Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

532 W 159 St

built 1913 · 5 stories · 20 apartments
Registered with the city: BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC · 50 other buildings here list it; 532 W 159th St Owner LLC

Apartments named in these records

15 of this building’s 20 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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 36 complaints, 2024–2026 · 28 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5D complaint
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2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4C complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · 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 water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5D complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3C complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1D complaint
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2R complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2D complaint
2024 Jul
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2A 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 1B complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1C complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
Heat and hot water complaints

33 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 · 8 complaints, 2025–2026 · 7 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 7 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year

Electrical

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 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 2026-10-19
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

111 open: 111 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (38), heat or hot water (12), doors and windows (11), leaks (10); 33 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 1 older record from 2003 never closed. 22 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 436 violations on record in all, 2003–2026 — the 134 most recent are listed here

2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3C class B
2026 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3C class B
2026 Aug
PlumbingApt 3C class B
2026 Aug
PlumbingApt 3C class B
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3C class B
2026 Aug
PestsApt 3C class C
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class C
2026 Jun
Structure and facade class C
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2026 Jun
LeaksApt 1D class B
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5D class B
2026 Jun
LeaksApt 5D class B
2026 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 5D class B
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C
2026 Mar
Electrical class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C
2026 Jan
Other conditions class B
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2026 Jan
Fire safety class B
2026 Jan
Leaks class B
2026 Jan
Doors and windows class C
2026 Jan
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2025 Oct
LeaksApt 1A class C · closed
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed
2024 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 1A class B · closed
2024 Jul
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed
2024 May
LeaksApt 1D class C · closed
2024 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1D class C · closed
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed
2024 Apr
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2024 Apr
Fire safetyApt 2B class C · closed
2024 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · closed
2024 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · closed
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed
2024 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed
2024 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed
2024 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 1A class B · closed
2024 Jan
LeaksApt 5D class C · closed
2023 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2023 Nov
Fire safety class B · closed
and 65 more at the source
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

DOB violations

2 open: 2 about building conditions

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

36 heat or hot water, 7 plumbing, 5 general repairs, 4 doors or windows, 4 leaks, 4 pests, 3 mold, 2 paint or plaster, 2 safety, 1 appliances, 1 electrical

2026 Oct
General repairsApt 5D
2026 Oct
Safety, leaksApt 5D
2026 Sep
PestsApt 3C
2026 Sep
Paint or plaster, plumbingApt 3C
2026 Aug
General repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pests, leaksApt 3C
2026 Aug
Doors or windowsApt 1D
2026 Jun
General repairsApt 5D
2026 Jun
PlumbingApt 1D
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2026 May
AppliancesApt 1A
2026 May
Heat or hot water
2026 May
PlumbingApt 1D
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water, pestsApt 1A
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water
2026 Apr
PlumbingApt 1D
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5D
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 4C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Electrical
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Doors or windows, general repairs, heat or hot waterApt 5D
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2025 Dec
Doors or windows, heat or hot water, leaksApt 1A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5B
2025 Dec
Doors or windows, pestsApt 1A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5B
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3C
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2025 Oct
Heat or hot water
2025 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 2D
2025 Sep
General repairsApt 5D
2025 Sep
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2025 Aug
MoldApt 1D
2025 Jun
Mold, leaksApt 1D
2025 May
MoldApt 4D
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2C
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2R
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2D
2024 May
Electrical, paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 1D
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
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 1B
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
2024 Jan
Doors or windows, heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1A
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 1B
2023 Dec
LeaksApt 5D
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1C
2023 Nov
AppliancesApt 1C
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
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

4 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

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

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.
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