Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

5056 Broadway

built 1920 · 5 stories · 25 apartments

Apartments named in these records

Apt 22 13Apt 23 14Apt 35 9Apt 55 2

4 of this building’s 25 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

Older records on file
What has happened here
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 23 complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (A.O. Smith HW-399), registration current since Oct 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Apr 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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2013

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Older records on file
What has happened here
2025 Mar
Plumbing permit
2024 Jan
PlumbingApt 22 complaint
2024 Jan
PlumbingApt 22 complaint
2024 Jan
PlumbingApt 22 complaint
2018 Aug
LeaksApt 23 class B · HPD violation
2014 Sep
Plumbing permit
Show 1 more
1989 Aug
PlumbingApt 55 class B · never closed · HPD violation
Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Pests and cleanliness

Older records on file
What has happened here
2024 Jan
PestsApt 22 complaint
2023 Oct
MoldApt 35 complaint

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2021
What has happened here
2021 Dec
Fire safetyApt 35 class C · HPD violation
2019 Jan
Fire safetyApt 23 class C · HPD violation
2007 May
Fire safety class B · never closed · HPD violation
2001 Mar
Fire safetyApt 23 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Aug
Fire safetyApt 35 class B · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Aug
Fire safetyApt 55 class B · never closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Older records on file
What has happened here
2012 Mar
ElectricalApt 23 class B · never closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2023
What has happened here
2024 Jun
General construction permit
2023 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 35 class B · HPD violation
2023 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class A · HPD violation
2023 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 35 class A · HPD violation
2022 Sep
General construction permit
2020 Aug
General construction permit
Show 12 more
2019 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class A · HPD violation
2018 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class A · HPD violation
2018 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class B · HPD violation
2017 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class B · HPD violation
2017 Jun
General construction permit
2017 Jun
General construction permit
2017 May
General construction permit
2017 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class B · HPD violation
2015 May
General construction permit
2014 Jun
General construction permit
2012 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class B · never closed · HPD violation
2001 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class A · never closed · HPD violation
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Jun 2022, last expired Jun 2023
  • 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

Gas

What has happened here
2023 Aug
GasApt 35 class B · HPD violation
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

General condition and all records

HPD violations

15 open: 15 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (6), doors and windows (2), fire safety (2), smoke or CO detectors (2); 2 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 9 older records from 1989–2012 never closed. 54 violations on record in all, 1989–2023 — the 24 most recent are listed here

2023 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 35 class B
2023 Aug
Other conditionsApt 35 class B
2023 Aug
GasApt 35 class B
2023 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 35 class A
2023 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 35 class A
2021 Dec
Fire safetyApt 35 class C
2019 Jan
Fire safetyApt 23 class C
2019 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class A
Show 16 more
2018 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class A
2018 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class B
2018 Aug
LeaksApt 23 class B
2017 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B
2017 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B
2017 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2017 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class B
2012 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class B · never closed
2012 Mar
ElectricalApt 23 class B · never closed
2007 May
Fire safety class B · never closed
2001 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23 class A · never closed
2001 Mar
Fire safetyApt 23 class B · never closed
2001 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B · never closed
1989 Aug
Fire safetyApt 35 class B · never closed
1989 Aug
Fire safetyApt 55 class B · never closed
1989 Aug
PlumbingApt 55 class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

Everything else on record
2024 Jan
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 22 complaint
2024 Jan
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 22 complaint
2023 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 35 complaint
2023 Aug
Other conditionsApt 35 class B · HPD violation
2017 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B · HPD violation
2017 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B · HPD violation
Show 1 more
2001 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 23 class B · never closed · HPD violation
  • DOB violationsfound0 open
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints. None in the last 2 years, but 17 earlier complaints on record from 2023–2024

Nothing on record

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

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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