Building record from city data · MANHATTAN, NY

518 W 151 St

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built 1920 · 7 stories · 41 apartments · BIN 1062161 · BBL 1020820045

Worth knowing
6 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and heat or hot water and mold
Source: Housing Maintenance Code Violations · as of 2026-10-19
Worth knowing
Clean in the records
Registered with the city

West River Associates, LLC, WEST RIVER ASSOCIATES LLC

Heat or hot water: 14 reports to the city since 2024
More reports than most similar-size buildings in Morningside Heights & Hamilton Heights
2024Heat or hot water · Jan 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 20, 2024Heat or hot water · Feb 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Feb 15, 2024Feb 15, 2024 (2nd)Heat or hot water · May 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)May 30, 2024Heat or hot water · Oct 2024 · 1 report (1 complaint)Oct 21, 2024Heat or hot water · Nov 2024 · 2 reports (2 complaints)Nov 13, 2024Nov 25, 2024Heat or hot water · Dec 2024 · 2 reports (4 complaints)Dec 8, 2024Dec 14, 2024Dec 18, 2024Dec 22, 2024
2025Heat or hot water · Jan 2025 · 1 report (2 complaints)Jan 6, 2025Jan 8, 2025Heat or hot water · Oct 2025 · 2 reports (4 complaints)Oct 17, 2025Oct 27, 2025Oct 28, 2025Nov 3, 2025Heat or hot water · Nov 2025 · 1 report (6 complaints)Nov 5, 2025Nov 9, 2025Nov 9, 2025 (2nd)Nov 10, 2025Nov 10, 2025 (2nd)Nov 12, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Feb 2026 · 2 reports (3 complaints)Feb 3, 2026Feb 8, 2026Feb 12, 2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-20

Also reported

2024 – 2026

A filled month had a report to HPD; darker means more than one, and the past year is brightest. Tap one to read it. Complaints within a week count as one report. Records list complaints filed, not conditions found.

Apartments named in these records

Apt 1A 1Apt 1B 2Apt 1E 21Apt 3C 3Apt 3E 13Apt 5A 13Apt 5C 1Apt 5E 4Apt 7A 1Apt 7B 6Apt 7C 2Apt 7D 9Apt A7 1Apt NE 2

14 of this building’s 41 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2026 May
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2026 May
Construction DOB violation
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed · HPD violation
Show 14 more
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
General construction permit
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation
2024 Feb
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade) DOB violation
2022 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7D class A · HPD violation
2022 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7D class A · HPD violation
2021 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B · HPD violation
2020 Aug
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2020 Aug
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2019 Apr
Facade Safety Program DOB violation
2014 Apr
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
Sidewalk shed and scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · See the shed permits at DOB →
What this counts

Sidewalk shed permits (DOB NOW and BIS). Permitted since a date means permitted, not necessarily up continuously

  • Facade ratingfoundNo Report Filed (cycle 9)
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 22 complaints, 2024–2026 · 12 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt A7 complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1E class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
Show 32 more
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7C complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7C complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 7D complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 7B complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 7B complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3C complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7B complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7B complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D class C · HPD violation
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3C complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3C complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5C complaint
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation
2007 Sep
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Laars PNCH-500), registration current since Jul 2024

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · 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 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2024 (3 on record)

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

13 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · 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 (2022) · 4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 5A class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 5A class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 5A complaint
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 1E class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Plumbing complaint
2025 Jun
LeaksApt 3E complaint
Show 6 more
2025 Jan
PlumbingApt 7B complaint
2024 Oct
PlumbingApt 3E complaint
2024 Jun
Plumbing permit
2022 Aug
LeaksApt 7D class B · HPD violation
2021 Aug
LeaksApt 5E class B · HPD violation
2011 Feb
Plumbing permit
Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (statistical analysis/predictive model)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Rubbish and cleanliness class A · HPD violation
2026 Sep
Unsanitary conditionsApt NE complaint
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
PestsApt 1E class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
PestsApt 1E class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
MoldApt 5A class B · HPD violation
Show 14 more
2026 Feb
Mold, pestsApt 1E complaint
2026 Feb
PestsApt 7A class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
MoldApt 5A complaint
2026 Feb
MoldApt 1E class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
PestsApt 1E class C · HPD violation
2026 Feb
PestsApt 1E class C · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Pests class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Unsanitary conditionsApt 1A complaint
2025 Nov
PestsApt 7B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
MoldApt 3E class B · HPD violation
2025 Jun
MoldApt 3E complaint
2024 Oct
MoldApt 3E complaint
2021 Sep
PestsApt 5E class C · HPD violation
2021 Sep
PestsApt 5E class C · HPD violation

