Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

489 Columbus Ave

built 1892 · 6 stories · 16 apartments

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Oct
Boiler burning natural gas (H.B. Smith G19HE-S-6), registration current since Oct 2026
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2026 Sep
General repairs, heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Aug
Electrical class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Aug
Other conditions class A
2026 Aug
Electrical class B
2026 Jul
Plumbing
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jun
Other conditions class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jun
Leaks class A
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2026 Jun
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 May
Latest accepted inspection May 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Mar
Doors and windows class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Mar
Doors and windows class B
2026 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Mar
Electrical
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Jul
PestsApt 3N class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jul
PestsApt 3N class C
2025 Jul
PlumbingApt 3N class B
2025 Jul
PlumbingApt 3N class B
2025 Jul
PlumbingApt 3N class B
2025 Jul
Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, moldApt 3N
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
LeaksApt 3R
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water, unsanitary conditions
2024 Oct
PestsApt 2A class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Sep
PestsApt 2A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2N class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2N class B · closed
2024 Jul
LeaksApt 2N class B · closed
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2N class B · closed
2024 Jul
ElectricalApt 2N class B · closed
2024 Jul
LeaksApt 2N class B · closed
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2N class B · closed
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2N class A
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2N class B
2024 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 2N class A
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2N class A
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2N class B
2024 Jul
LeaksApt 2N class C · closed
2024 Jul
Paint or plaster, leaksApt 2N
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Jul
Paint or plaster, leaksApt 2N
2024 May
Heat or hot water
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5N class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5N class C · closed
2024 Apr
Pests class C
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5D class C · closed
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5D class C · closed
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2N
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Aug
MoldApt 2N class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Aug
Other conditionsApt 2N class B
2022 Mar
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2022 Feb
General construction permit
2019 Oct
Heating/ventilation permit, Plumbing permit, General construction permit
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2019 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3N class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2014 May
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
DOB Violations
2014 Mar
Fire protection permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2014 Feb
Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit
2013 Dec
Latest boiler work permit 2013
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2013 Dec
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
DOB Violations
2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1892
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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