Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

644 9 Ave

built 1930 · 5 stories · 18 apartments

Apartments named in these records

2 of this building’s 18 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.

Flooding

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: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); 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

Heat and hot water

Older records on file
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Burnham V-905), registration current since Dec 2024

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-16 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Apr 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-16 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2001

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-16
What this counts

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

  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025

Pests and cleanliness

2 resolved since 2024

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2023

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2021 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class B · HPD violation
2017 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class B · HPD violation
2017 Jul
General construction permit
2017 May
General construction permit
2016 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 2RN class B · HPD violation
2016 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 2RN class B · HPD violation
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2016 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2RN class B · HPD violation
2016 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2RN class B · HPD violation
2016 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 2RN class B · HPD violation
2016 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 2RN class B · HPD violation
2016 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2RN class A · HPD violation
2016 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2RN class A · never closed · HPD violation
2016 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2RN class B · never closed · HPD violation
2016 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 2RN class B · never closed · HPD violation
2016 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 2RN class B · never closed · HPD violation
2016 Jun
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2016 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2RN class B · never closed · HPD violation
2016 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2RN class B · never closed · HPD violation
2016 May
Doors and windowsApt 2RN class A · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
General construction permit
2015 Jul
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2015 Jul
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2014 Feb
General construction permit
2011 Sep
General construction permit
2002 Jul
Construction hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Sep 2017, last expired Sep 2018
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

General condition and all records

HPD violations

14 open: 14 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (5), doors and windows (4), leaks (2), heat or hot water (2); 1 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 131 older records from 1985–2016 never closed. 3 further violations from 2023–2025 were closed. 225 violations on record in all, 1985–2025 — the 148 most recent are listed here

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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: 5 older than 10 years

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

1 leaks

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

26 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

Nothing on record

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list
  • Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment
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

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.
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