Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

656 W 178 St

built 1910 · 5 stories · 21 apartments
Registered with the city: 656 Realty Corp; 656 REALTY CORP.

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 51
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Sep
Latest accepted inspection Sep 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Sep
Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-32), registration current since Sep 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2025 Jun
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Mar
No active shed permit; permits since Mar 2024, last expired Mar 2025
2024 Jul
MoldApt B1 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Jul
Fire safetyApt B1 class C
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt B1 class A · closed
2024 Jul
MoldApt B1 class A · closed
2024 Jul
Doors and windowsApt B1 class B · closed
2024 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt B1 class B · closed
2024 Jul
Doors and windowsApt B1 class B · closed
2024 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt B1 class B · closed
2024 Jul
Smoke or CO detectorsApt B1 class B · closed
2024 Jul
PestsApt B1 class C · closed
2024 Jul
PestsApt B1 class C · closed
2024 Jul
LeaksApt B1
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Jul
Paint or plasterApt B1
2024 Jul
MoldApt B1
2024 Jul
Mold, unsanitary conditionsApt BSMT1
2024 May
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 Dec
Fire safety class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Dec
Fire safety class B · closed
2023 Dec
General repairsApt 4
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Dec
Appliances, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, pests
2022 Mar
Construction
DOB Violations
2021 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4 class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2021 Jul
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4 class B
2021 May
Doors and windowsApt 4 class B
2019 Aug
MoldApt B1 class B
2019 May
Other conditions class B
2019 May
Fire safety class B
2015 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
DOB Violations
2014 May
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2012 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 3 class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2012 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 3 class C · never closed
2012 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 3 class C · never closed
2012 Sep
Lead-based paintApt 3 class C · never closed
2011 May
Fire safety class B · never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2004 Jun
Latest boiler work permit 2004 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2004 Jun
Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2002 Mar
Other conditionsApt 4 class B · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2002 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4 class B · never closed
1998 Jan
Fuel storage permit, Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1910
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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