# 501 W 156 St, Manhattan What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan > These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked. Also known as 1942 Amsterdam Ave, 1942 Amsterdam Ave: one building, several doors, and this card covers all of them. ## In one line 20 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and gas and doors and windows and fire safety and heat or hot water and plumbing and walls, floors and stairs (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) ## The building - **Year built:** 1930 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) - **Stories:** 6 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) - **Homes:** 33 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12) ## Worth knowing - 20 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and gas and doors and windows and fire safety and heat or hot water and plumbing and walls, floors and stairs - 51 open HPD violations about building conditions ## Clean in the records - Water service line on record as non-lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19) - No heat or hot water complaints filed last winter (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19) ## Building systems - **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Jun 2025, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17) - **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18) - **Water service line:** Non-Lead (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30) - **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19) - **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) - **Basement:** Below grade (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## Violations and complaints - **HPD violations:** 55 open: 51 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (11), electrical (6), pests (6), mold (5); 20 immediately hazardous (class C), 4 about paperwork or notices. Also 28 older records from 1975–2015 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 265 violations on record in all, 1975–2026 — the 112 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19) - **DOB violations:** 2 open: 2 about filings or paperwork (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18) - **Heat and hot water complaints:** 0 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19) - **Resident complaints to the city:** 4 leaks, 1 floors or stairs, 1 pests (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19) ## More systems - **Rent stabilization:** Not on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30) - **Heat source:** Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Supreme D2-55-4), registration current since May 2026 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19) - **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 2020 (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19) - **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-18) - **Gas piping:** No open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18) - **Energy:** ENERGY STAR score 53 (2024 report) (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25) ## Permits and work - **Permit history:** 13 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17) - **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No sidewalk shed permits on record (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17) - **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24) ## By apartment 12 of 33 apartments named in a city record: - Apt 1: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/1 - Apt 2: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/2 - Apt 21: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/21 - Apt 22: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/22 - Apt 23: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/23 - Apt 26: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/26 - Apt 41: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/41 - Apt 43: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/43 - Apt 54: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/54 - Apt 61: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/61 - Apt 62: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/62 - Apt 64: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/unit/64 ## Registered with the city - Esra Management (Agent, Registration Contacts) - 501 West 156th Street HDFC (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts) - Individual owner (name not shown) (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data)) ## More - Every record behind this card: https://blueflo.tech/b/501-west-156-street-manhattan/records - The same card as JSON: https://blueflo.tech/v1/buildings/501-west-156-street-manhattan - Ask about any building from an assistant (MCP): https://blueflo.tech/mcp - Report something wrong: https://blueflo.tech/dispute?slug=501-west-156-street-manhattan - How to use this data: https://blueflo.tech/llms.txt