Fire and safety

2 resolved since 2026
What has happened here
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 1E class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 1E class C · closed · HPD violation
2008 Jan
Standpipe permit
2007 Oct
Sprinklers permit

Electrical

Older records on file
What has happened here
2024 Oct
ElectricalApt 3E 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 2026-10-20
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
What has happened here
2025 Aug
VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Aug
VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Feb 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilizationWhole tax lot

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations); listed for this tax lot (1 addresses), not under this building's address

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 92 (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

14 open: 14 about building conditions — pests (4), mold (3), walls, floors and stairs (3), leaks (2); 6 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 155 violations on record in all, 1995–2026 — the 53 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Rubbish and cleanliness class A
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1E class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1E class B · closed
2026 Feb
PestsApt 1E class C · closed
2026 Feb
PestsApt 1E class C · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 1E class C · closed
Show 31 more
2026 Feb
MoldApt 5A class B
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class A · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 5A class B · closed
2026 Feb
PestsApt 7A class C · closed
2026 Feb
MoldApt 1E class C
2026 Feb
PestsApt 1E class C
2026 Feb
PestsApt 1E class C
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 1E class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1E class B · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 1E class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1E class C · closed
2026 Jan
Pests class C · closed
2025 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2025 Nov
PestsApt 7B class C · closed
2025 Jun
MoldApt 3E class B
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D class C
2022 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7D class A
2022 Aug
LeaksApt 7D class B
2022 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7D class A
2021 Sep
PestsApt 5E class C
2021 Sep
PestsApt 5E class C
2021 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B
2021 Aug
LeaksApt 5E class B
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

Resident complaints to the city

22 heat or hot water, 3 leaks, 3 mold, 3 paint or plaster, 2 plumbing, 2 safety, 2 unsanitary conditions, 1 doors or windows, 1 floors or stairs, 1 pests

2026 Sep
Paint or plaster, unsanitary conditionsApt NE
2026 Mar
SafetyApt 1E
2026 Feb
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 1E
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt A7
2026 Feb
Paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 5A
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Plumbing
Show 29 more
2025 Nov
Unsanitary conditionsApt 1A
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 7D
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2025 Jun
Mold, leaksApt 3E
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 7B
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 7B
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3C
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7B
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7B
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 7D
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2024 Oct
Electrical, floors or stairs, plumbing, moldApt 3E
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3C
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3C
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5C
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

2026 Jan
General construction permit
2024 Jun
Boiler equipment permit
2024 Jun
Plumbing permit
2024 Jun
Boiler equipment permit
2020 Aug
Supported scaffold permit
2011 Feb
Plumbing permit, Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
2008 Jan
Standpipe permit
2007 Oct
Sprinklers permit
and 7 more at the source
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · 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
2026 Sep
Paint or plasterApt NE complaint
2026 Aug
Aeu-Haz Aeuhaz DOB violation
2026 Mar
SafetyApt 1E complaint
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1E class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1E class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B · closed · HPD violation
Show 8 more
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5A class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 1E complaint
2026 Feb
Paint or plasterApt 5A complaint
2025 Apr
Local Law class - 2 · DOB violation
2024 Oct
Floors or stairsApt 3E complaint
2024 Jun
Boiler equipment permit
2024 Jun
Boiler equipment permit
2020 Aug
Supported scaffold permit

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.