Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

517 W 161 St

built 1926 · 6 stories · 42 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
VT-PER-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2026 Feb
Leaks, heat or hot waterApt 53
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 42
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 43
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 63
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 63
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 27 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 27 class B · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 63
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 27
2025 Sep
GasApt 21 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
PestsApt 21 class C
2025 Sep
PestsApt 21 class C
2025 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 21 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 21 class B · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 21 class B · closed
2025 Aug
VT-PER-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2025 Aug
AppliancesApt 21
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
General repairs
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Feb
PlumbingApt 3
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Oct
Fire safety class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 55
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 55 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Oct
Heat or hot water class C
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 55 class B
2024 Oct
PlumbingApt 55 class B
2024 Oct
PlumbingApt 55 class B
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 55 class C · closed
2024 Oct
PestsApt 55 class C · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Oct
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Oct
Plumbing, leaksApt 55
2024 Sep
VT-PER-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2024 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 26 class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Apr
LeaksApt 26
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 24 class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 24 class B · closed
2023 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 24 class B · closed
2023 Oct
Fire safety class B · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2023 Oct
Mold class A · closed
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 24 class A · closed
2023 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 55 class B
2023 Mar
PestsApt 55 class C
2022 Aug
1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Aug 2022
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2020 Nov
No active shed permit; permits since May 2019, last expired Nov 2020
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2019 Oct
General construction permit
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2019 May
Supported scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2017 Dec
Plumbing permit, General construction permit
2017 Nov
General construction permit
2017 Aug
General construction permit
2017 Jul
General construction permit
2014 Nov
Latest boiler work permit 2014
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2014 Nov
Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit, Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1926
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
1900 Jan
Boiler burning No. 4 oil (Rockmills Mp 60 ROCKMILLS MP 60), registration cancelled since Jan 1900
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
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