598 W 178 St

Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C · HPD violation

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint

2024 Mar

Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint

2018 May

Heating/ventilation permit

2014 May

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

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1997 Aug

Boilers non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation

Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H. B. Smith 19 He - S-6 H. B. SMITH 19 HE - S-6), registration expired since Mar 2014

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Dec 2025, 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 2011

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-17

What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

2 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 8 complaints, 2025–2026 · 7 in the past year

What has happened here

2026 Jun

PlumbingApt 2B complaint

PlumbingApt 5B class B · HPD violation

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PlumbingApt 5B complaint

LeaksApt 4B class C · HPD violation

2025 Dec

2025 Jul

LeaksApt 4B class C · closed · HPD violation

Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2025

What has happened here

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanlinessApt 5B class B · HPD violation

PestsApt 5B class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 4B class C · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation

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Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 2B complaint

PestsApt 4B complaint

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation

Unsanitary conditions complaint

PestsApt 4B complaint

2023 Oct

PestsApt 4B complaint

Electrical

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2026

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 5B class C · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 2B complaint

ElectricalApt 4B class B · HPD violation

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

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

Gas

What has happened here

GasApt 5B class C · HPD violation

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152 DOB violation

Gas piping

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

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18

What this counts

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

111 open: 111 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (35), pests (19), other conditions (11), doors and windows (10); 44 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 4 older records from 2009–2010 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 436 violations on record in all, 1982–2026 — the 159 most recent are listed here

GasApt 5B class C

Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C

ElectricalApt 5B class C

Fire safetyApt 5B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B

Doors and windowsApt 2B class C

Doors and windowsApt 2B class C

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Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class C

Doors and windowsApt 2B class B

Doors and windowsApt 2B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class A · closed

Rubbish and cleanlinessApt 5B class B

PestsApt 5B class C

PlumbingApt 5B class B

Other conditionsApt 5B class C

Doors and windowsApt 4B class B

Other conditionsApt 4B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B

LeaksApt 4B class C

Other conditionsApt 4B class A

PestsApt 4B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class C

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B

ElectricalApt 4B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C · closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

Doors and windows class C · closed

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

2025 Mar

2025 Mar

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

2024 Dec

LeaksApt 4B class C · closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152

and 65 more at the source

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

5 open: 1 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork, 2 older than 10 years

2014 May

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

1997 Aug

Boilers non-hazardous · never closed

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

15 paint or plaster, 11 plumbing, 9 floors or stairs, 6 doors or windows, 5 general repairs, 2 heat or hot water, 2 pests, 1 appliances, 1 electrical, 1 mold, 1 safety

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4B

Doors or windows, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4B

2026 Jun

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4B

Heat or hot water

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 2B

Paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4B

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2B

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AppliancesApt 2B

Doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2B

Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 4B

PlumbingApt 5B

2025 Dec

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 4B

2025 Jul

General repairs, plumbingApt 4B

Paint or plasterApt 4B

Floors or stairs, general repairs, heat or hot water, safety, mold, pestsApt 2B

Floors or stairs, pestsApt 4B

Unsanitary conditions

General repairs, paint or plasterApt 4B

PestsApt 4B

Paint or plasterApt 4B

Doors or windows

General construction permit

2024 Mar

Heat or hot waterApt 3B

2023 Dec

Paint or plasterApt 4B

2023 Oct

PestsApt 4B

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

12 permits since 1990

2022 Mar

2020 Jul

General construction permit

2019 Aug

Plumbing permit

2019 Aug

General construction permit

2018 Oct

Plumbing permit, General construction permit

2018 Jun

Construction fence permit

2018 Jun

Fire protection permit

2018 May

Heating/ventilation permit

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2015 Apr

Sign permit

and 3 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

Immediate Emergency DOB violation

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

2026 Jun

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2B complaint

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Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2B complaint

AppliancesApt 2B complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 2B complaint

Other conditionsApt 5B class C · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 4B class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 4B class A · HPD violation

2025 Dec

Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

2025 Jul

Floors or stairs, general repairs, safetyApt 2B complaint

Floors or stairsApt 4B complaint

General repairs, paint or plasterApt 4B complaint

Doors or windows complaint

2023 Dec