Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

554 W 173 St

built 1897 · 4 stories · 8 apartments

Apartments named in these records

1 of this building’s 8 apartments is 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record, most recently 2024
  • 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
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2024) · 1 complaint, 2024

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2024) · 3 complaints, 2024–2025

Fire and safety

2 resolved since 2024

Electrical

1 complaint, 2025

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2024

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-17
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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-17
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

10 open: 10 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (3), smoke or CO detectors (2), heat or hot water (2), leaks (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2025 were closed. 45 violations on record in all, 2015–2025 — the 37 most recent are listed here

2025 Jun
ElectricalApt 1F class B · closed
2025 Jun
ElectricalApt 1F class B · closed
2025 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 1F class A · closed
2025 Jun
ElectricalApt 1F class B · closed
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1F class C
2024 Dec
PlumbingApt 1F class B · closed
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1F class B · closed
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1F class B · closed
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2024 Dec
PestsApt 1F class C · closed
2024 Nov
Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · closed
2024 Nov
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Nov
Leaks class B · closed
2024 Nov
Smoke or CO detectors class A · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1F class B
2024 Oct
LeaksApt 1F class B
2024 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1F class B
2024 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1F class B
2024 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 1F class B
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1F class B
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class B
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 1F class B
2024 Oct
MoldApt 1F class B
2024 Oct
MoldApt 1F class A · closed
2024 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 1F class B · closed
2024 Oct
PestsApt 1F class C · closed
2024 Oct
PestsApt 1F class C · closed
2024 Oct
Heat or hot water class B · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safety class B · closed
2024 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

3 mold, 3 paint or plaster, 2 pests, 1 electrical, 1 general repairs, 1 leaks, 1 safety

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

1 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · 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

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list
  • Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment
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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