Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

650 Lenox Ave

built 1970 · 15 stories · 144 apartments

Apartments named in these records

26 of this building’s 144 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
Facade rating

Unsafe (cycle 9, filed Nov 2025)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18 · See the facade filings at DOB →
What this counts

Most recent facade (FISP) filing in the latest 5-year cycle

Sidewalk shed and scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · See the shed permits at DOB →
What this counts

Sidewalk shed permits (DOB NOW and BIS). Permitted since a date means permitted, not necessarily up continuously

  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Elevators

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 15 complaints, 2024–2026 · 14 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning none (Rockmills Mp - 125 (Exstg) ROCKMILLS MP - 125 (EXSTG)), registration cancelled since Jan 2007

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 Feb 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 2007

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

18 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)

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 9 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2024) · 3 complaints, 2026

Fire and safety

4 resolved since 2023

Electrical

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2025–2026 · 3 in the past year

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X, X (0.2% annual chance)

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

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

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

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 41 (2024 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

HPD violations

18 open: 18 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (7), mold (5), other conditions (2), plumbing (2); 2 immediately hazardous (class C). 18 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 139 violations on record in all, 1976–2026 — the 36 most recent are listed here

2026 Aug
ElectricalApt 11D class B
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 9F class A
2026 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 10K class A
2026 Jul
PlumbingApt 2B class B
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12J class A
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12J class A
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12J class A
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12J class B
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2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 12J class A
2026 Jun
Other conditionsApt 12J class B
2026 Jun
PlumbingApt 12J class A
2026 Jun
Other conditionsApt 12J class C
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 11D class B · closed
2026 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 11D class B · closed
2025 Jul
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2024 Nov
MoldApt 5H class B
2024 May
Other conditionsApt 12H class A · closed
2024 May
Fire safetyApt 12H class C · closed
2024 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 9G class A · closed
2024 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 9G class A · closed
2024 May
Other conditionsApt 9G class A · closed
2024 Apr
Doors and windowsApt 3A class B · closed
2024 Apr
Fire safetyApt 3A class C · closed
2024 Apr
Doors and windowsApt 3A class B · closed
2023 Nov
Fire safety class C · closed
2023 Nov
LeaksApt 15B class B · closed
2023 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 15B class B · closed
2023 Nov
PestsApt 6K class C · closed
2023 Nov
PestsApt 12H class C · closed
2022 Nov
PestsApt 12H class C
2022 Nov
MoldApt 15B class B
2021 Feb
MoldApt 13J class B
2019 Nov
MoldApt 6K class B
2018 Oct
MoldApt 9G 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

15 heat or hot water, 10 plumbing, 7 electrical, 3 appliances, 3 general repairs, 2 doors or windows, 2 mold, 1 floors or stairs, 1 leaks, 1 safety, 1 unsanitary conditions

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

11 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

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

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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