Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

517 W 159 St

built 1920 · 5 stories · 20 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 Sep
Electrical, pestsApt 23
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Sep
Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 23
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2026 May
Heat or hot water
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2026 Apr
AppliancesApt 32
2026 Mar
AppliancesApt 32
2026 Mar
Latest accepted inspection Mar 2026, defects reported: yes
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Feb
Other conditions class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · closed
2026 Jan
ElectricalApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
PestsApt 42 class C
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
PlumbingApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
Other conditionsApt 42 class A
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
Other conditionsApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 42 class B
2026 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 42 class B
2025 Dec
Electrical, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, leaksApt 42
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
DOB Violations
2025 Oct
General repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 42
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 34 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
GasApt 34 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 34
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B
2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 32 class B
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class A
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class B
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class A
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class B
2025 Aug
PlumbingApt 32 class B
2025 Aug
PlumbingApt 32 class B
2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 32 class B
2025 Aug
Fire safetyApt 32 class C · closed
2025 Jul
Electrical, paint or plaster, leaksApt 32
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 34 class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 34 class B · closed
2025 Jun
PlumbingApt 34 class B · closed
2025 Jun
Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, plumbingApt 34
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 May
Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 34
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5F
2024 Nov
LeaksApt 42 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Nov
PestsApt 24
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Nov
General repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 42
2024 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Oct
PestsApt 32 class B · closed
2024 Oct
PestsApt 32 class C · closed
2024 Oct
PestsApt 32 class C · closed
2024 Oct
Appliances, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, pestsApt 32
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 41 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 41 class B · closed
2024 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 41 class B · closed
2024 Jul
PlumbingApt 41 class B · closed
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 41 class B · closed
2024 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 41 class B · closed
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 41 class B · closed
2024 Jul
MoldApt 41 class A · closed
2024 Jul
General repairsApt 41
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Jul
Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 41
2024 Jun
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, moldApt 41
2024 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Jun
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Jun
Other conditionsApt 21 class A · closed
2024 May
MoldApt 41
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Apr
PestsApt 6
2024 Mar
Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 41
2024 Feb
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 41
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2023 Dec
Electrical, floors or stairs, safety, leaksApt 24
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 24
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2020 Apr
Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain 688), registration expired since Apr 2020
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2018 Mar
Latest boiler work permit 2018 (7 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2018 Mar
Plumbing permit, Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2016 Jun
General construction permit, Plumbing permit
2014 Dec
No active shed permit
2014 Feb
Plumbing permit, Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit
1997 Oct
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
1920
Built
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