Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

569 W 159 St

built 1910 · 4 stories · 7 apartments
Registered with the city: CONCORD MANAGEMENT OF NY LLC · 121 other buildings here list it; DOROTHY MCGOWAN, HDFC; DOROTHY MCGOWAN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP

Apartments named in these records

7 of this building’s 7 apartments are 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 17 complaints, 2024–2026 · 11 in the past year
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Mar 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 2009

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

11 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)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2024) · 3 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Electrical

1 complaint, 2026

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

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

22 open: 22 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (7), leaks (4), mold (3), doors and windows (2); 2 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 143 violations on record in all, 1987–2026 — the 74 most recent are listed here

2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A
2026 Jul
LeaksApt 1A class A
2026 Jul
GasApt 1A class C · closed
2026 Jul
Doors and windows class B
2026 Jul
Doors and windows class B
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3A class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
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2026 Feb
Doors and windows class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2A class C · closed
2026 Feb
Doors and windows class B · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Feb
Doors and windows class B · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Feb
Other conditions class A · closed
2026 Feb
Doors and windows class B · closed
2026 Feb
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed
2026 Feb
ElectricalApt 1A class B · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C · closed
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3B class C · closed
2026 Feb
Other conditionsApt 4A class C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class C
2025 Oct
Fire safety class B · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class B · closed
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2025 Oct
Doors and windows class B · closed
2025 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Sep
PlumbingApt 2A class A
2024 Jan
MoldApt 1A class B
2019 Oct
MoldApt 2B class B
2019 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B
2019 Oct
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 2B class B
2019 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B
2019 Oct
LeaksApt 2B class B
2019 Oct
ElectricalApt 2B class B
2019 Oct
LeaksApt 2B class B
2018 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A
2018 Jun
MoldApt 2B class A
2018 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A
2018 Jun
LeaksApt 2B class A
2018 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A
2018 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B
2017 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 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

17 heat or hot water, 7 appliances, 3 doors or windows, 3 general repairs, 3 leaks, 3 pests, 3 safety, 2 mold, 2 plumbing, 1 electrical, 1 paint or plaster

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

6 permits since 1990

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

  • DOB violationsfound0 open

Nothing on record

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.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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