Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

500 W 170 St

built 1907 · 5 stories · 20 apartments
Also known as 2208 Amsterdam Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 500 W 170 LLC

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 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed
2026 Jun
LeaksApt 2B class B · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · closed
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed
2026 May
MoldApt 5A class A · closed
2026 Apr
Solar permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Apr
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Other conditions class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 4D class B · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4D class C · closed
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class A · closed
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 4D class B · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B · closed
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2C class B · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 4D
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
MoldApt 5A class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Dec
PlumbingApt 5A class B · closed
2025 Dec
LeaksApt 5A class B · closed
2025 Dec
Other conditionsApt 5A class B · closed
2025 Dec
Doors or windows, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 4B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
Latest accepted inspection Dec 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Nov
General repairsApt 5A
2025 Oct
General repairsApt 5A
2025 Jul
No active shed permit; permits since Jan 2021, last expired Jul 2025
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 May
SafetyApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Mar
Doors or windows, outside the building
2025 Feb
Doors or windows
2025 Feb
Doors or windowsApt 1A
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, leaksApt 4B
2024 Sep
Electrical, floors or stairs, leaksApt 3B
2024 Aug
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 3B
2024 Jun
ElectricalApt 3A
2024 Jun
ElectricalApt 3A
2024 Jun
Paint or plasterApt 4C
2024 Jun
General repairs, moldApt 3C
2024 Apr
PlumbingApt 3B
2024 Apr
LeaksApt 5A
2024 Mar
Outside the building
2024 Mar
LeaksApt 4D
2024 Jan
Doors or windowsApt 2C
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2023 Dec
LeaksApt 5B
2023 Dec
LeaksApt 5B
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
MoldApt 5B
2023 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 5B
2022 Oct
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2021 Sep
Mechanical systems permit
2021 May
GasApt 2B class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2019 Apr
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2019 Mar
General construction permit
2013 Aug
Fuel burning permit, Plumbing permit
2010 May
Fuel burning permit
2009 May
Plumbing permit
2008 Apr
Alteration permit
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1993 Feb
Latest boiler work permit 1993
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1907
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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