438 Madison St

Fire safetyApt 1R class C · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 2 class C · closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class C · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2 class C · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2 class C · closed · HPD violation

2026 Jan

Construction class - 2 · DOB violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B · HPD violation

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2022 May

Construction class - 1 · DOB violation

2016 May

Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation

2015 Nov

Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation

Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 20 complaints, 2024–2026 · 14 in the past year

What has happened here

Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 2 complaint

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2026 Apr

2026 Mar

Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 3R complaint

2025 Oct

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint

Boilers non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation

2004 May

Heat and hot water complaints

13 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

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

Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
Boiler inspection filingsnot requiredNot required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings
Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2026

What has happened here

PlumbingApt 2 complaint

Plumbing class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation

Plumbing class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation

Plumbing never closed · DOB violation

Water service line

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 · HPD violation

2025 Jun

Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation

Electrical

Issues on record (2024) · 1 complaint, 2024

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 1 class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 1 class A · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 1 class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 1 complaint

ElectricalApt 1 class A · closed · HPD violation

Flooding

No issues on record

FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-21

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

Gas

What has happened here

GasApt 2 class C · HPD violation

Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

General condition and all records

HPD violations

90 open: 75 about building conditions — heat or hot water (15), walls, floors and stairs (13), electrical (8), leaks (8); 26 immediately hazardous (class C), 15 about paperwork or notices. Also 30 older records from 1986–2015 never closed. 8 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 315 violations on record in all, 1986–2026 — the 128 most recent are listed here

Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C

Fire safetyApt 1R class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B

Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C · closed

GasApt 2 class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class C

Doors and windowsApt 2 class C · closed

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Doors and windowsApt 2 class C · closed

Fire safetyApt 2 class C · closed

Pests class A · paperwork

Other conditions class I · paperwork

Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork

Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · closed

2025 Jun

Pests class A · paperwork

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork

ElectricalApt 1 class B

ElectricalApt 1 class A

ElectricalApt 1 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

ElectricalApt 1 class A · closed

and 87 more at the source

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

9 open: 2 about building conditions, 7 older than 10 years

2026 Jan

Construction class - 2

2022 May

Construction class - 1

2016 May

Construction class - 1 · never closed

2015 Nov

Construction class - 1 · never closed

Plumbing class - 2 · never closed

Plumbing class - 1 · never closed

Construction class - 1 · never closed

Boilers non-hazardous · never closed

Plumbing never closed

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2004 May

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

20 heat or hot water, 2 doors or windows, 1 electrical, 1 floors or stairs, 1 general repairs, 1 plumbing

Heat or hot water

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 2

Heat or hot waterApt 2A

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Heat or hot waterApt 3R

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 2A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

Everything else on record

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · HPD violation

General repairs complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 2 complaint

Other conditions class I · paperwork · HPD violation