Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

51 Hamilton Pl

built 1908 · 6 stories · 29 apartments
Also known as 523 W 139 St — one building, several doors.

Apartments named in these records

11 of this building’s 29 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 · 16 complaints, 2025–2026 · 7 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 22 complaint
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
Show 33 more
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 51 complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 61 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 61 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 61 complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 61 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 31 complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 41 complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 22 complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 61 complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 22 complaint
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-70), registration expired since Sep 2023

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 May 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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2015

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 complaints

7 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)

Water and pipes

1 complaint, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2026

Fire and safety

7 resolved since 2024

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 2023
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Apr 2025

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-18 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

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

  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 87 (2024 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

9 open: 8 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (4), doors and windows (2), gas (1), pests (1); 4 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. 25 further violations from 2023–2024 were closed. 158 violations on record in all, 1995–2026 — the 39 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 23A class B
2026 Sep
PestsApt 23A class C
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 34 class B
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 34 class B
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 43 class A · closed
2024 Sep
MoldApt 43 class A · closed
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 43 class A · closed
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2024 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 62 class C · closed
2024 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 62 class C
2024 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 53A class C
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 61 class A · closed
2024 Aug
Fire safetyApt 62 class C · closed
2024 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 62 class C · closed
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 62 class B · closed
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 62 class B · closed
2024 Aug
PestsApt 62 class C · closed
2024 Mar
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 61 class C · closed
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 61 class C · closed
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 61 class C · closed
2024 Feb
LeaksApt 61 class B · closed
2024 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2024 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Feb
Lead-based paintApt 61 class C · closed
2024 Feb
Lead-based paintApt 61 class C · closed
2024 Feb
Lead-based paintApt 61 class C · closed
2024 Feb
Lead-based paintApt 61 class C · closed
2024 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 61 class A · closed
2024 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 61 class A · closed
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2020 May
GasApt 52 class C
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

15 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

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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