Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

59 W 8 St

built 1875 · 5 stories · 16 apartments
Registered with the city: ABC REALTY · 50 other buildings here list it; ROOSTERBROOK ASSOCIATES I LLC; ROOSTERBROOK ASSOCIATES I, LLC

Apartments named in these records

3 of this building’s 16 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
What has happened here
2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed · HPD violation
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2026 Jan
Doors and windows class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Jan
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2026 Jan
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2026 Jan
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2026 Jan
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2026 Jan
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2026 Jan
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2026 Jan
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2026 Jan
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2026 Jan
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class A · closed · HPD violation
2016 Feb
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2015 Apr
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2013 Mar
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2011 Oct
General construction permit
2010 Jun
General construction permit
2010 Jun
Scaffold permit
2006 Oct
General construction permit
2006 Oct
General construction permit, Construction fence permit
1994 Sep
Construction never closed · DOB violation
1993 May
Construction never closed · DOB violation
Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the Greenwich Village Historic District

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2024) · 2 complaints, 2026
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Weil Mc Lain # 1287 WEIL MC LAIN # 1287), registration expired since Jan 1900

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 Jan 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

  • 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 (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

2 complaints, 2025

Fire and safety

5 resolved since 2023

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

3 open: 2 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (2), 1 about paperwork or notices. Also 2 older records from 2000–2002 never closed. 21 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 38 violations on record in all, 2000–2026 — the 26 most recent are listed here

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

Resident complaints to the city

2 heat or hot water, 2 mold

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

11 permits since 1990

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

  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

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
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

24 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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