Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

504 W 159 St

built 1900 · 6 stories · 21 apartments

Apartments named in these records

17 of this building’s 21 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 (2025) · 31 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5C class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation
Show 56 more
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C · HPD violation
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5A complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2017 Mar
Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation
2008 Jun
Boilers non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Nov 2025, 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

Heat and hot water complaints

5 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2024) · 1 complaint, 2026

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2024

Electrical

1 complaint, 2025

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2025
What has happened here
2025 Jul
Structure and facade class C · HPD violation
2025 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class C · HPD violation
2025 May
Doors and windowsApt 6A class B · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed · HPD violation
2023 Sep
Structure and facade class C · HPD violation
2021 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
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2021 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2021 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2019 May
Doors and windowsApt 3D class B · HPD violation
2019 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · HPD violation
2018 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · HPD violation
2018 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A · HPD violation
2018 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · HPD violation
2018 Feb
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2016 Oct
General construction permit
2016 Oct
General construction permit
2016 Oct
General construction permit
2016 Oct
General construction permit
2016 Sep
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2015 Jun
General construction permit
2010 Dec
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2010 Jun
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2009 Jul
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2009 May
General construction permit
2009 Jan
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2009 Jan
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2009 Jan
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2009 Jan
General construction permit
2008 Dec
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2008 Dec
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2008 Dec
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2008 Dec
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2008 Jan
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2007 Jan
Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
  • 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 2026-10-19
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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

24 open: 24 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (6), doors and windows (4), lead-based paint (4), pests (2); 13 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 3 older records from 2011–2015 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 693 violations on record in all, 1994–2026 — the 57 most recent are listed here

2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5C class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
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2025 Jul
Structure and facade class C
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class C · closed
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C · closed
2025 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class C
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C · closed
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · closed
2025 May
Doors and windowsApt 6A class B
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C
2025 Mar
Fire safetyApt 5B class C · closed
2025 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Aug
Fire safetyApt 2C class C
2024 Aug
PestsApt 2C class C
2024 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jan
PlumbingApt 1D class B · closed
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2023 Sep
Structure and facade class C
2023 Jan
MoldApt 5B class B
2021 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2021 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2021 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2019 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3D class B
2019 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3D class B
2019 May
Doors and windowsApt 3D class B
2019 May
PestsApt 3D class C
2019 Feb
Lead-based paintApt 2A class C
2019 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B
2019 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 2A class C
2019 Jan
LeaksApt 2A class B
2019 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 2A class C
2018 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 2A class C
2018 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 2A class C
2018 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A
2018 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 2A class C
2015 Sep
LeaksApt 3D class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

Resident complaints to the city

31 heat or hot water, 7 doors or windows, 3 leaks, 2 plumbing, 1 appliances, 1 electrical, 1 mold, 1 paint or plaster

2026 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 4B
2026 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 4B
2026 Oct
Mold, leaksApt 4D
2026 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 4B
2026 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 4B
2026 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 4B
2026 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 4B
2026 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 4B
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2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2025 Dec
Appliances, electrical, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbing, leaksApt 2B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4B
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water
2025 Jul
Heat or hot water
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2025 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 May
Heat or hot water
2025 May
Heat or hot water
2025 Apr
LeaksApt 5A
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 6A
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2025 Mar
PlumbingApt 5B
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 6D
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6D
2024 Sep
PestsApt 2C
2024 Aug
PestsApt 2C
2024 Jun
Safety, unsanitary conditions
2024 Apr
Unsanitary conditionsApt 1D
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Doors or windows
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5A
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

11 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

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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