Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1922 · 5 stories · 39 apartments
Also known as 536 W 188 St, 538 W 188 St — 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.
2026 Sep
Electrical, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 2D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Aug
Outside the buildingApt B
2026 Aug
LeaksApt B
2026 Apr
ElectricalApt 3E
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 4E class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Apr
Other conditionsApt 4E class B · closed
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4E class A · closed
2026 Mar
Plumbing
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3E class C · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2026 Feb
Other conditions class B
2026 Feb
Doors and windows class C
2026 Feb
Doors and windows class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safety class B · closed
2026 Feb
Leaks class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safety class B · closed
2026 Feb
Leaks class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5E class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B · closed
2026 Feb
Other conditionsApt 5E class B · closed
2026 Feb
ElectricalApt 3A class B · closed
2026 Feb
MoldApt 3A class A · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · closed
2026 Feb
Paint or plasterApt 4E
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2G
2025 Oct
Latest accepted inspection Oct 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Oct
AppliancesApt 1E
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Oct
Safety
2025 Sep
Paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4C
2025 Jul
Unsanitary conditionsApt 1E
2025 Jul
Floors or stairsApt 1E
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2G
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water, unsanitary conditionsApt 1E
2024 Dec
Boiler burning natural gas (Kohler 50REZGB), registration current since Dec 2024
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2024 Nov
Safety, pestsApt 5A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Oct
Heat or hot water
2024 Oct
MoldApt 3B class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Oct
MoldApt 3B class B
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class A
2024 Oct
MoldApt 3B class B
2024 Oct
Plumbing
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Oct
Doors or windows, electrical, paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 5A
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 3B
2024 Oct
MoldApt 3B
2024 Aug
LeaksApt B
2024 Jul
PestsApt 2G
2024 Jun
Plumbing, moldApt 4G
2024 Apr
Lead-based paintApt 2G class C · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Apr
Lead-based paintApt 2G class C · paperwork
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Apr
Safety, pestsApt 2G
2024 Mar
Appliances, general repairsApt B
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 11
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Fire safetyApt 4G class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Dec
MoldApt 4G class B
2023 Dec
MoldApt 4G class B
2023 Dec
MoldApt 1G class B
2023 Dec
Fire safety class B
2023 Dec
PlumbingApt 1G
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 11
2023 Oct
Paint or plaster, moldApt 1G
2023 Oct
MoldApt 4G
2023 Jul
MoldApt 1C class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Jul
Fire safety class B
2022 Nov
PestsApt 3B class C
2022 Nov
PestsApt 3B class C
2022 Jun
PestsApt 5C class C
2022 Jan
PestsApt 3E class C
2022 Jan
PestsApt 3E class C
2021 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class A
2019 Feb
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2015 Nov
Heating/ventilation permit, Plumbing permit
2015 Jul
General construction permit
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2006 Dec
No active shed permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2006 Jan
Fuel burning permit
1995 Jan
Fuel storage permit
1991 Feb
Fuel burning permit
1922
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
Dates are the city's record dates, shown to the month.
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