Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

59 Hester St

built 1900 · 5 stories · 4 apartments

Apartments named in these records

Apt 2 1Apt 4 1

2 of this building’s 4 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.

Heat and hot water

No issues on record
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil-Mclain EGH-95), registration current since Nov 2024

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-16 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
  • Boiler inspection filingsnot requiredNot required: residential buildings with 6 or fewer units are exempt from annual filings
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

No issues on record
Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

2 resolved since 2025
What has happened here
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Older records on file
What has happened here
2000 Jun
Electrical class B · never closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
1984 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 4 class A · never closed · HPD violation
1984 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 2 class A · never closed · HPD violation
1984 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
  • 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

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

  • Basementno recordUnknown

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
General condition and all recordsno record
  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 4 older records from 1984–2000 never closed. 2 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 12 violations on record in all, 1984–2026 — the 6 most recent are listed here
  • DOB violationsfound0 open
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints
  • Permit historyno record0 permits since 1990
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building
Rent and tenancyNot applicable
  • Rent stabilizationnot requiredNot on the state's list. Rent stabilization generally applies to buildings with 6 or more apartments

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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