522 W 157 St

Elevators class - 2 · DOB violation

VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation

Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Jan 2025

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-21 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →

What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 122 complaints, 2024–2026 · 78 in the past year

What has happened here

2026 Jul

2026 Jul

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Heat or hot waterApt 6D complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2G class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4A class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed · HPD violation

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4F complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2F complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 5A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint

2025 Feb

2025 Feb

2025 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

2024 Feb

2023 Dec

2023 Nov

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (H.B.Smith Lo28S-10 H.B.SMITH LO28S-10), registration cancelled since Feb 1993

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-21 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

94 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 24 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 2B class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 2B class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2B class B · HPD violation

2026 Jul

LeaksApt 2B complaint

PlumbingApt 1F complaint

PlumbingApt 4G complaint

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LeaksApt 4G complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 6B complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 6B complaint

LeaksApt 3G complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 6B complaint

2025 May

LeaksApt 6B complaint

PlumbingApt 2D complaint

PlumbingApt 5C complaint

LeaksApt 5C complaint

LeaksApt 2F complaint

PlumbingApt 2D complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 5F complaint

2024 Aug

LeaksApt 6E complaint

2024 Jul

LeaksApt 6E complaint

2024 Jul

PlumbingApt 5C complaint

2024 Jul

LeaksApt 6E complaint

Water service line

Non-Lead (excavation)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 22 complaints, 2024–2026 · 13 in the past year

What has happened here

Unsanitary conditions complaint

PestsApt 4E complaint

2026 Sep

MoldApt 2B class A · HPD violation

PestsApt 2B class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2B complaint

MoldApt 2B class A · HPD violation

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PestsApt 2B class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2B complaint

MoldApt 2B class A · HPD violation

PestsApt 6B class C · HPD violation

Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 3A complaint

MoldApt 1F class B · HPD violation

MoldApt 1F class A · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 1F class A · closed · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 1F complaint

PestsApt 4G complaint

PestsApt 1E class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 1E class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 4G complaint

MoldApt 6B class A · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 6B class A · closed · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 2B complaint

PestsApt 4G complaint

MoldApt 6B class A · closed · HPD violation

Unsanitary conditionsApt 3G complaint

2025 Jun

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 2B complaint

Unsanitary conditions complaint

MoldApt 6A complaint

Unsanitary conditions complaint

Electrical

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year

What has happened here

Electrical complaint

ElectricalApt 4E complaint

ElectricalApt 5C complaint

ElectricalApt 2B class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2B class A · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 4G complaint

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ElectricalApt 2B complaint

2024 Sep

ElectricalApt 2B 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 2026-10-21

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)

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 STAR score 79 (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

62 open: 62 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (11), mold (10), pests (8), doors and windows (7); 14 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 180 violations on record in all, 1987–2026 — the 107 most recent are listed here

ElectricalApt 2B class B

MoldApt 2B class A

Doors and windowsApt 2B class B

ElectricalApt 2B class A

Other conditions class A

MoldApt 2B class A

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

PestsApt 2B class C

PlumbingApt 2B class B

Other conditionsApt 2B class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B

MoldApt 2B class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

LeaksApt 2B class B

Walls, floors and stairs class B

Fire safety class B

Doors and windowsApt 3A class B

Doors and windowsApt 4C class B

Other conditions class A

PestsApt 6B class C

Doors and windowsApt 6B class B

MoldApt 1F class B

MoldApt 1F class A · closed

MoldApt 1F class A · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 2G class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4A class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4A class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 4A class C · closed

PestsApt 1E class C · closed

PestsApt 1E class C · closed

MoldApt 6B class A · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 6B class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 6B class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 6B class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 6B class B · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Fire safetyApt 6B class B · closed

MoldApt 6B class A · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 6B class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 6B class A · closed

MoldApt 6B class A · closed

2025 Jun

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

and 12 more at the source

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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: 2 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork

Construction class - 2

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

123 heat or hot water, 23 plumbing, 19 doors or windows, 15 general repairs, 15 paint or plaster, 14 safety, 11 mold, 10 leaks, 9 pests, 6 floors or stairs, 5 electrical, 5 unsanitary conditions, 3 appliances

Electrical