Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

526 W 161 St

built 1910 · 6 stories · 25 apartments
Registered with the city: Optimum Equity LLC

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 Oct
Paint or plaster, moldApt 13
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Oct
General repairsApt 1
2026 Sep
General repairs, mold, leaksApt 13
2026 Aug
Doors and windows class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Aug
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jul
Latest accepted inspection Jul 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 May
Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-50), registration current since May 2026
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Apr
Fire safety class B · closed
2026 Apr
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 8
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 24 class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
LeaksApt 20
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 20
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 9
2025 Oct
Fire safety class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B · closed
2025 Aug
PestsApt 3 class C
2025 Aug
PestsApt 3 class C
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class A · closed
2025 Aug
MoldApt 3 class A · closed
2025 Aug
ElectricalApt 3 class B · closed
2025 Aug
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 20 class B
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class B
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class A
2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 20 class B
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20 class B
2025 Aug
ElectricalApt 20 class B
2025 Aug
GasApt 20 class B
2025 Aug
PestsApt 20 class C · closed
2025 Jul
Appliances, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 20
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jul
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Jun
Electrical, leaksApt 3
2025 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B
2025 May
LeaksApt 3 class B
2025 May
MoldApt 3 class A · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 May
General repairs
2025 May
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 20
2025 May
LeaksApt 3
2024 Dec
LeaksApt 12
2024 Oct
Fire safetyApt 24 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 24 class C · closed
2024 Sep
Fire safetyApt 24 class B · closed
2024 Sep
PestsApt 24 class C · closed
2024 Aug
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Aug
Pests class C · closed
2024 Aug
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2024 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 24 class C
2024 Jul
PestsApt 24 class C · closed
2024 Jul
Fire safetyApt 9 class C · closed
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Jun
Fire safety class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 13 class B · closed
2024 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 13 class B · closed
2024 May
Fire safetyApt 13 class C · closed
2024 Jan
Doors or windowsApt 13
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Dec
Safety
2023 Dec
Safety
2023 Nov
Doors and windows class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Nov
Unsanitary conditions
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Nov
Safety
2023 Nov
Safety
2023 Nov
Doors or windows
2023 Nov
Doors or windows
2023 Jan
LeaksApt 7 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
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
2021 May
Lead-based paintApt 1 class C
2021 May
PestsApt 1 class C
2021 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 17 class A
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2017 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2014 Aug
Plumbing permit, Fuel burning permit
1990 Aug
Latest boiler work permit 1990 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1990 Aug
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1910
Built
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