Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1922 · 6 stories · 29 apartments
Registered with the city: LANGSAM PROP. SER. CORP. · 13 other buildings here list it; 505 W 161, LLC; 505 W 161ST STREET OWNER LLC
Last sold Oct 2025 for $500 · NYC Department of Finance
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 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 25
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Oct
Appliances, plumbingApt 54
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 25 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 25 class B
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 25
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Pests class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 24
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 24 class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 24 class C · closed
2025 Dec
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
DOB Violations
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 24
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water, plumbing
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Paint or plasterApt 24
2025 Oct
Sold for $500
NYC Citywide Annualized Calendar Sales
2025 Oct
Doors and windows class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 24 class A · closed
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 24 class C · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 24 class C
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 24 class B · closed
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 24 class B · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 24
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2025 Oct
Fire safetyApt 24 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 24 class B
2025 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 24 class B
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 24 class B
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 24 class B
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 24 class C · closed
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 24 class C · closed
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 24 class C · closed
2025 Oct
Lead-based paintApt 24 class C · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 24 class C · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 24 class A · closed
2025 Oct
Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 24
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
PestsApt 25
2025 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 25 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 25 class B · closed
2025 Jun
PestsApt 25 class C · closed
2025 Jun
PestsApt 25 class C · closed
2025 Jun
PestsApt 25
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Apr
PestsApt 1
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 64
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2025 Feb
Fire safetyApt 64 class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 64
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 64
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 24 class C · closed
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 244433
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 45
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 25 class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jan
Lead-based paintApt 25 class C · closed
2024 Dec
Boiler burning natural gas (Industrial Steam Boiler ISB4-50), registration current since Dec 2024
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 25
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Oct
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
DOB Violations
2024 Oct
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 2
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Sep
Mechanical systems permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Sep
Latest boiler work permit 2024
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2024 Sep
Boiler equipment permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Sep
Plumbing permit
2023 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 53
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2019 Jun
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2016 Jan
General construction permit
2015 Aug
General construction permit
2014 Dec
General construction permit
2013 Jan
General construction permit
2004 Jul
Fuel burning permit
1922
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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