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2003 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1999 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · never closed · HPD violation
1997 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Show 1 more
1988 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · never closed · HPD violation
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B.Smith 19A-S/W-07), registration current since Dec 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Aug 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2008

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

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

  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Pests and cleanliness

Older records on file
What has happened here
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
1989 Jan
Rubbish and cleanliness class A · never closed · HPD violation
1988 Dec
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · never closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Older records on file
What has happened here
1999 Jun
Fire safety class B · never closed · HPD violation
1999 Jun
Fire safety class B · never closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2010 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed · HPD violation
2010 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · never closed · HPD violation
2010 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · never closed · HPD violation
2010 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · never closed · HPD violation
2010 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · never closed · HPD violation
2009 Dec
General construction permit
Show 12 more
1999 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
1999 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
1999 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · never closed · HPD violation
1999 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
1992 Sep
General construction permit
1988 Sep
Doors and windows class B · never closed · HPD violation
1988 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 1D class A · never closed · HPD violation
1988 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B · never closed · HPD violation
1988 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B · never closed · HPD violation
1988 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class B · never closed · HPD violation
1988 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class C · never closed · HPD violation
1987 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 2D class B · never closed · HPD violation
Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 100 (2024 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

DOB violations

4 open: 4 about filings or paperwork

2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2004 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2003 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1997 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

5 permits since 1990

2009 Dec
General construction permit
2008 Feb
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
1992 Sep
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
and 2 more at the source
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

Everything else on record
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2010 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · never closed · HPD violation
1999 Jun
Smoke or CO detectors class A · never closed · HPD violation
1988 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1D class B · never closed · HPD violation
  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 43 older records from 1985–2010 never closed. 2 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 48 violations on record in all, 1985–2025 — the 45 most recent are listed here
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

Nothing on record

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list
  • Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment
Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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