Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

509 W 159 St

built 1916 · 6 stories · 22 apartments
Registered with the city: AMSTERDAM 159 LLC · 2 other buildings here list it; 18 HOLDINGS GROUP LLC · 4 other buildings here list it

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 Aug
Latest accepted inspection Aug 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Jul
General repairs, safetyApt 4
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 22 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 22 class B · closed
2026 Apr
Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-50), registration current since Apr 2026
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Mar
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, leaksApt 22
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Electrical, heat or hot water
2025 Nov
LeaksApt 4 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4 class B · closed
2025 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4 class B · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Aug
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Aug
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Jan
Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 10
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jan
PestsApt 5
2024 Nov
Appliances, electrical, plumbing, mold, pestsApt 19
2024 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 22 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 22 class B · closed
2024 Sep
PestsApt 22 class C · closed
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 22 class B · closed
2024 Sep
LeaksApt 22 class B · closed
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 22 class B · closed
2024 Sep
ElectricalApt 22 class A · closed
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12 class B · closed
2024 Aug
LeaksApt 12 class B · closed
2024 Aug
ElectricalApt 12 class B · closed
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12 class B · closed
2024 Aug
LeaksApt 12 class B · closed
2024 Aug
LeaksApt 12
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Aug
ElectricalApt 22
2022 Oct
PestsApt 5 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2022 Oct
PestsApt 5 class C
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2017 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2016 Sep
No active shed permit
2016 Jun
Construction class - 1 · never closed
DOB Violations
2016 Apr
Construction class - 1 · never closed
2015 Nov
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2015 Sep
General construction permit
2014 Jun
Plumbing permit, Fuel burning permit
2013 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 12 class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2010 May
Construction class - 1 · never closed
DOB Violations
1916
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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