Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

505 Columbus Ave

built 1888 · 5 stories · 24 apartments
Also known as 507 Columbus Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: 505 COLUMBUS LLC; 505 COLUMBUS, 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 Sep
General repairsApt 2E
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Aug
Floors or stairsApt 5D
2026 Aug
Fire safety class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Aug
Rubbish and cleanliness class A
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class C
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Aug
Rubbish and cleanliness class B
2026 Jul
Floors or stairsApt 5D
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jul
General repairs, unsanitary conditionsApt 5D
2026 Jun
Fire safety class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jun
Fire safety class C
2026 Jun
Fire safety class B · closed
2026 Jun
Fire safety class B
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jun
Fire safety class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2E class B
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jun
Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 3FL
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 5D
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Latest accepted inspection Jan 2026, 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 5D
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2E class C
2025 Jan
Fire safetyApt 2E class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jan
Fire safety class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jan
Fire safety class B
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Jan
Fire safety class B
2025 Jan
Doors and windows class B
2025 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2E
2024 Dec
Fire safety class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Apr
Fire safetyApt 5D class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · closed
2024 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Apr
Leaks class A · closed
2024 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Mar
Alteration permit, Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Feb
Boiler burning natural gas (Weil-Mclain 1078), registration current since Feb 2024
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2021 Oct
Latest boiler work permit 2021 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2021 Oct
Plumbing permit, Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2021 Jan
Sign permit
2020 Sep
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
2019 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2019 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5D class A
2019 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2019 Oct
Fire safety class B
2019 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5D class A
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2019 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2016 May
Alteration permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2016 Feb
Sprinklers permit
2016 Feb
No active shed permit
1888
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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