Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1896 · 12 stories · 8 apartments
Also known as 491 Broadway — one building, several doors.
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.
2027 Jan
Shed permit active now
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Oct
Supported scaffold permit
2026 Oct
Latest accepted inspection Oct 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Sep
Structural permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Apr
Suspended scaffold permit
2026 Apr
Landmark
DOB Violations
2025 Nov
2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Nov 2025
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2025 Oct
Mechanical systems permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Jul
Plumbing permit
2024 Aug
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B. Smith 28HE-S/W-09), registration current since Aug 2024
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Aug
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2023 Aug
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2023 Feb
Sprinklers permit, Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 Feb
Mechanical systems permit
2022 Feb
Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Feb 2022)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2017 Jan
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2017 Jan
Construction class - 2
2015 Oct
0 open. 1 violations on record in all, 2015 — the 0 most recent are listed here
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2015 Jun
Latest boiler work permit 2015
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2005 Oct
LL1081 Elevators never closed
DOB Violations
2005 Oct
Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed
2001 Dec
Elevators hazardous · never closed
1896
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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