Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

50 Ave B

built 1900 · 6 stories · 25 apartments
Also known as 240 E 4 St — one building, several doors.

Apartments named in these records

10 of this building’s 25 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 4 complaints, 2024–2025 · 2 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain LGB-13), registration current since Feb 2026

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-16 · 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 2026-10-16 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2022

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-16
What this counts

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

Heat and hot water complaints

3 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

Older records on file

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record, most recently 2024

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-17
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

2 open: 2 about building conditions — fire safety (1), pests (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 42 older records from 1987–2016 never closed. 21 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 84 violations on record in all, 1987–2025 — the 65 most recent are listed here

2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5C class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5C class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 5C class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5D class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5D class C · closed
2024 Oct
PestsApt 5B class C
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 5B class B · closed
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2024 Oct
LeaksApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class A · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Feb
PestsApt 3E class B · closed
2024 Feb
PestsApt 3E class C · closed
2024 Feb
Fire safetyApt 3E class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safetyApt 5D class C · closed
2017 May
Fire safety class B
2016 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt C3 class C · never closed
2014 Feb
PestsApt 3B class B · never closed
2014 Feb
LeaksApt 3B class B · never closed
2014 Feb
LeaksApt 3B class B · never closed
2013 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · never closed
2013 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4B class B · never closed
2008 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · never closed
2008 Jan
PestsApt 1A class B · never closed
2008 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · never closed
2008 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 1A class C · never closed
2006 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · never closed
1995 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class B · never closed
1995 Feb
MoldApt 3B class B · never closed
1995 Feb
PlumbingApt 3B class B · never closed
1993 May
Other conditions class C · never closed
1992 May
Other conditionsApt 2A class B · never closed
1992 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3D class B · never closed
1991 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 1A class B · never closed
1991 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · never closed
1991 Dec
Fire safety class B · never closed
1991 Dec
Structure and facade class B · never closed
1991 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · never closed
1991 Dec
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

10 open: 2 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork, 6 older than 10 years

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

4 heat or hot water

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

39 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · 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

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.
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