478 W 159 St

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 5C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

Show 6 more

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot waterApt 5C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint

2024 Oct

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Hydrotherm MR-600R (2 MODULES)), registration expired since Mar 2017

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jun 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

6 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

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

Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2025) · 9 complaints, 2025–2026 · 5 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 1A complaint

PlumbingApt 2A complaint

PlumbingApt 2A complaint

LeaksApt 1A class B · HPD violation

Show 5 more

LeaksApt 1A complaint

LeaksApt 1A complaint

PlumbingApt 2C complaint

PlumbingApt 2C complaint

1992 May

Plumbing permit

Water service line

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year

What has happened here

Mold, pestsApt 1A complaint

PestsApt 5A class C · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 5A complaint

PestsApt 2B complaint

MoldApt 1A complaint

Show 6 more

MoldApt 2A class A · closed · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 2A complaint

MoldApt 2A class A · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Issues on record, most recently 2025

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 1A class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2C class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2A class A · closed · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2A class A · closed · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2A complaint

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

BasementfoundNo basement

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

What has happened here

GasApt 2C class B · HPD violation

Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

General condition and all records

HPD violations

35 open: 35 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (12), doors and windows (7), other conditions (4), smoke or CO detectors (4); 1 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 1 older record from 2014 never closed. 16 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 138 violations on record in all, 1987–2026 — the 52 most recent are listed here

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 5C class B

Doors and windowsApt 2A class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B

Other conditionsApt 5A class B

Show 33 more

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B

Other conditionsApt 5A class B

Other conditionsApt 5A class B

PestsApt 5A class C

Doors and windowsApt 5A class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B

ElectricalApt 1A class B

Other conditionsApt 1A class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B

Doors and windowsApt 1A class B

LeaksApt 1A class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B

ElectricalApt 2C class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class B

Doors and windowsApt 2C class B

GasApt 2C class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2C class C · closed

ElectricalApt 2A class A · closed

ElectricalApt 2A class A · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2A class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2A class B · closed

MoldApt 2A class A · closed

MoldApt 2A class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

DOB violations

2 open: 2 about filings or paperwork

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · Read these violations in full at DOB →

What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

Resident complaints to the city

10 doors or windows, 9 heat or hot water, 6 plumbing, 5 paint or plaster, 3 appliances, 3 leaks, 3 mold, 3 pests, 2 floors or stairs

Doors or windows, paint or plaster, mold, pests, leaksApt 1A

Heat or hot waterApt 2B

Doors or windowsApt 1A

Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 5C

Appliances, doors or windows, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 2A

Show 12 more

Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 5C

Doors or windows, mold, pestsApt 5A

PestsApt 2B

Doors or windows, paint or plaster, leaksApt 1A

Doors or windows, paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 1A

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 2C

Heat or hot waterApt 2B

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 2C

Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 2A

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2A

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

HPD complaints received in the last 2 years; the list below is every complaint on record for the last three years

Permit history

3 permits since 1990

2011 Mar

General construction permit

1992 Jun

Alteration permit, Plumbing permit

and 1 more at the source

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

Everything else on record

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 1A complaint

Doors or windowsApt 1A complaint

Doors or windowsApt 5C complaint

Appliances, doors or windowsApt 2A complaint

Doors or windowsApt 5C complaint

Other conditionsApt 5A class B · HPD violation

Show 16 more

Other conditionsApt 5A class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 5A class B · HPD violation

Doors or windowsApt 5A complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 1A class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B · HPD violation

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 1A complaint

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 1A complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2C complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2C complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2A complaint