461 W 159 St — timeline

Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

built 1912 · 6 stories · 48 apartments

Also known as 545 Edgecombe Ave — 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.

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Sep

AppliancesApt 3D

2026 Sep

Floors or stairsApt 1F

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Aug

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class B

2026 Aug

Latest accepted inspection Aug 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler

2026 Aug

PestsApt 6H

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Jul

Floors or stairs, leaksApt 4C

2026 Jul

Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-90), registration current since Jul 2026

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)

2026 Jul

LeaksApt 3D class B

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Jul

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B

Fire safetyApt 3H class C · closed

2026 Jul

Plumbing, leaksApt 3D

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Jun 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance

2026 May

PestsApt 1A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 May

PestsApt 1A

2026 May

Doors and windows class B · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Apr

Heat or hot water

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Mar

Fire safety class B

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Mar

Other conditions class A · closed

2026 Mar

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

Heat or hot waterApt 5H

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

2026 Mar

Heat or hot water

2026 Feb

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Feb

Fire safetyApt 1A class C · closed

2026 Feb

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed

2026 Feb

LeaksApt 1A class B · closed

2026 Feb

Appliances, paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 1A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Feb

Doors and windows class B · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Feb

Fire safety class C · closed

2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Feb

Heat or hot water

2026 Feb

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class B

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Feb

Heat or hot water

2026 Feb

Heat or hot water class C

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 4A class C

2026 Feb

Doors and windowsApt 4A class B · closed

2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 1A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Feb

Heat or hot water

2026 Feb

Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 4A

Heat or hot waterApt 3A class C

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Feb

Heat or hot water class C

2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 4A class C · closed

2026 Feb

LeaksApt 5D

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 3G

2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 4A

2026 Feb

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Feb

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class C

2026 Feb

MoldApt 1A class B · closed

2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · closed

2026 Feb

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed

2026 Feb

MoldApt 1A class A · closed

2026 Feb

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed

2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 1A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Feb

Heat or hot water

2026 Feb

Paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 1A

2026 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 3D

Heat or hot waterApt 5F

2026 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 3F

2026 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 1F

2026 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 3D

Heat or hot waterApt 3D

2025 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 5H

2025 Oct

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2025 Oct

Lead-based paintApt 2A class C

2025 Oct

Lead-based paintApt 2A class C

2025 Oct

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A

2025 Oct

ElectricalApt 2A class B

2025 Oct

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B

2025 Oct

PestsApt 2A class C

2025 Oct

Other conditionsApt 2A class B

2025 Oct

LeaksApt 2A class B

2025 Oct

Appliances, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pests, leaksApt 2A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2025 Sep

Electrical, mold, leaksApt 5H

2025 Jul

Appliances, electrical, paint or plasterApt 4H

2025 Jul

LeaksApt 2E class B · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2025 Jun

Fire safety class C · closed

2025 Jun

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

2025 Jun

Fire safety class C · closed

2025 Jun

Fire safety class C · closed

2025 Jun

Mold, leaksApt 5H

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2025 May

Doors and windows class C · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2025 May

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

2025 May

Fire safety class C · closed

2025 May

Fire safetyApt 5H class C · closed

2025 May

LeaksApt 5H

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2025 May

Paint or plasterApt 4H

2025 Apr

Mold, leaksApt 5H

2025 Apr

Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, pestsApt 3F

Floors or stairs, general repairs, plumbing, mold, pests, leaksApt 1A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2024 Oct

Paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 3B

2024 Oct

General repairsApt 3B

2024 Oct

Heat or hot water

2024 Jul

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 4C

2024 Jul

AppliancesApt 3A

2024 Jul

General repairsApt 3F

2024 May

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, safety, mold, leaksApt 5H

2024 Apr

LeaksApt 3D

2024 Apr

Paint or plasterApt 3D

2024 Mar

LeaksApt 6E

2024 Mar

General repairsApt 6E

2024 Feb

Electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pests, leaksApt 1A

2024 Feb

Paint or plasterApt 5H

2024 Feb

Mold, leaksApt 5H

2023 Dec

Paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 1F

2023 Dec

MoldApt 5H

2023 Nov

Floors or stairs, general repairsApt 5C

Construction class - 1

2019 Aug

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

2019 Jun

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

Elevator Annual Inspection / Test

2018 Jan

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction

2017 Nov

General construction permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2017 Jan

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction

DOB Violations

2016 Nov

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction

2016 Jul

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2015 Oct

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

DOB Violations

2014 May

(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction never closed

2013 Jun

General construction permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2012 Jan

General construction permit

2008 Dec

Boilers class - 3 · never closed

DOB Violations

2008 Aug

Construction never closed

2008 Feb

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2007 Nov

General construction permit

2006 Apr

Latest boiler work permit 2006

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)

2004 Dec

No active shed permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

1912

Built

PLUTO (tax lot data)

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