Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

522 W 159 St

built 1900 · 4 stories · 16 apartments

Apartments named in these records

11 of this building’s 16 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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 19 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Aug
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
Show 30 more
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint
2017 Mar
Boilers class - 2 · DOB violation
2009 Dec
Boilers class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2007 Dec
Boilers hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
2007 Nov
Boilers hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
2007 Nov
Boilers hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
2000 Aug
Fuel storage permit, Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Weil Mclain 488), registration expired since Apr 2019

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: yes

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · 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 2026-10-19
What this counts

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

Heat and hot water complaints

5 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

Water and pipes

17 complaints, 2024–2026 · 5 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 13 complaints, 2024–2026 · 5 in the past year

Electrical

Issues on record (2025) · 1 complaint, 2026

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19
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

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

60 open: 59 about building conditions — fire safety (12), heat or hot water (10), mold (9), doors and windows (7); 28 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 522 violations on record in all, 1987–2026 — the 111 most recent are listed here

2026 Jun
Fire safety class B
2026 Jun
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 May
PestsApt 2A class C
2026 May
PestsApt 2A class C
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B
2026 May
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
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2025 Nov
PestsApt 3B class C
2025 Nov
PestsApt 3B class C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class B
2025 Aug
Doors and windows class B
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Aug
Fire safety class B
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 1D class C
2025 Aug
PestsApt 3B class C
2025 Aug
PestsApt 3B class C
2025 Aug
Heat or hot water class C
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C
2025 Aug
Fire safety class C
2025 Aug
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 Aug
Fire safety class B · closed
2025 Aug
Doors and windows class C · closed
2025 Aug
Fire safetyApt 3B class C · closed
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed
2025 Jun
Heat or hot water class C
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C
2025 Jun
Fire safety class C
2025 May
ElectricalApt 1B class B
2025 May
Doors and windowsApt 1B class A · closed
2025 May
Fire safety class C
2025 May
Fire safetyApt 1B class C · closed
2025 May
MoldApt 1B class A · closed
2025 Feb
PestsApt 1A class C · closed
2025 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C class C · closed
2024 Nov
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed
2024 Aug
Other conditionsApt 3B class B · closed
2024 Jul
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Jul
PestsApt 2A class C · closed
2024 Jul
Doors and windows class C · closed
and 10 more at the source
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

19 heat or hot water, 19 plumbing, 12 doors or windows, 10 safety, 8 pests, 7 mold, 7 paint or plaster, 5 floors or stairs, 4 appliances, 4 leaks, 1 electrical, 1 general repairs, 1 outside the building

2026 Aug
Heat or hot water
2026 Jun
Safety
2026 Jun
Doors or windows, outside the building, safetyApt 116
2026 May
Safety, pestsApt 2A
2026 May
Doors or windowsApt 1C
2026 May
Doors or windows, plumbing, safety, mold, pestsApt 1A
2026 May
Electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster
2026 Apr
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 1A
Show 53 more
2026 Mar
Mold, leaksApt 1F
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 1A
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water, plumbing, moldApt 1B
2025 Sep
Paint or plasterApt 3C
2025 Jul
AppliancesApt 1A
2025 Jul
PlumbingApt 1A
2025 Jul
Doors or windows
2025 Jul
PlumbingApt 3B
2025 Jul
Appliances, doors or windows, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 1A
2025 Jun
Appliances, heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Jun
PlumbingApt 1A
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 May
Doors or windows, general repairs, plumbing, safety, moldApt 1B
2025 May
Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, plumbing, pestsApt 1B
2025 May
Doors or windows, plumbing, safety, moldApt 1B
2025 May
Paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pestsApt 1B
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 3B
2025 Mar
Doors or windows
2025 Mar
PestsApt 2C
2025 Mar
Heat or hot water, pestsApt 3B
2025 Mar
Plumbing, pestsApt 1A
2025 Feb
Floors or stairs, plumbing, leaksApt 1A
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Jan
Floors or stairs, heat or hot water, plumbing, leaksApt 1A
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2024 Nov
Doors or windows, heat or hot water, safety, moldApt 3B
2024 Nov
Doors or windows, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 1B
2024 Sep
Paint or plasterApt 3B
2024 Aug
MoldApt 3B
2024 Aug
PestsApt 3B
2024 Jul
Doors or windows, mold, pestsApt 1B
2024 Jun
Electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pestsApt 2A
2024 May
MoldApt 2A
2024 May
Mold, pestsApt 2A
2024 Mar
Floors or stairs, plumbing, safety, moldApt 3D
2024 Mar
Floors or stairs, general repairs, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 2C
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2024 Feb
Doors or windows, general repairsApt 3B
2023 Dec
Doors or windows, pestsApt 1B
2023 Dec
PestsApt 1A
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water, plumbing
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2023 Nov
Doors or windows, unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

6 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · 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 Jun
Safety complaint
2026 Jun
Doors or windows, outside the building, safetyApt 116 complaint
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · HPD violation
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · HPD violation
2026 May
SafetyApt 2A complaint
2026 May
Doors or windowsApt 1C complaint
Show 36 more
2026 May
Doors or windows, safetyApt 1A complaint
2026 May
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster complaint
2026 Apr
Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 1A complaint
2025 Sep
Paint or plasterApt 3C complaint
2025 Aug
Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jul
AppliancesApt 1A complaint
2025 Jul
Doors or windows complaint
2025 Jul
Appliances, doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 1A complaint
2025 Jun
AppliancesApt 1A complaint
2025 May
Doors or windows, general repairs, safetyApt 1B complaint
2025 May
Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 1B complaint
2025 May
Doors or windows, safetyApt 1B complaint
2025 May
Paint or plasterApt 1B complaint
2025 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 3B complaint
2025 Mar
Doors or windows complaint
2025 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Feb
Floors or stairsApt 1A complaint
2025 Jan
Floors or stairsApt 1A complaint
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2024 Nov
Doors or windows, safetyApt 3B complaint
2024 Nov
Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 1B complaint
2024 Sep
Paint or plasterApt 3B complaint
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Aug
Other conditionsApt 3B class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 1B complaint
2024 Jun
Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2A complaint
2024 Mar
Floors or stairs, safetyApt 3D complaint
2024 Mar
Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2C complaint
2024 Feb
Doors or windows, general repairsApt 3B complaint
2023 Dec
Doors or windowsApt 1B complaint
2023 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 1A complaint
2010 Mar
Unknown class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
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.
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