Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

528 W 159 St

built 1913 · 5 stories · 11 apartments
Registered with the city: BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC · 50 other buildings here list it; 528 W 159th St Owner LLC

Apartments named in these records

9 of this building’s 11 apartments are named in a city record. The rest have no record naming them, which is the usual case.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 31 complaints, 2024–2026 · 17 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2 complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
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2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4 complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 32N complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2024 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1 complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 9 complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 9 complaint
Heat and hot water complaints

19 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler inspection filingsno recordNo boiler filings under this building's ID
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 10 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2024

Electrical

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19
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 stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

22 open: 22 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (5), pests (4), lead-based paint (3), mold (3); 11 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 222 violations on record in all, 2014–2026 — the 91 most recent are listed here

2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6 class A
2026 Aug
PestsApt 6 class C
2026 Aug
PestsApt 6 class C
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 10 class B
2026 Aug
PlumbingApt 10 class C
2026 Jun
ElectricalApt 10 class B
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 10 class C
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 10 class B · closed
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2026 Jun
LeaksApt 10 class B · closed
2026 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 10 class C · closed
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class B · closed
2026 Jun
PlumbingApt 10 class B · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 10 class B · closed
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 10 class B · closed
2026 Jun
PestsApt 6 class C
2026 Jun
PestsApt 6 class C
2026 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 6 class B · closed
2026 Jun
ElectricalApt 3 class B · closed
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B · closed
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B · closed
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Mar
PlumbingApt 4 class A · closed
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B · closed
2024 Dec
PestsApt 3 class C · closed
2024 Dec
PestsApt 3 class C · closed
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B · closed
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B · closed
2024 Dec
ElectricalApt 3 class B · closed
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B · closed
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class B · closed
2024 Dec
ElectricalApt 3 class B · closed
2024 Dec
Other conditionsApt 3 class B · closed
2024 Dec
Other conditionsApt 3 class B · closed
2024 Apr
Lead-based paintApt 6 class C
2024 Apr
Lead-based paintApt 6 class C
2024 Apr
Lead-based paintApt 6 class C
2024 Feb
Fire safetyApt 2 class C
2024 Feb
LeaksApt 2 class C
2024 Feb
MoldApt 2 class B
2024 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B
2024 Jan
MoldApt 2 class B
2023 Nov
MoldApt 9 class B
2023 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 9 class A
2023 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 9 class A
2016 Nov
PlumbingApt 2 class B
2016 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

31 heat or hot water, 9 plumbing, 5 doors or windows, 4 electrical, 4 floors or stairs, 3 leaks, 2 general repairs, 2 safety, 1 mold, 1 paint or plaster

2026 Apr
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2
2026 Mar
Doors or windows, electrical, general repairs, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 3
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
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2026 Mar
ElectricalApt 3
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2026 Feb
Doors or windows, plumbingApt 8
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2025 May
LeaksApt 1
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1
2025 Jan
Doors or windows, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbing, safety, moldApt 1
2024 Dec
Floors or stairs, general repairs, plumbingApt 3
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 3
2024 Dec
Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 32N
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Electrical, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 3
2024 Nov
LeaksApt 3
2024 Nov
LeaksApt 1
2024 May
Heat or hot water
2024 May
Doors or windows, moldApt 8
2024 Apr
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, moldApt 8
2024 Mar
PlumbingApt 6
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Plumbing, moldApt 2
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Feb
General repairs, moldApt 2
2024 Jan
General repairsApt 1
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2024 Jan
MoldApt 2
2023 Nov
General repairs, paint or plasterApt 9
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water, mold, pestsApt 9
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 9
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

6 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

  • DOB violationsfound0 open

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

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