527 40 St

Fire safetyApt 8 class C · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 3 class C · closed · HPD violation

2024 Sep

2024 May

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

Doors and windowsApt 8 class A · HPD violation

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class A · HPD violation

Construction class - 2 · DOB violation

Walls, floors and stairs class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Construction class - 2 · DOB violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation

2015 Apr

Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation

Construction hazardous · never closed · DOB violation

Construction never closed · DOB violation

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 19 complaints, 2024–2026 · 13 in the past year

What has happened here

Heat or hot waterApt 8 class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

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Heat or hot waterApt BASEME complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 6 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 1R2 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 8ON complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint

2025 May

2025 Apr

2024 Nov

2024 Oct

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

2007 Dec

2007 Sep

Boilers hazardous · never closed · DOB violation

1994 Jul

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H. B. Smith 19A - 4-S), registration current since Jan 2026

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 Mar 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-20 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2007

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-20

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 2026-10-21 · 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 · 17 complaints, 2025–2026 · 13 in the past year

What has happened here

Plumbing, leaksApt 8 complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 8 complaint

Plumbing complaint

PlumbingApt 8 class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 8 class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 8 class B · HPD violation

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Leaks class B · HPD violation

Leaks class B · HPD violation

Leaks class B · HPD violation

Plumbing class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 8 class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 8 complaint

Plumbing complaint

LeaksApt 8 class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 8 complaint

PlumbingApt 84R complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 4R complaint

LeaksApt 1L complaint

PlumbingApt 7 complaint

PlumbingApt 6 complaint

Plumbing complaint

PlumbingApt 1R2 complaint

LeaksApt BASEME complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 8 complaint

PlumbingApt 6 complaint

PlumbingApt 4 complaint

MoldApt 8 class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 2 complaint

Water service line

Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (not verified)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 27 complaints, 2024–2026 · 21 in the past year

What has happened here

MoldApt 8 complaint

PestsApt 8 class C · closed · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 8 complaint

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Mold, pests complaint

Mold, pestsApt 8 complaint

MoldApt 84R complaint

MoldApt 4R class A · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 4R complaint

MoldApt 1L class A · closed · HPD violation

Pests complaint

Pests complaint

MoldApt 7 class A · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 7 class A · closed · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 6 complaint

MoldApt 8 complaint

MoldApt 8ON complaint

2025 Aug

MoldApt 8 class A · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 8 complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jan

Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 8 complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

1 complaint, 2026

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 4R 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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

155 open: 155 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (33), doors and windows (20), heat or hot water (17), pests (17); 50 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 50 older records from 1989–2015 never closed. 20 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 240 violations on record in all, 1989–2026 — the 225 most recent are listed here

Other conditions class B

Fire safetyApt 8 class C

PlumbingApt 8 class B

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Doors and windowsApt 8 class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 8 class A

Walls, floors and stairs class B

Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 8 class C

PlumbingApt 8 class B

Other conditions class B · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

PestsApt 8 class C · closed

LeaksApt 8 class B

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

MoldApt 4R class A · closed

MoldApt 1L class A · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 6 class C · closed

MoldApt 7 class A · closed

MoldApt 7 class A · closed

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

MoldApt 8 class A · closed

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

2024 Nov

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

2024 Sep

Fire safetyApt 3 class C · closed

2024 May

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

and 160 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

9 open: 2 about building conditions, 1 about filings or paperwork, 6 older than 10 years

Construction class - 2

Construction class - 2 · never closed

Construction class - 2

2015 Apr

Construction hazardous · never closed

Quality of Life hazardous · never closed

2007 Sep

Boilers hazardous · never closed

Zoning never closed

Construction never closed

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1994 Jul

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

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

19 heat or hot water, 16 plumbing, 14 pests, 12 mold, 11 paint or plaster, 9 leaks, 8 doors or windows, 5 unsanitary conditions, 4 safety, 2 outside the building, 1 electrical, 1 floors or stairs

ElectricalApt 4R

Heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, leaksApt 8

Paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, leaksApt 8

Plumbing

Doors or windows, heat or hot water

Floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, moldApt 8

Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 8

Paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pestsApt 8

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Doors or windows, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pests

Paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pestsApt 8

Paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 84R

Doors or windows, plumbing, mold, leaksApt 4R

PestsApt BASEME

Heat or hot water, pestsApt BASEME

Pests

Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 1R

Doors or windows, heat or hot water, pests

Paint or plaster, pestsApt 8

Plumbing, safety, pestsApt 7

Plumbing, safety, mold, pestsApt 6

Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 1R

MoldApt 8

Doors or windows, outside the building

Heat or hot water, plumbing

Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1R2

Heat or hot water, moldApt 8ON

PestsApt BASEME

Heat or hot waterApt 5

Pests, leaksApt BASEME

2025 Aug

Plumbing, mold, leaksApt 8

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 8

2025 Jan

PestsApt BASEME

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 8

Heat or hot waterApt 1R

Floors or stairs, outside the building, unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 8

Heat or hot waterApt 8

Heat or hot waterApt 1R

Doors or windows, paint or plaster, plumbing, safetyApt 6

Doors or windows, plumbing, safety, pestsApt 4

Doors or windows, safety, pestsApt 3

Plumbing, safetyApt 2

Outside the building, paint or plaster

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

2 permits since 1990

2007 Dec

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

and 1 more at the source

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

Doors or windows complaint

Other conditions class B · HPD violation

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 8 complaint

Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed · HPD violation

Show 27 more

Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors or windowsApt 8 complaint

Doors or windows, paint or plaster complaint

Paint or plasterApt 84R complaint

Doors or windowsApt 4R complaint

Doors or windowsApt 1R complaint

Doors or windows complaint

SafetyApt 7 complaint

SafetyApt 6 complaint

Doors or windowsApt 1R complaint

Doors or windows, outside the building complaint

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jan

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

2024 Nov

General repairsApt 8 complaint

Floors or stairs, outside the buildingApt 8 complaint

Doors or windows, paint or plaster, safetyApt 6 complaint

Doors or windows, safetyApt 4 complaint

Doors or windows, safetyApt 3 complaint

SafetyApt 2 complaint

Outside the building, paint or plaster complaint

Quality of Life hazardous · never closed · DOB violation