Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

492 Audubon Ave

built 1916 · 5 stories · 26 apartments
Also known as 494 Audubon Ave, 550 W 190 St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 494 Audubon Avenue LLC

Apartments named in these records

9 of this building’s 26 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

Heat and hot water

14 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-60), registration current since Mar 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 Oct 2025, 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 1991

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

4 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

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2025 · 1 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2026

Electrical

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 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

Above 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

18 open: 17 about building conditions — smoke or CO detectors (6), walls, floors and stairs (5), fire safety (2), electrical (1); 3 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. Also 3 older records from 1990–2015 never closed. 21 further violations from 2024 were closed. 81 violations on record in all, 1990–2026 — the 42 most recent are listed here

2026 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2E class B
2026 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2E class B
2026 Jul
Fire safetyApt 2E class C
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2E class B
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2E class B
2026 May
PestsApt 2E class C
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2E class B
2026 May
ElectricalApt 2E class B
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2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2E class A
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2E class A
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2E class B
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2E class B
2026 May
LeaksApt 2E class B
2025 Jun
Fire safety class C
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork
2025 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B
2025 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B
2024 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Apr
LeaksApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Feb
MoldApt 5C class B
2024 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Feb
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Feb
LeaksApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5C class C · closed
2024 Feb
LeaksApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5C class A · closed
2024 Feb
MoldApt 5C class A · closed
2024 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Feb
LeaksApt 5C class B · closed
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed
2024 Jan
Leaks class A · closed
2024 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed
2024 Jan
LeaksApt 1B class B · closed
2024 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class A · closed
2024 Jan
LeaksApt 1E class B · closed
2015 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · never closed
1991 Jan
Electrical class A · never closed
1990 Dec
Other conditions 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

Permit history

4 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

  • DOB violationsfound0 open

Nothing on record

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

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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