Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

43 W Broadway

built 1921 · 12 stories · 115 apartments
Also known as 53 Park Pl — one building, several doors.

Apartments named in these records

Apt 8A 1Apt 9E 1

2 of this building’s 115 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

1 complaint, 2025
What has happened here
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 8A complaint
2018 Sep
Boiler permit
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Slant Fin GG-399HEC), registration current since Jan 2024

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 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 2018 (5 on record)

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 complaints

1 heat or hot water complaint

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

No issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Mar
Plumbing permit
2019 May
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2026 Feb
General construction permit
2021 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 9E class B · HPD violation
2019 May
General construction permit
2019 Mar
General construction permit
2018 Mar
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
Facade rating

Safe (cycle 9, filed Mar 2020)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18 · See the facade filings at DOB →
What this counts

Most recent facade (FISP) filing in the latest 5-year cycle

  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Nov 2019, last expired Nov 2020
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

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

Issues on record, most recently 2025
What has happened here
2025 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
2024 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
Elevators

3 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jan 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

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30
What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

Gas

What has happened here
2026 Jan
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152 DOB violation
Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 33 (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

HPD violations

1 open: 1 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (1). 29 violations on record in all, 2015–2021 — the 1 most recent are listed here

2021 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 9E class B
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

8 open: 1 about building conditions, 7 about filings or paperwork

2026 Jan
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152
2025 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2024 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2023 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2018 Mar
Construction class - 1
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

Resident complaints to the city

1 heat or hot water

2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 8A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints received in the last 2 years; the list below is every complaint on record for the last three years

Permit history

47 permits since 1990

2026 Mar
Plumbing permit
2026 Mar
Mechanical systems permit
2026 Feb
Sign permit
2026 Feb
Sign permit
2026 Feb
General construction permit
2023 May
Mechanical systems permit
2019 May
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
2019 Mar
General construction permit
Show 1 more
2018 Sep
Boiler permit
and 38 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
2026 Mar
Mechanical systems permit
2026 Feb
Sign permit
2026 Feb
Sign permit
2023 May
Mechanical systems permit

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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