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

2008 Jun

Construction hazardous · never closed · DOB violation

1996 Mar

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 Dec

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 2026-10-20 · 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

2024 Jan

PlumbingApt 4 complaint

2024 Jan

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 class B · HPD violation

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 Nov

2025 Aug

MoldApt 8 class A · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 8 complaint

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jan

2024 Dec

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

2025 Nov

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 2026-10-20 · 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

2008 Jun

Construction hazardous · never closed

2008 Jun

Quality of Life hazardous · never closed

2007 Sep

Boilers hazardous · never closed

1996 Mar

Zoning never closed

1996 Mar

Construction never closed

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1994 Jul

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-20 · 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