526 W 161 St

Heat or hot waterApt 8 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint

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Heat or hot waterApt 24 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 20 complaint

2025 Nov

2025 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 9 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 20 complaint

2014 Aug

Fuel burning permit

1990 Aug

Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-50), registration current since May 2026

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 Jul 2026, 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 1990 (2 on record)

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

12 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 (2025) · 7 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

What has happened here

2026 Sep

LeaksApt 13 complaint

LeaksApt 20 complaint

PlumbingApt 20 complaint

2025 Jun

LeaksApt 3 complaint

LeaksApt 3 class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 20 complaint

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LeaksApt 7 class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 3 complaint

2024 Dec

LeaksApt 12 complaint

2023 Jan

2014 Aug

Plumbing permit

Water service line

Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 6 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year

What has happened here

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 3 class C · HPD violation

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PestsApt 3 class C · HPD violation

MoldApt 3 class A · closed · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 20 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 20 complaint

MoldApt 3 class A · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 24 class C · closed · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation

Pests class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 24 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 1 class C · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

What has happened here

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

2025 Oct

Fire safety class C · HPD violation

2024 Oct

Fire safetyApt 24 class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 24 class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

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Fire safetyApt 9 class C · closed · HPD violation

2024 Jun

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 13 class C · closed · HPD violation

Lead-based paintApt 1 class C · HPD violation

Electrical

Issues on record (2025) · 1 complaint, 2025

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 3 class B · closed · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 20 class B · HPD violation

2025 Jun

ElectricalApt 3 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 2026-10-17

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

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

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

Gas

What has happened here

GasApt 20 class B · HPD violation

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

25 open: 25 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (9), doors and windows (3), pests (3), leaks (2); 6 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 436 violations on record in all, 1987–2026 — the 51 most recent are listed here

2026 Aug

Doors and windows class B

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 24 class C · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

2025 Oct

Fire safety class C

2025 Oct

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B · closed

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ElectricalApt 3 class B · closed

MoldApt 3 class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class A · closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed

GasApt 20 class B

ElectricalApt 20 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class B

Other conditionsApt 20 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class B

Other conditionsApt 20 class B

PestsApt 20 class C · closed

LeaksApt 3 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B

MoldApt 3 class A · closed

2024 Oct

Fire safetyApt 24 class B · closed

PestsApt 24 class C · closed

Fire safetyApt 24 class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 24 class C · closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed

Pests class C · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 24 class C

PestsApt 24 class C · closed

Fire safetyApt 9 class C · closed

2024 Jun

Fire safety class B · closed

Fire safetyApt 13 class C · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 13 class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 13 class B · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

2023 Jan

LeaksApt 7 class B

2022 Sep

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2021 Aug

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B

2021 Aug

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B

PestsApt 1 class C

Lead-based paintApt 1 class C

2021 Mar

Doors and windowsApt 17 class A

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

Resident complaints to the city

14 heat or hot water, 5 leaks, 3 general repairs, 3 unsanitary conditions, 2 electrical, 2 mold, 2 paint or plaster, 2 plumbing, 1 appliances, 1 pests

Mold, paint or plasterApt 13

Leaks, general repairs, moldApt 13

General repairsApt 1

2026 Sep

2026 Aug

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 8

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Heat or hot waterApt 3

Heat or hot waterApt 3

Heat or hot waterApt 20

2025 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 9

Plumbing, paint or plaster, pests, appliancesApt 20

Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 20

2025 Jun

Electrical, leaksApt 3

2024 Jan

Doors or windowsApt 13

General construction permit

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

5 permits since 1990

2017 Aug

2014 Aug

Fuel burning permit, Plumbing permit

1990 Aug

Boiler permit, Fuel burning permit

and 2 more at the source

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

Everything else on record

Paint or plasterApt 13 complaint

General repairsApt 1 complaint

2026 Sep

General repairsApt 13 complaint

Other conditionsApt 20 class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 20 class B · HPD violation

Paint or plaster, appliancesApt 20 complaint

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Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B · HPD violation

General repairs complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 13 class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 13 class B · closed · HPD violation

2024 Jan

Doors or windowsApt 13 complaint

Doors or windows complaint

Doors or windows complaint