481 W 159 St

2025 Dec

2025 Apr

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 33 class C · closed · HPD violation

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Heat or hot waterApt 33 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 16 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 16 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 53 complaint

2025 Feb

2025 Feb

2024 Dec

2024 Mar

Heat and hot water complaints

3 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 inspection filingsno recordNo boiler filings under this building's ID
Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

1 complaint, 2026

What has happened here

LeaksApt 34 class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 34 class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 34 class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 34 complaint

2024 Apr

Plumbing complaint

2024 Apr

PlumbingApt 53 complaint

Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2025–2026

What has happened here

MoldApt 23 class B · HPD violation

PestsApt 34 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 34 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 34 complaint

2025 Oct

PestsApt 53 complaint

MoldApt 55 class B · HPD violation

PestsApt 53 complaint

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2020 Aug

2020 Aug

PestsApt 55 class C · HPD violation

2019 Oct

MoldApt 55 class B · HPD violation

2019 Oct

PestsApt 55 class C · HPD violation

2015 Mar

PestsApt 35 class B · never closed · HPD violation

2014 Oct

PestsApt 34 class C · never closed · HPD violation

2011 Nov

Pests class C · never closed · HPD violation

2011 Aug

PestsApt 55 class C · never closed · HPD violation

2008 Mar

Pests class C · never closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

3 resolved since 2024

What has happened here

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

2024 May

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

15 open: 15 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (8), mold (3), pests (2), smoke or CO detectors (2); 2 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 5 older records from 2008–2015 never closed. 20 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 161 violations on record in all, 1998–2026 — the 40 most recent are listed here

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B

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MoldApt 23 class B

PestsApt 34 class C · closed

PestsApt 34 class C · closed

LeaksApt 34 class B · closed

PlumbingApt 34 class B · closed

PlumbingApt 34 class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 34 class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 34 class B · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 33 class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 33 class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 16 class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 16 class C · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Doors and windows class C · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

2024 May

Fire safety class B · closed

2022 Nov

Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class B

PestsApt 35 class B · never closed

2014 Oct

PestsApt 34 class C · never closed

2011 Nov

Pests class C · never closed

2011 Aug

PestsApt 55 class C · never closed

2008 Mar

Pests class C · never closed

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

Resident complaints to the city

12 heat or hot water, 2 pests, 1 appliances, 1 doors or windows, 1 floors or stairs, 1 leaks, 1 paint or plaster

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

1 permits since 1990

2011 Aug

General construction permit

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

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B · HPD violation

2026 Jul

Paint or plasterApt 23 complaint

Floors or stairsApt 34 complaint