Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

401 W 56 St

built 1963 · 6 stories · 93 apartments
Also known as 863 9 Ave, 867 9 Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 56 SCARLETT ASSOCIATES LLC

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 Aug
1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Jul
Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-175), registration current since Jul 2026
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2026 Jul
Electrical
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 May
Latest accepted inspection May 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1P
2026 Mar
PestsApt 1P
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1P
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt WE
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
2026 Jan
MoldApt LP
2026 Jan
Doors or windowsApt LK
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2R
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Electrical, heat or hot water, moldApt 6J
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1P
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 6J
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6J
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4N
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6J
2025 Oct
Safe (cycle 10, filed Oct 2025)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2025 Sep
Fire safetyApt LP class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt LP
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Sep
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2025 Jul
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jan
Appliances, general repairsApt 2M
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6J
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2024 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 5R class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 5R class B
2024 Dec
PlumbingApt 5R class B
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5R class B
2024 Dec
Other conditionsApt 5R class A
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5R class A
2024 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 5R class B
2024 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 5R class B
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5R class A
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5R class B
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5R class B
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5R class B · closed
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5R class B · closed
2024 Dec
PestsApt 5R class C · closed
2024 Dec
LeaksApt 5R class B · closed
2024 Dec
PlumbingApt 5R class C · closed
2024 Dec
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 5R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
PS-INITL Parking Structures
DOB Violations
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4L
2024 Jun
General repairs, moldApt LP
2024 Apr
Fail To Certify Class 1
DOB Violations
2024 Mar
PestsApt 6R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Nov
Construction fence permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 Jun
General construction permit
2022 Nov
No active shed permit; permits since Sep 2018, last expired Nov 2022
2021 Nov
General construction permit
2018 Mar
Plumbing permit
2018 Feb
General construction permit
2016 Nov
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
DOB Violations
2016 Nov
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2016 Nov
General construction permit
2014 Oct
Elevator Annual Inspection / Test never closed
DOB Violations
2013 Aug
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2013 Jan
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade) never closed
DOB Violations
2011 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2001 Sep
Latest boiler work permit 2001
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1963
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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