Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

551 W 161 St

built 1910 · 4 stories · 8 apartments
Registered with the city: SKYGATE 010, LLC; SKYGATE 010 LLC
Last sold Jul 2016 for $1,125,000 · NYC Department of Finance

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2026 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2026 Sep
Unsanitary conditions
2026 Sep
Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, safety, pestsApt 1R
2026 Aug
Fire safety class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Aug
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2026 Aug
PestsApt 2R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Aug
Doors or windows, safety, unsanitary conditions
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Feb
Fire safetyApt 2F class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2F class B
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
Other conditionsApt 2F class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Dec
Fire safetyApt 2F class C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2F
2025 Jun
Appliances, doors or windows, plumbingApt 1R
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Apr
Appliances, electrical, plumbingApt 1R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jan
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152
DOB Violations
2024 May
AppliancesApt 1R
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Mar
Pests class A · paperwork
2022 Mar
Construction class - 1
DOB Violations
2022 Feb
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2021 Oct
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2021 Oct
Construction class - 1
2021 Sep
Mold class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2021 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1F class B
2021 Sep
Other conditionsApt 1F class B
2021 Sep
Other conditions class B
2021 Sep
Rubbish and cleanliness class B
2021 Sep
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2021 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2019 Aug
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2019 Mar
Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2018 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler
DOB Violations
2017 Feb
Low Pressure Boiler
2016 Oct
Plumbing never closed
2016 Jul
Sold for $1,125,000
NYC Citywide Annualized Calendar Sales
2015 Oct
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
DOB Violations
2015 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2014 May
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2014 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 2 class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2013 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1 class B · never closed
2013 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1 class B · never closed
2013 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B · never closed
2013 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class A · never closed
2013 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B · never closed
2013 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B · never closed
2013 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
DOB Violations
2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2007 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2006 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2005 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2004 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2003 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1993 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1986 Sep
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Peerless (New) Jot-Tw 300 PEERLESS (NEW) JOT-TW 300), registration expired since Sep 1986
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
1910
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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