516 W 159 St

Heat or hot waterApt 16 class B · HPD violation

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BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 18 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 18 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 19 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 19 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C · HPD violation

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

2018 Apr

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

1991 Jan

Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit

Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Best 4A-35), registration current since Feb 2024

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 Nov 2025, 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 1991

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

6 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

Issues on record · 13 complaints, 2025–2026 · 10 in the past year

Water service line

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2025–2026

What has happened here

Mold, pestsApt 16 complaint

PestsApt 7A complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 7 complaint

2026 Apr

MoldApt 9 class B · HPD violation

MoldApt 9 complaint

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PestsApt 11 complaint

PestsApt 16 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 11 complaint

2024 May

Mold 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). Listed under the J-51 tax program, so stabilization can end when the exemption does

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

44 open: 44 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (22), doors and windows (4), leaks (4), pests (4); 7 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 5 older records from 2015 never closed. 21 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 413 violations on record in all, 1998–2026 — the 70 most recent are listed here

Doors and windows class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 9 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 9 class B

Other conditionsApt 9 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 10 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 13 class A

LeaksApt 16 class B

Fire safetyApt 16 class B

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B

Heat or hot waterApt 16 class B

Fire safetyApt 13 class B · closed

Fire safetyApt 13 class C · closed

2026 Apr

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

MoldApt 9 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 9 class A · closed

LeaksApt 9 class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 18 class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class B · closed

LeaksApt 12 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 12 class C · closed

2024 Nov

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

Fire safetyApt 11 class C

Other conditions class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 11 class A

Doors and windowsApt 11 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class B

Doors and windowsApt 11 class B

Doors and windows class B · closed

Fire safetyApt 9 class C · closed

PestsApt 16 class C · closed

PlumbingApt 16 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class A · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 7 class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class B

and 3 more at the source

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

4 open: 1 about building conditions, 3 about filings or paperwork

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

13 plumbing, 11 heat or hot water, 9 paint or plaster, 4 general repairs, 3 floors or stairs, 3 leaks, 3 pests, 2 appliances, 2 mold

AppliancesApt 8

Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 16

Heat or hot waterApt 7

Heat or hot water, leaksApt 7

PlumbingApt 7

General repairs, pestsApt 7A

PlumbingApt 7A

General repairs, pestsApt 7

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General repairs, plumbingApt 7A

Heat or hot waterApt 7

Floors or stairs, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 16

Heat or hot water

Paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 9

Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, leaksApt 16

Heat or hot waterApt 18

2025 Oct

Paint or plasterApt 18

General repairsApt 16

Paint or plaster, plumbingApt 16

Heat or hot waterApt 19

Heat or hot waterApt 19

Paint or plaster, plumbing, leaks

Heat or hot waterApt 5

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, pestsApt 11

AppliancesApt 11

Floors or stairsApt 11

Paint or plasterApt 11

Doors or windowsApt 11

Appliances, paint or plaster, mold

PestsApt 11

2024 May

Heat or hot waterApt 7

PlumbingApt 16

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

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

7 permits since 1990

2016 Aug

Boiler permit, Fuel burning 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

AppliancesApt 8 complaint

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 16 complaint

General repairsApt 7A complaint

General repairsApt 7 complaint

2026 Jul

General repairsApt 7A complaint

Other conditionsApt 9 class A · HPD violation

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Floors or stairsApt 16 complaint

Paint or plasterApt 9 complaint

2025 Oct

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 16 complaint

Paint or plasterApt 18 complaint

General repairsApt 16 complaint

Paint or plasterApt 16 complaint

Paint or plaster complaint

2024 Nov

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 11 complaint

AppliancesApt 11 complaint

Floors or stairsApt 11 complaint

Paint or plasterApt 11 complaint

Doors or windowsApt 11 complaint

2024 May

Appliances, paint or plaster complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · HPD violation