Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

5 W 16 St

built 1846 · 4 stories · 17 apartments
Registered with the city: 5 W.16 STREET LLC; 5 W. 16 STREET, LLC

Apartments named in these records

8 of this building’s 17 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

Issues on record · 33 complaints, 2025–2026
What has happened here
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 12 class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · HPD violation
Show 49 more
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class C · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 10 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 12 class C · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1011 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 10 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 10 complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class C · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 12 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 10 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 complaint
2012 Aug
Heating/ventilation permit
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain LGB-7), registration current since Jun 2024

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-21 · 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 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2006

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

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

Heat and hot water complaints

34 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · 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 (2025) · 4 complaints, 2024–2025 · 1 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2026

Electrical

Issues on record · 8 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 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 2026-10-21
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

49 open: 48 about building conditions — heat or hot water (14), walls, floors and stairs (7), fire safety (6), electrical (5); 20 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. Also 6 older records from 1991–2010 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 208 violations on record in all, 1991–2026 — the 80 most recent are listed here

2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Apr
GasApt 7 class C
2026 Apr
ElectricalApt 7 class B
2026 Apr
ElectricalApt 7 class B
2026 Apr
ElectricalApt 7 class B
2026 Jan
GasApt 12 class B
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 12 class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C
Show 42 more
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C
2026 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 10 class B
2026 Jan
Fire safetyApt 10 class C
2026 Jan
PestsApt 10 class C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C
2026 Jan
Fire safetyApt 10 class C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 12 class C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Dec
GasApt 12 class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water class C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C · closed
2025 Sep
Fire safetyApt 7 class C
2025 Sep
LeaksApt 7 class B
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2025 Jan
ElectricalApt 7 class A · closed
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class B · closed
2025 Jan
LeaksApt 7 class B · closed
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class B · closed
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class B · closed
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class B · closed
2024 Dec
LeaksApt 7 class B · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safetyApt 7 class C · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7 class A · closed
2024 May
Doors and windowsApt 7 class C · closed
2024 May
Fire safetyApt 7 class C · closed
2024 Apr
Doors and windowsApt 7 class C · closed
2024 Apr
Fire safetyApt 7 class C · closed
2024 Apr
Doors and windowsApt 7 class C · closed
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
and 5 more at the source
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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 building conditions

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

34 heat or hot water, 8 electrical, 8 general repairs, 6 paint or plaster, 5 plumbing, 4 appliances, 3 doors or windows, 1 mold

2026 Apr
General repairsApt 6
2026 Apr
AppliancesApt 6
2026 Mar
General repairsApt 7
2026 Feb
Doors or windows, paint or plaster, moldApt 8
2026 Jan
Appliances, electricalApt 7
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10
Show 48 more
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2026 Jan
General repairs, heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2026 Jan
General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 6
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2025 Dec
General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 4
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 4
2025 Dec
ElectricalApt 7
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Dec
General repairsApt 4
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 7
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Electrical, heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1011
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2025 Dec
General repairs
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Appliances, heat or hot waterApt 12
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7
2025 Sep
AppliancesApt 7
2025 Sep
PlumbingApt 7
2025 Sep
ElectricalApt 7
2025 Jul
ElectricalApt 7
2025 Feb
ElectricalApt 7
2024 Dec
Electrical, paint or plasterApt 7
2024 Dec
Doors or windows, electrical, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 7
2024 Dec
Doors or windows, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 7
2024 Oct
Paint or plasterApt 7
2024 Sep
Leaks
2024 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 7
2024 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 7
2024 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 7
2023 Dec
LeaksApt 7
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

24 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-21 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

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

24 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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