Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

471 W 159 St

built 1920 · 5 stories · 11 apartments
Also known as 972 St Nicholas Ave — one building, several doors.

Apartments named in these records

10 of this building’s 11 apartments are named in a city record. The rest have no record naming them, which is the usual case.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 5A class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A · closed · HPD violation
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2026 Jan
Doors and windows class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 5B class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 5B class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 5B class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2025 Nov
Construction DOB violation
2025 May
Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation
2005 Oct
General construction permit, Construction fence permit
1993 Jan
Construction never closed · DOB violation
1992 Apr
Construction hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
1991 Apr
General construction permit
1989 Aug
Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
1989 Aug
Construction hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
Sidewalk shed and scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · See the shed permits at DOB →
What this counts

Sidewalk shed permits (DOB NOW and BIS). Permitted since a date means permitted, not necessarily up continuously

  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2025–2026
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Rockmills Mp-100 (Extg) ROCKMILLS MP-100 (EXTG)), registration expired since Sep 2003

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-16 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Dec 2023, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-16 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2005 (2 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-16
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

3 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

Water and pipes

1 complaint, 2025
Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 2 complaints, 2025 · 1 in the past year

Fire and safety

2 resolved since 2025

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-17
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

Above grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30
What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-17
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

10 open: 10 about building conditions — pests (4), walls, floors and stairs (3), mold (2), other conditions (1); 5 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 367 violations on record in all, 1996–2026 — the 57 most recent are listed here

2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A · closed
2026 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 5A class A · closed
2026 Jun
Other conditionsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A · closed
2026 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Jan
Doors and windows class B · closed
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2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B
2025 Nov
PestsApt 5B class C · closed
2025 Nov
Other conditionsApt 5B class A · closed
2025 Nov
PestsApt 5B class C · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 5B class A · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 5B class A · closed
2025 Nov
PlumbingApt 5B class A · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 5B class A · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2025 May
PestsApt 5A class C
2025 May
Doors and windows class C · closed
2025 May
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Nov
MoldApt B class A · closed
2024 Nov
PestsApt B class C · closed
2024 Jul
PestsApt 5A class C
2024 Jul
Other conditionsApt 1A class B
2024 May
MoldApt 5A class B
2023 Jul
MoldApt BSMT class C
2023 Apr
PestsApt 1A class C
2023 Apr
PestsApt 1A class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

Permit history

10 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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