Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

509 Cathedral Pkwy

built 1909 · 12 stories · 94 apartments
Registered with the city: EMPIRE MGMT AMERICA CORP · 5 other buildings here list it; ACQUISITION AMERICA VI LLC

Apartments named in these records

9 of this building’s 94 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 12 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-200), registration current since Aug 2024

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 2026, 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

6 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2026

Fire and safety

12 resolved since 2024

Electrical

2 complaints, 2026

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

Elevators

Issues on record, most recently 2025

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 95 (2023 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

56 open: 56 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (20), leaks (19), mold (5), other conditions (5); 4 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 2 older records from 2009 never closed. 17 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 738 violations on record in all, 2004–2026 — the 75 most recent are listed here

2026 Oct
Other conditions class A
2026 Oct
Smoke or CO detectors class A
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 12D class B
2026 Apr
Other conditionsApt 12D class C
2026 Apr
MoldApt 12D class B
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 12D class B
2026 Apr
MoldApt 12D class B
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2026 Apr
LeaksApt 12D class B
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 12D class B
2026 Mar
Other conditions class A
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12D class A
2026 Mar
PlumbingApt 12D class B
2026 Mar
PlumbingApt 12D class A
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12D class A
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 12D class B
2026 Mar
Other conditionsApt 12D class A
2026 Mar
MoldApt 12D class B
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 5G class C
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Dec
MoldApt 5G class B
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5G class B
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5G class B
2024 Dec
MoldApt 5G class A · closed
2024 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 May
LeaksApt 4H class B
2024 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4H class A
2024 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12H class B
2024 Apr
Fire safetyApt 12G class C · closed
2024 Apr
Other conditionsApt 12G class C · closed
2024 Apr
MoldApt 12G class A · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safetyApt 3E class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
and 16 more at the source
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

Permit history

59 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

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.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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