Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

44 W 85 St

built 1887 · 4 stories · 14 apartments

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 Sep
Latest accepted inspection Sep 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2024 May
Boiler burning natural gas (H.B.Smith G-300-W-9), registration current since May 2024
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2019 Jan
Plumbing permit, General construction permit, Heating/ventilation permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2018 May
No active shed permit; permits since May 2017, last expired May 2018
2017 Apr
Scaffold permit
2003 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
2002 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1999 Apr
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1997 Aug
Gas class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1993 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
1990 Oct
Alteration permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1985 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1985 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · never closed
1887
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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