555 W 159 St

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · HPD violation

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

Doors and windowsApt 2B class B · HPD violation

Doors and windows class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jun

Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · closed · HPD violation

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

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

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

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

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

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

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

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

2009 Apr

Alteration permit

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Older records on file

What has happened here

Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation

2024 Jun

Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint

2008 Feb

Boiler permit

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Mar 2026, defects reported: yes

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 2008

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 sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2022) · 2 complaints, 2025

What has happened here

PlumbingApt 2A complaint

LeaksApt 2A complaint

PlumbingApt 2A complaint

LeaksApt 2A class B · closed · HPD violation

Plumbing, leaksApt 2A complaint

LeaksApt 2B class B · HPD violation

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2009 Mar

Plumbing permit

Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025

What has happened here

PestsApt 1A class C · HPD violation

Pests class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2A class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2A complaint

Pests class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 3B class C · closed · HPD violation

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PestsApt 2A complaint

PestsApt 2A class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 2A class C · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 2A complaint

PestsApt 2B class C · HPD violation

MoldApt 2B class B · HPD violation

Fire and safety

6 resolved since 2025

What has happened here

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

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2007 Mar

Sprinklers permit

Electrical

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 1A class B · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2A 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

BasementfoundNo basement

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 4B class B · closed · HPD violation

GasApt 2A 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

26 open: 26 about building conditions — smoke or CO detectors (8), pests (7), walls, floors and stairs (7), doors and windows (1); 9 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 242 violations on record in all, 2011–2026 — the 59 most recent are listed here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B

ElectricalApt 1A class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B

PestsApt 1A class C

Other conditionsApt 1A class A · closed

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B

Doors and windowsApt 2B class B

Doors and windows class B · closed

Pests class C · closed

Doors and windows class C · closed

PestsApt 3B class C · closed

Doors and windows class C · closed

2025 Jun

Fire safety class B · closed

GasApt 4B class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2A class C · closed

LeaksApt 2A class B · closed

GasApt 2A class C · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class C

PestsApt 2B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class C

MoldApt 2B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

LeaksApt 2B class B

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

Resident complaints to the city

3 doors or windows, 2 general repairs, 2 paint or plaster, 1 appliances, 1 electrical, 1 leaks, 1 pests, 1 plumbing

Doors or windows, electrical, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 2A

Appliances, doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plaster, pests, leaksApt 2A

Appliances, plumbing, pestsApt 2A

Paint or plasterApt 2A

Appliances, doors or windows, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pests, leaksApt 2A

2024 Jun

Heat or hot waterApt 4B

General repairs, heat or hot waterApt 4B

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 2B

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

4 permits since 1990

2009 Apr

Alteration permit, Plumbing permit

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

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B · HPD violation

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Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B · HPD violation

Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2A complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 2A complaint

AppliancesApt 2A complaint

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

Appliances, doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 2A complaint

General repairsApt 4B complaint

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 2B complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2A class B · HPD violation