Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

511 W 159 St

built 1910 · 5 stories · 15 apartments

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 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 8 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 8 class B
2026 Oct
ElectricalApt 8 class C
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class C
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B
2026 Oct
MoldApt 8 class A
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class A
2026 Aug
Doors and windows class C
2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 8 class B
2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 8 class B
2026 Aug
PestsApt 8 class C
2026 Aug
PestsApt 8 class C
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B
2026 Aug
MoldApt 8 class A
2026 Aug
ElectricalApt 8
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Aug
Paint or plasterApt 8
2026 Apr
Other conditions class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 10
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairs class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2025 Dec
Doors or windows
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 8
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 8 class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 10
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 8
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water, pestsApt 10
2025 Aug
PestsApt 8 class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
General repairs, pestsApt 5
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Apr
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class A · closed
2025 Mar
PestsApt 8 class C · closed
2025 Mar
PestsApt 8 class C · closed
2025 Mar
GasApt 8 class B · closed
2025 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class C · closed
2025 Mar
Fire safetyApt 8 class C · closed
2025 Mar
Appliances, paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 8
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Mar
Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, general repairsApt 8
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 5
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 8
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 15
2024 Oct
PestsApt 15
2024 Aug
Leaks class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Aug
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed
2024 Aug
PestsApt 10 class C · closed
2024 Aug
LeaksApt 7
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Aug
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Aug
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Aug
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Aug
Plumbing, pestsApt 10
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Aug
Floors or stairs, outside the building, paint or plaster, mold, pests, leaks
2024 Aug
Mold, leaksApt 15
2024 Aug
Paint or plasterApt 7
2024 Jul
ElectricalApt 7
2024 Jul
ElectricalApt 7
2024 Jun
Paint or plaster, mold, pests, leaksApt 10
2024 Mar
Doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 1FE
2023 Mar
Other conditionsApt 1FE class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1FE class B
2023 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 1FE class B
2023 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 1FE class B
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2019 Mar
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2017 Jul
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
2008 Jul
Construction class - 3 · never closed
DOB Violations
1910
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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