402 W 153 St — building record — Blueflo

Building record from city data · MANHATTAN, NY

Printed 2026-10-20 from blueflo.tech/b/402-west-153-street-manhattan, where it is kept current. These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. Not a warranty. May not be used for tenant screening (terms of use).

Also known as 855 St Nicholas Ave — one building, several doors.

built 1903 · 6 stories · 12 apartments · BIN 1061631 · BBL 1020670047

Checked in city records

Checked in city records: non-lead water line, boiler filing with no defects (Jul 2026), outside FEMA flood zones and stormwater maps

Source: DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30

Also on record

In the Hamilton Heights / Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District: exterior changes need Landmarks Commission approval

Clean in the records

Water service line on record as non-lead (records)
Boiler inspection filed Jul 2026 with no defects reported
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding
Elevator periodic inspection filed within the last year
No heat or hot water complaints filed last winter

Registered with the city

Empire State Property Management, 402 West 153rd Street Corporation, 402 WEST 153 ST CO-OP

Checked in city records

Checked in city records: non-lead water line, boiler filing with no defects (Jul 2026), outside FEMA flood zones and stormwater maps

Source: DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30

Apartments named in these records

Apt 1E 2 Apt 3E 5 Apt 6W 2

3 of this building’s 12 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.

Heat and hot water

Older records on file

What has happened here

Heating/ventilation permit

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

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Heat or hot water class C · never closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · never closed · HPD violation

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain LGB - 9), registration current since Jul 2026

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 Jul 2026, 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 permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record
Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Older records on file

What has happened here

Plumbing permit

Plumbing permit

Plumbing permit

LeaksApt 3E class B · never closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 3E class C · never closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 3E class B · never closed · HPD violation

Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Older records on file

What has happened here

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · never closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Older records on file

What has happened here

Fire safetyApt 6W class B · never closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Older records on file

What has happened here

Electric Signs never closed · DOB violation

Structure and facade

Older records on file

What has happened here

General construction permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

General construction permit

Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3E class A · never closed · HPD violation

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Doors and windowsApt 3E class A · never closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade class B · never closed · HPD violation

Doors and windows class C · never closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation

Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the Hamilton Heights / Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District

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; permits since Aug 2022, last expired Sep 2024

Flooding

No 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: 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

What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Elevators

Older records on file

What has happened here

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed · DOB violation

Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed · DOB violation

Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-18 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →

What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

General condition and all records

HPD violations

2 open: 2 about building conditions — smoke or CO detectors (2). Also 16 older records from 1986–1994 never closed. 1 further violation from 2026 was closed. 55 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 19 most recent are listed here

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1E class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1E class B

Heat or hot water class C · never closed

LeaksApt 3E class B · never closed

Heat or hot water class C · never closed

LeaksApt 3E class C · never closed

LeaksApt 3E class B · never closed

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 3E class A · never closed

Doors and windowsApt 3E class A · never closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · never closed

Other conditions class B · never closed

Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed

Structure and facade class B · never closed

Doors and windows class C · never closed

Other conditions class B · never closed

Other conditionsApt 6W class A · never closed

Fire safetyApt 6W class B · never closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →

What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

DOB violations

12 open: 9 about filings or paperwork, 3 older than 10 years

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed

Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Construction non-hazardous · never closed

Electric Signs never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

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Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

Local Law 10/81 - Elevator 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

10 permits since 1990

General construction permit

Supported scaffold permit

Supported scaffold permit

Plumbing permit

General construction permit

Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

and 3 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

Supported scaffold permit

Supported scaffold permit

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1E class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1E class B · HPD violation

Other conditions class B · never closed · HPD violation

Other conditions class B · never closed · HPD violation

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Other conditionsApt 6W class A · never closed · HPD violation

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

Energyno record

Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer2026-10-19
OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3)2026-09-09

NYC DCP

NYC GeoSearch (address directory)2026-10-19
PLUTO (tax lot data)2026-08-24

NYC DEP

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)2026-10-19
Lead Service Line Location Coordinates2026-01-30

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps2024-07-03

NYC DOB

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance2026-10-18
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits2026-10-17
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler2026-10-17
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings2026-10-18
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)2026-10-19
DOB Safety Violations2026-10-18
DOB Violations2026-10-18

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84)2025-11-25

NYC HPD

Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction2026-08-12
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems2026-10-19
Housing Maintenance Code Violations2026-10-19
Multiple Dwelling Registrations2026-08-12
Registration Contacts2026-08-12

NYC OTI

AddressPoint2026-07-07
Building Footprints2026-10-11

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations)2025-11-30

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.