534 W 159 St

Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 2D class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation

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Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 5D class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · closed · HPD violation

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 · 6 complaints, 2025–2026

What has happened here

PlumbingApt 1D complaint

PlumbingApt 4D complaint

2026 Feb

PlumbingApt 4D complaint

LeaksApt 2D complaint

PlumbingApt 1A complaint

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LeaksApt 3A class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 2B complaint

LeaksApt 1C complaint

2018 Feb

Plumbing permit

Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 4 in the past year

What has happened here

PestsApt 2B class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2B class C · HPD violation

2026 Apr

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 2A complaint

MoldApt 2D complaint

Pests class C · HPD violation

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Rubbish and cleanliness class B · HPD violation

Unsanitary conditions complaint

PestsApt 2B complaint

PestsApt 1A class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2B complaint

PestsApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 2D class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 2A class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2A class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2A class C · HPD violation

MoldApt 2A complaint

2024 Jun

PestsApt 4C complaint

PestsApt 2B class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2B complaint

Unsanitary conditions complaint

MoldApt 1C complaint

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

What has happened here

Fire safety class A · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 3A class C · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class A · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

2 complaints, 2025

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 2B complaint

ElectricalApt 2A complaint

ElectricalApt 2D class B · closed · HPD violation

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

84 open: 84 about building conditions — doors and windows (15), walls, floors and stairs (14), smoke or CO detectors (10), fire safety (9); 27 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 528 violations on record in all, 1997–2026 — the 158 most recent are listed here

Heat or hot water class C

Heat or hot waterApt 2D class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed

2026 Apr

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Pests class C

Rubbish and cleanliness class B

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Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B

LeaksApt 3A class B

Doors and windowsApt 3A class C

Heat or hot water class C

PestsApt 1A class C

Other conditionsApt 1A class B

Heat or hot waterApt 5D class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed

Fire safety class A

Fire safetyApt 3A class C

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3A class B

PestsApt 2B class C · closed

PestsApt 2B class C · closed

PestsApt 2B class C · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

PestsApt 2D class C · closed

ElectricalApt 2D class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2A class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · closed

PestsApt 2A class C

LeaksApt 2A class B · closed

LeaksApt 2A class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed

Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed

Fire safety class A · closed

Construction non-hazardous · never closed

PestsApt 2B class C

and 34 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

1 open: 1 older than 10 years

2002 Oct

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

23 heat or hot water, 8 general repairs, 5 plumbing, 3 pests, 2 electrical, 1 leaks, 1 mold, 1 paint or plaster, 1 safety, 1 unsanitary conditions

General repairs, plumbingApt 1D

General repairsApt 2A

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Heat or hot waterApt 3A

MoldApt 2D

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 2D

Heat or hot waterApt 3A

Unsanitary conditions

PlumbingApt 1A

Heat or hot waterApt 3A

Heat or hot water, safetyApt 3A

PestsApt 2B

Electrical, pestsApt 2B

2025 Jun

ElectricalApt 2A

General repairsApt 2A

2025 Apr

General repairsApt 2B

2025 Mar

Paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 2A

Floors or stairs, general repairs, plumbingApt 2A

General repairsApt 4C

General repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 2B

General repairsApt 2B

Paint or plasterApt 2B

Unsanitary conditions

Floors or stairs, general repairsApt 2A

Doors or windows, paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 1C

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

2018 Feb

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

2014 Sep

2014 Sep

2010 Jun

2009 Jun

and 1 more at the source

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

Everything else on record

General repairsApt 1D complaint

General repairsApt 2A complaint

Paint or plasterApt 2D complaint

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3A class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3A class B · HPD violation

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SafetyApt 3A complaint

Other conditionsApt 1A class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3A class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3A class B · HPD violation

2025 Jun

General repairsApt 2A complaint

General repairsApt 2B complaint

2025 Apr

2025 Mar

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Paint or plasterApt 2A complaint

Floors or stairs, general repairsApt 2A complaint

2024 May

AppliancesApt 3D complaint

2024 Apr

General repairsApt 4C complaint

General repairs, paint or plasterApt 2B complaint

General repairsApt 2B complaint

Paint or plasterApt 2B complaint

Floors or stairs, general repairsApt 2A complaint

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 1C complaint