5516 4 Ave

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Fire safetyApt 3R class C · HPD violation

2025 Sep

Fire safetyApt 4L class C · HPD violation

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2025 Jul

Fire safetyApt 3R class C · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2R class C · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2R class C · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2L class B · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2L class B · HPD violation

Show 13 more

Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3R class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3R class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3R class B · HPD violation

2022 Oct

2013 Aug

2005 Feb

1995 Dec

Alteration permit

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Feb 2023, last expired Feb 2024
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 23 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year

What has happened here

Heat or hot waterApt 1LF class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

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

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

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

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

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

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

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

Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2L complaint

2025 Feb

2025 Feb

2024 Dec

Heat or hot waterApt 1R complaint

2024 Feb

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

1993 Aug

Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain EGH-115), registration current since Jun 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 Jun 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-20 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

6 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)

Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2024) · 21 complaints, 2024–2026 · 12 in the past year

What has happened here

PlumbingApt 2R complaint

Plumbing complaint

PlumbingApt 4L complaint

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PlumbingApt R complaint

LeaksApt 4R complaint

PlumbingApt 4R complaint

PlumbingApt 1R complaint

Plumbing complaint

PlumbingApt 2R complaint

Plumbing complaint

LeaksApt 3L complaint

2024 Nov

LeaksApt 2R complaint

LeaksApt 2R complaint

PlumbingApt 1R complaint

LeaksApt 3R class B · HPD violation

2024 Apr

Plumbing, leaksApt 3R complaint

Water service line

Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2025–2026

What has happened here

MoldApt 3R class A · HPD violation

MoldApt 3R class A · HPD violation

MoldApt 3L class A · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 3L class A · closed · HPD violation

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PestsApt 2R complaint

PestsApt 1R complaint

Mold, pestsApt 1R complaint

PestsApt 1R class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 1R class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 1R class C · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 1R complaint

Electrical

2 complaints, 2025–2026

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 4R complaint

2025 Dec

ElectricalApt 4R complaint

ElectricalApt 1R complaint

ElectricalApt 1R complaint

ElectricalApt 1R 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 2026-10-21

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

Gas

What has happened here

GasApt 1LR class C · closed · HPD violation

Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

General condition and all records

HPD violations

24 open: 24 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (6), fire safety (4), doors and windows (3), pests (3); 10 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 291 violations on record in all, 2011–2026 — the 158 most recent are listed here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2R class A

Doors and windowsApt 2R class C

Doors and windowsApt 2R class C

Heat or hot waterApt 1LF class C

Heat or hot water class C

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class B

Other conditions class B

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 2L class B

Doors and windowsApt 2L class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1LF class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1LF class B

Doors and windows class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1LR class C · closed

Fire safetyApt 3R class C

Other conditions class A · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 3R class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1LF class C · closed

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1R class C · closed

GasApt 1LR class C · closed

2025 Sep

MoldApt 3L class A · closed

MoldApt 3L class A · closed

Fire safetyApt 4L class C

2025 Jul

Fire safetyApt 3R class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3R class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3R class B

LeaksApt 3R class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3R class B

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

1 open: 1 about filings or paperwork

1993 Aug

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed

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

23 heat or hot water, 19 plumbing, 5 doors or windows, 4 paint or plaster, 3 floors or stairs, 2 appliances, 2 electrical, 2 leaks, 2 mold, 1 safety

Heat or hot water, plumbing, safety

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Doors or windows, plumbingApt 3L

2026 Feb

AppliancesApt 1LR

Electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, mold, leaksApt 4R

2025 Dec

Electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, moldApt 4R

Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1R

Paint or plaster, plumbingApt 3L

Heat or hot waterApt 2L

Heat or hot water

Doors or windows, leaksApt 3L

Floors or stairsApt 3R

Paint or plaster, pests, leaksApt 2R

Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 1R

2024 Apr

Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, leaksApt 3R

Floors or stairsApt 3L

Heat or hot water

Electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 1R

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 1R

Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 1R

Heat or hot waterApt 1R

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

9 permits since 1990

2023 Mar

2023 Jan

2022 Oct

General construction permit, Plumbing permit

2013 Aug

2005 Mar

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

1996 Oct

Plumbing permit, Alteration permit

and 3 more at the source

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 Jul 2016 for $2,170,000

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

What this counts

Department of Finance sales files, 2016 on

Everything else on record

Other conditions class B · HPD violation

Safety complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1LF class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1LF class B · HPD violation

Doors or windows complaint

Other conditions class A · closed · HPD violation

Show 22 more

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1R class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors or windowsApt 3L complaint

2026 Feb

AppliancesApt 1LR complaint

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 4R complaint

2025 Dec

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 4R complaint

2025 Jul

AppliancesApt 3L complaint

Paint or plasterApt 3L complaint

Doors or windows complaint

Doors or windowsApt 3L complaint

Doors or windows complaint

Floors or stairsApt 3R complaint

Paint or plasterApt 2R complaint

Safety complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 1R complaint

2024 Apr

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 3R complaint

Floors or stairsApt 3L complaint

Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 1R complaint

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 1R complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 1R complaint

2023 Mar

2023 Jan