539 Lenox Ave

Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint

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

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Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

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

Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 5A complaint

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

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

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

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

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

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

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

2025 Mar

2025 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 3E complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2C complaint

2024 Jul

2023 Nov

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

2023 Jun

2023 Apr

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

2019 Apr

Heating/ventilation permit

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Lochinvar KHB-285N), registration current since Oct 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jun 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2021 (6 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19

What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

21 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)

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 4E class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 4E class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 4E class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4E complaint

PlumbingApt 3D complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 2D complaint

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2025 Oct

PlumbingApt 3A complaint

2025 Jul

PlumbingApt 3A complaint

PlumbingApt 3E complaint

LeaksApt 1B complaint

Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

3 complaints, 2024–2026 · 2 in the past year

What has happened here

PestsApt 2D complaint

Fire and safety

5 resolved since 2025

What has happened here

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 3B class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Older records on file

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 1B 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 2026-10-19

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

Elevators

1 complaint, 2024

What has happened here

ElevatorsApt 2D complaint

Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

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

6 open: 6 about building conditions — doors and windows (2), plumbing (2), leaks (1), walls, floors and stairs (1). 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 143 violations on record in all, 2014–2026 — the 50 most recent are listed here

Doors and windowsApt 4E class A

Doors and windowsApt 4E class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4E class B

LeaksApt 4E class B

PlumbingApt 4E class B

PlumbingApt 4E class B

Doors and windowsApt 3A class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 3D class B · closed

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Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3A class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3A class B · closed

Doors and windows class A · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2D class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2D class B · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 3D class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3B class B · closed

Fire safetyApt 3B class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2D class B · closed

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

31 heat or hot water, 6 appliances, 5 plumbing, 4 general repairs, 3 floors or stairs, 2 leaks, 2 mold, 2 paint or plaster, 1 doors or windows, 1 elevators, 1 pests, 1 safety

2026 Aug

AppliancesApt 1B

General repairs, safety, leaksApt 4E

General repairsApt 4A

PlumbingApt 3D

General repairsApt 3D

Floors or stairs, pestsApt 2D

General repairsApt 3A

Heat or hot waterApt 2C

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Heat or hot waterApt 3E

Heat or hot waterApt 3E

Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 5A

AppliancesApt 3A

Appliances, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, leaksApt 2D

AppliancesApt 3A

Appliances, plumbingApt 3A

2025 Oct

2025 Jul

Appliances, plumbingApt 3A

2025 Mar

2025 Jan

Heat or hot water

Floors or stairs, plumbing, moldApt 3E

Elevators, paint or plasterApt 2D

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 3E

Heat or hot waterApt 2C

Heat or hot water

2024 Sep

Floors or stairsApt 2D

2024 Aug

Floors or stairsApt 2D

2024 Jul

Electrical, paint or plasterApt 1B

LeaksApt 1B

2023 Nov

Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit

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

22 permits since 1990

2021 Nov

Boiler equipment permit

2021 Nov

Plumbing permit

2019 Apr

2019 Feb

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

2018 Sep

General construction permit

2018 Jul

Plumbing permit

2018 Jun

General construction permit

and 15 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

2026 Aug

AppliancesApt 1B complaint

General repairs, safetyApt 4E complaint

General repairsApt 4A complaint

General repairsApt 3D complaint

Floors or stairsApt 2D complaint

General repairsApt 3A complaint

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Doors or windowsApt 5A complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3A class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3A class B · closed · HPD violation

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

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

Appliances, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2D complaint

2025 Oct

2025 Jul

Floors or stairsApt 3E complaint

Paint or plasterApt 2D complaint

2024 Sep

Floors or stairsApt 2D complaint

2024 Aug

Floors or stairsApt 2D complaint