511 W 159 St

2026 Mar

Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint

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Heat or hot waterApt 8 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 8 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 8 complaint

2025 Oct

Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint

2025 Feb

2024 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 8 complaint

2024 Oct

Heat or hot waterApt 15 complaint

Heat and hot water complaints

14 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)

Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
Boiler inspection filingsno recordNo boiler filings under this building's ID
Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025

What has happened here

PlumbingApt 8 complaint

Leaks class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 7 complaint

PlumbingApt 10 complaint

Leaks complaint

LeaksApt 15 complaint

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2024 Jun

LeaksApt 10 complaint

Water service line

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

What has happened here

MoldApt 8 class A · HPD violation

PestsApt 8 class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 8 class C · HPD violation

MoldApt 8 class A · HPD violation

2026 Jan

Unsanitary conditions complaint

2025 Oct

PestsApt 10 complaint

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2025 Aug

PestsApt 8 class C · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jun

PestsApt 5 complaint

PestsApt 8 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 8 class C · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 8 complaint

2024 Oct

PestsApt 15 complaint

PestsApt 10 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 10 complaint

Mold, pests complaint

Mold, pestsApt 10 complaint

MoldApt 15 complaint

2024 Jun

Fire and safety

6 resolved since 2024

What has happened here

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 8 class C · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 8 class C · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 8 complaint

ElectricalApt 8 complaint

2024 Jul

ElectricalApt 7 complaint

2024 Jul

ElectricalApt 7 complaint

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

GasApt 8 class B · closed · HPD violation

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

20 open: 20 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (6), smoke or CO detectors (4), doors and windows (3), mold (2); 6 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 115 violations on record in all, 2007–2026 — the 58 most recent are listed here

ElectricalApt 8 class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

MoldApt 8 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class A

Doors and windows class C

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B

MoldApt 8 class A

Other conditions class A

Walls, floors and stairs class C

Fire safety class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 8 class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · closed

2025 Aug

PestsApt 8 class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class A · closed

PestsApt 8 class C · closed

PestsApt 8 class C · closed

GasApt 8 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class C · closed

Fire safetyApt 8 class C · closed

Leaks class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed

PestsApt 10 class C · closed

Other conditionsApt 1FE class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1FE class B

Doors and windowsApt 1FE class B

Doors and windowsApt 1FE class B

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

DOB violations

2 open: 1 about building conditions, 1 older than 10 years

2025 Apr

Construction class - 2

2008 Jul

Construction class - 3 · never closed

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · Read these violations in full at DOB →

What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

Resident complaints to the city

19 heat or hot water, 5 doors or windows, 5 electrical, 3 pests, 2 appliances, 2 general repairs, 2 paint or plaster, 1 floors or stairs, 1 mold, 1 plumbing, 1 unsanitary conditions

ElectricalApt 8

Paint or plasterApt 8

2026 Mar

Heat or hot waterApt 3

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2026 Jan

Unsanitary conditions

Heat or hot waterApt 8

Heat or hot water, pestsApt 10

Heat or hot waterApt 8

2025 Oct

2025 Jun

General repairs, pestsApt 5

Appliances, paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 8

Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, general repairsApt 8

Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 5

2025 Feb

2024 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 8

2024 Oct

Heat or hot waterApt 15

Plumbing, pestsApt 10

Floors or stairs, outside the building, paint or plaster, mold, pests, leaks

Mold, leaksApt 15

Paint or plaster, mold, pests, leaksApt 10

Paint or plasterApt 7

2024 Mar

Doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 1FE

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

What this counts

HPD complaints received in the last 2 years; the list below is every complaint on record for the last three years

Permit history

4 permits since 1990

2019 Mar

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

2017 Jul

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

and 2 more at the source

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

Everything else on record

Paint or plasterApt 8 complaint

Other conditions class A · HPD violation

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Doors or windows complaint

2025 Jun

General repairsApt 5 complaint

Appliances, paint or plasterApt 8 complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairsApt 8 complaint

2025 Feb

Doors or windowsApt 5 complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed · HPD violation

Floors or stairs, outside the building, paint or plaster complaint

Paint or plasterApt 7 complaint

2024 Jun

Paint or plasterApt 10 complaint

2024 Mar

Doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 1FE complaint