Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

473 Lenox Ave

built 1920 · 5 stories · 17 apartments
Registered with the city: PICK & WASH INC. · 1 other building here list it; PICK & WASH, INC. · 1 other building here list it

Apartments named in these records

5 of this building’s 17 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.

Water and pipes

Issues on record
Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (records)

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

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 14 complaints, 2024–2026 · 9 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
Show 34 more
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3C complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2024 Sep
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2018 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2009 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2007 Mar
Heating/ventilation permit
2007 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2005 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2004 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2003 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
2002 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1999 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1998 May
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1997 Sep
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1997 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jan 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

10 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19
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

Below 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 (2026)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18
What this counts

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

33 open: 33 about building conditions — smoke or CO detectors (8), fire safety (7), pests (7), heat or hot water (3); 18 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 4 older records from 1982–2014 never closed. 8 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 88 violations on record in all, 1981–2026 — the 45 most recent are listed here

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

8 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · 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
  • Energyno recordNo energy score on record
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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