Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

522 W 159 St

built 1900 · 4 stories · 16 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 Aug
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jun
Fire safety class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jun
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Jun
Safety
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jun
Doors or windows, outside the building, safetyApt 116
2026 May
PestsApt 2A class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
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 May
Safety, pestsApt 2A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
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
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Apr
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Mar
Mold, leaksApt 1F
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2026 Feb
Latest accepted inspection Feb 2026, defects reported: yes
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
LeaksApt 1A
2025 Nov
PestsApt 3B class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Nov
PestsApt 3B class C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water, plumbing, moldApt 1B
2025 Sep
Paint or plasterApt 3C
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
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 Jul
AppliancesApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
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
Heat or hot water class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C
2025 Jun
Appliances, heat or hot waterApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
PlumbingApt 1A
2025 Jun
Fire safety class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 May
ElectricalApt 1B class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 May
Doors and windowsApt 1B class A · closed
2025 May
Fire safety class C
2025 May
Doors or windows, general repairs, plumbing, safety, moldApt 1B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 May
Fire safetyApt 1B class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 May
MoldApt 1B class A · closed
2025 May
Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, plumbing, pestsApt 1B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
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
PestsApt 1A class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
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
2025 Feb
Floors or stairs, plumbing, leaksApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
2025 Jan
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152
DOB Violations
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
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 1C class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Nov
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
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
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3B class B · closed
2024 Aug
Other conditionsApt 3B class B · closed
2024 Aug
MoldApt 3B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Aug
PestsApt 3B
2024 Jul
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Jul
PestsApt 2A class C · closed
2024 Jul
Doors and windows class C · closed
2024 Jul
Doors or windows, mold, pestsApt 1B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
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
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2019 Apr
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Weil Mclain 488), registration expired since Apr 2019
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2017 Mar
Boilers class - 2
DOB Violations
2010 Mar
Unknown class - 2 · never closed
2009 Dec
Boilers class - 2 · never closed
2009 Sep
Construction class - 2 · never closed
2009 Apr
Construction class - 1 · never closed
2008 Dec
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2008 May
Construction non-hazardous · never closed
DOB Violations
2008 May
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2007 Dec
Boilers hazardous · never closed
DOB Violations
2007 Nov
Boilers hazardous · never closed
2007 Nov
Boilers hazardous · never closed
2006 Apr
Construction non-hazardous · never closed
2000 Aug
Latest boiler work permit 2000
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2000 Aug
Fuel storage permit, Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2000 Feb
General construction permit
1900
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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