Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

517 W 212 St

built 1925 · 5 stories · 45 apartments

Apartments named in these records

22 of this building’s 45 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
What has happened here
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 28 complaints, 2025–2026 · 25 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2H class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed · HPD violation
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2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3H complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2G complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt G complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2G complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2018 Mar
Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation
2017 Dec
Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation
2016 Mar
Boilers class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2015 Feb
Boilers class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning no6fuel (Pacific 219 PACIFIC 219), registration cancelled since Jan 1900

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 Jan 2024, 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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2000

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-16
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

31 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)

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2024) · 6 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year

Electrical

5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

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

Above 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)

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 35 (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

17 open: 17 about building conditions — pests (4), doors and windows (3), mold (3), other conditions (2); 7 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 4 older records from 2015–2016 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 776 violations on record in all, 1997–2026 — the 89 most recent are listed here

2026 May
Doors and windowsApt 2G class A
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2G class B · closed
2026 May
LeaksApt 2G class B · closed
2026 May
LeaksApt 2G class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2G class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2G class B · closed
2026 May
Doors and windowsApt 2G class B · closed
2026 Apr
Fire safetyApt 2H class C
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2026 Apr
Doors and windowsApt 2H class B
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2H class C · closed
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 2H class B · closed
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2C class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 3B class C · closed
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed
2026 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed
2025 Nov
Fire safetyApt E class C · closed
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed
2025 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 2B class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · closed
2025 Oct
LeaksApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Oct
ElectricalApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4H class B · closed
2025 Sep
PestsApt 1C class C · closed
2025 Aug
PestsApt 4D class C
2025 Aug
PestsApt 4D class C
2025 Jun
PestsApt 4D class C
2025 Jun
PestsApt 4D class C
2024 Sep
LeaksApt 1F class B
2022 Nov
MoldApt 2B class B
2019 Nov
MoldApt 2D class B
2019 Jul
MoldApt 1F class B
2018 Mar
Other conditionsApt 1B class A
2018 Mar
Other conditionsApt 1C class A
2017 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class B
2017 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 2F class A
2016 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1I class B · never closed
2015 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1I class B · never closed
2015 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1I class B · never closed
2015 Aug
Other conditionsApt 2F 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

DOB violations

6 open: 2 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork, 2 older than 10 years

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

28 heat or hot water, 5 doors or windows, 5 electrical, 5 leaks, 3 mold, 3 pests, 2 general repairs, 2 plumbing, 1 paint or plaster

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

15 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

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

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.
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