Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

515 W 143 St

built 1908 · 6 stories · 24 apartments

Apartments named in these records

11 of this building’s 24 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 11 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Weil Mclain 888), registration current since Nov 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-16 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Dec 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-16 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

3 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · 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 · 3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2023) · 1 complaint, 2025

Electrical

Older records on file

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-17
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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 48 (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

20 open: 20 about building conditions — fire safety (4), smoke or CO detectors (4), other conditions (2), electrical (2); 5 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 15 older records from 1990–2016 never closed. 13 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 309 violations on record in all, 1988–2026 — the 48 most recent are listed here

2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 44 class B
2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 44 class B
2026 Aug
Fire safetyApt 44 class C
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 44 class B
2026 Aug
LeaksApt 44 class B
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Aug
LeaksApt 54 class B
Show 30 more
2024 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 54 class B
2024 Aug
Other conditionsApt 54 class A
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 54 class B
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 54 class B
2024 Jun
Fire safety class C
2024 Jun
Fire safety class C
2024 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 41 class B · closed
2024 Jun
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Jun
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Jun
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Jun
LeaksApt 54 class B · closed
2024 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 54 class B · closed
2024 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 54 class B · closed
2024 Jun
LeaksApt 54 class B · closed
2024 Jun
Other conditionsApt 54 class A · closed
2024 Jun
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2023 Feb
PestsApt 41 class C
2023 Feb
PestsApt 41 class C
2018 Oct
ElectricalApt 54 class B
2018 Oct
ElectricalApt 54 class B
2018 Oct
Other conditionsApt 3 class A
2018 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class A
2018 Oct
Fire safetyApt 31 class B
2018 Oct
PlumbingApt 43 class B
2016 May
Doors and windowsApt 3 class A · never closed
2014 Aug
Lead-based paintApt 54 class C · never closed
2012 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class B · never closed
2011 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4 class A · never closed
1994 Jul
PlumbingApt 52 class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

2 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · 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

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list
  • Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment
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.
Report an error · Talk to us · Look up another building
Not an inspection and not a warranty. May not be used for tenant screening — terms of use · privacy.