Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

530 W 159 St

built 1913 · 5 stories · 10 apartments
Registered with the city: BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC · 50 other buildings here list it; 530 W 159th St Owner LLC
Last sold Jan 2026 for $500 · NYC Department of Finance

Apartments named in these records

10 of this building’s 10 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 50 complaints, 2025–2026 · 41 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Aug
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jun
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 1RE complaint
2026 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
Show 70 more
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2W class C · closed · HPD violation
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 5W complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6 complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2W complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5W complaint
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 5E complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint
2024 Aug
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4E complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2013 Oct
Boilers class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2013 Jul
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
2013 Feb
Boilers class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
1991 May
Fuel storage permit, Fuel burning permit
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Eastmond ESP-70), registration expired since Mar 2025

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 Jul 2023, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2013

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

47 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 · 10 complaints, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 12 complaints, 2025–2026 · 8 in the past year

Electrical

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2026

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

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

50 open: 50 about building conditions — smoke or CO detectors (10), walls, floors and stairs (10), pests (8), fire safety (4); 17 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2026 were closed. 354 violations on record in all, 2010–2026 — the 143 most recent are listed here

2026 Aug
Fire safetyApt 4W class C
2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4E class A
2026 Jul
PestsApt 4E class C
2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5W class B · closed
2026 Jul
LeaksApt 5W class B · closed
2026 Jul
PestsApt 5W class C · closed
2026 Jul
PestsApt 5W class C · closed
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2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class C
2026 Jun
PlumbingApt 5E class B
2026 Jun
PlumbingApt 5E class B
2026 Jun
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5E class B
2026 Jun
LeaksApt 5E class B
2026 Jun
Fire safetyApt 4W class C
2026 Jun
PestsApt 2W class C
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2W class B
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2W class B
2026 Jun
Fire safetyApt 2W class C
2026 Jun
Fire safetyApt 5W class C · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 1RE class A
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1RE class A
2026 May
Other conditionsApt 1RE class A
2026 May
LeaksApt 1RE class A
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1RE class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1RE class B · closed
2026 May
LeaksApt 1RE class B · closed
2026 May
Other conditions class A
2026 May
PlumbingApt 1RE class B
2026 May
PlumbingApt 1RE class B
2026 May
LeaksApt 1RE class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1RE class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1RE class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1RE class B · closed
2026 May
LeaksApt 1RE class B · closed
2026 May
Other conditionsApt 1RE class A · closed
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3E class B
2026 May
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3E class B
2026 May
LeaksApt 3E class C · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3E class B · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3E class B · closed
2026 May
ElectricalApt 3E class B · closed
2026 May
Fire safetyApt 3E class C · closed
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 4W class B · closed
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2W class C · closed
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · closed
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

4 open: 2 about building conditions, 2 older than 10 years

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

50 heat or hot water, 13 plumbing, 7 electrical, 6 pests, 5 mold, 4 general repairs, 4 paint or plaster, 3 leaks, 3 safety, 2 doors or windows, 2 floors or stairs, 2 unsanitary conditions, 1 appliances, 1 outside the building

2026 Oct
ElectricalApt 4B
2026 Sep
Heat or hot water
2026 Aug
Heat or hot water
2026 Aug
Safety, moldApt 4W
2026 Jul
ElectricalApt 4E
2026 Jul
ElectricalApt 4E
2026 Jul
Doors or windows, outside the building
2026 Jul
Doors or windows, plumbing, pestsApt 5W
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2026 Jul
Electrical, plumbingApt 4E
2026 Jul
Safety, moldApt 4W
2026 Jun
ElectricalApt 4E
2026 May
Heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbing, unsanitary conditionsApt 1RE
2026 May
Heat or hot water
2026 Apr
LeaksApt 3E
2026 Apr
General repairs, paint or plaster, pestsApt 3E
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Plumbing
2026 Mar
PlumbingApt 4W
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
PlumbingApt 4W
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5W
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 3E
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Electrical, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pests, leaksApt 3E
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
General repairs, heat or hot water, plumbing, mold, leaksApt 3E
2025 Dec
Unsanitary conditions
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2W
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 5W
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 5E
2025 Apr
Appliances, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 3E
2025 Apr
PestsApt 5W
2025 Apr
PestsApt 5W
2025 Mar
PestsApt 5W
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
MoldApt 4E
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2024 Aug
Heat or hot water
2024 Jul
PlumbingApt 1RE
2024 Jul
Electrical, pestsApt 5W
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
PlumbingApt 3E
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Feb
Heat or hot water
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3E
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4E
2023 Nov
Paint or plasterApt 5W
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Plumbing, safetyApt 1FW
2023 Oct
Plumbing, safetyApt 1FW
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

8 permits since 1990

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

SalesWhole tax lot

Last sold Jan 2026 for $500

NYC Citywide Annualized Calendar Sales, as of 2026-06-09
What this counts

Department of Finance sales files, 2016 on

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

24 datasets

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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