Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

400 W 53 St

built 1910 · 5 stories · 8 apartments
Also known as 795 9 Ave — 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 Jun
Latest accepted inspection Jun 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 May
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B. Smith 19A-S-4), registration current since May 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2025 Mar
Signs class - 2
DOB Violations
2025 Mar
Signs class - 2
2024 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Jul
General construction permit
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2E class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 Jun
No active shed permit; permits since Jun 2022, last expired Jun 2023
2023 Mar
Construction fence permit
2022 Nov
General construction permit
2022 Jun
Supported scaffold permit
2022 Apr
Antenna permit
2017 Dec
Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit
2015 Oct
Fire protection permit
2009 Apr
Signs class - 1 · never closed
DOB Violations
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1999 Apr
Construction non-hazardous · never closed
DOB Violations
1998 May
Latest boiler work permit 1998 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1997 Aug
Boiler never closed
DOB Violations
1991 Mar
Fire safety class A · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1989 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class C · never closed
1989 Oct
Other conditions class C · never closed
1988 Jun
Construction non-hazardous · never closed
DOB Violations
1983 Nov
Fire safetyApt 3W class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1910
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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