Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

500 W 159 St

built 1907 · 6 stories · 25 apartments
Also known as 1996 Amsterdam Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: CONCORD MANAGEMENT OF NY LLC · 121 other buildings here list it; ESSIE JEFFRIES APARTMENTS HDFC · 2 other buildings here list it; ESSIE JEFFRIES APARTMENT HDFC

Apartments named in these records

15 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 · 11 complaints, 2024–2026 · 9 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (H.B. Smith 19HE-S/W-08), registration current since Nov 2024

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 Mar 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 2015

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

12 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

1 complaint, 2026
Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Pests and cleanliness

3 resolved since 2023

Fire and safety

3 resolved since 2023

Electrical

Issues on record, most recently 2023

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2025
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Apr 2021, last expired Apr 2022
  • 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 2026-10-19
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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 31 (2024 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

36 open: 35 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (14), smoke or CO detectors (6), pests (4), doors and windows (3); 6 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. 12 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 405 violations on record in all, 1992–2026 — the 48 most recent are listed here

2026 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C
2026 Jan
Doors and windows class C · closed
2026 Jan
GasApt 4D class B
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2E class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2E class C · closed
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2025 Nov
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B
2025 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4E class B · closed
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4C class B
2025 May
Doors and windowsApt 4A class B
2025 May
GasApt 4A class B
2025 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3D class B
2025 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3D class B
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class A
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B
2023 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 5E class A
2023 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B
2023 Nov
Fire safetyApt 4A class C · closed
2023 Nov
PestsApt 4A class C · closed
2023 Nov
PestsApt 4A class C · closed
2023 Oct
PestsApt 1D class C · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3E class B
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3E class B
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3E class B
2023 Oct
ElectricalApt 3E class B
2023 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3D class B
2023 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3D class B
2023 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A
2023 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A
2023 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork
2023 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B
2022 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class A
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

21 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

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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