Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

486 9 Ave

built 1940 · 5 stories · 18 apartments

Apartments named in these records

11 of this building’s 18 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Oct 2022, last expired Apr 2023
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

1 complaint, 2026
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B. Smith 19-S-5), registration current since Aug 2025

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 Sep 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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2017 (2 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

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

Heat and hot water complaints

2 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)

Water and pipes

4 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2023) · 7 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

Electrical

Older records on file

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

21 open: 21 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (7), gas (4), fire safety (3), doors and windows (2); 3 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 13 older records from 1991–2007 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 150 violations on record in all, 1989–2026 — the 91 most recent are listed here

2026 Aug
GasApt 5RN class C
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5RN class B
2026 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 5RN class A
2026 Jun
Fire safety class B
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Jun
Other conditions class A
2026 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 5RN class B
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5RN class B
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2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5RN class B
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5RN class B
2026 Jun
GasApt 5RN class C
2026 Jun
Other conditions class B · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2026 Jun
Fire safety class B · closed
2026 Jun
Leaks class B · closed
2026 Jun
LeaksApt 5RN class B · closed
2025 Nov
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2025 Nov
Fire safety class A · closed
2025 Nov
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Nov
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1RS class B · closed
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1RS class B · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 1RS class C · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windows class C · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 4FN class C · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 4FN class C · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windows class B · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windows class B · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 May
Fire safety class B
2024 May
GasApt 3FS class B
2024 May
Doors and windows class B · closed
2024 May
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 May
Other conditions class A · closed
2024 May
Electrical class C · closed
2024 May
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2024 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2023 Sep
Fire safety class B
2023 Sep
Rubbish and cleanliness class B
2023 Sep
GasApt 3FS class C
2023 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4FN class A
2023 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4FN class A
2023 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4FN class A
2023 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4FN class A
2022 Nov
Rubbish and cleanliness class B
2007 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 2FS class C · never closed
1994 Sep
Fire safety class B · never closed
1994 Mar
Lead-based paintApt 2RN class C · never closed
1993 Aug
Fire safety class B · 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

DOB violations

1 open: 1 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

Permit history

20 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
  • 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.

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