68 Nelson St

Fire safety class C · HPD violation

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class A · HPD violation

Construction class - 2 · DOB violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class A · HPD violation

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Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation

Doors and windows class B · closed · HPD violation

2014 Jul

Scaffold permit

1998 Oct

Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit
Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Flooding

Issues on record

FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20

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

Issues on record · 16 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed · HPD violation

2025 Nov

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot waterApt 3B complaint

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Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation

2024 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

2023 Apr

2017 Feb

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

2015 Oct

Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation

1997 Aug

Heating/ventilation permit, Boiler permit

Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Burnham Pf507 BURNHAM PF507), registration expired since Oct 1988

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-20 · 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 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 1997

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 complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 12 complaints, 2025–2026 · 8 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Plumbing complaint

LeaksApt 1B class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 1B class C · HPD violation

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2026 May

LeaksApt 1B class C · closed · HPD violation

Plumbing, leaksApt 1B complaint

Leaks class A · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 4B complaint

2025 Jun

LeaksApt 1A complaint

LeaksApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation

LeaksApt 1B complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 1B complaint

Leaks class A · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 1A complaint

LeaksApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation

1997 Sep

Plumbing permit

Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

21 complaints, 2024–2026 · 15 in the past year

What has happened here

PestsApt 4B complaint

PestsApt 1B complaint

PestsApt 1A complaint

Mold, pestsApt 1B complaint

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Mold, unsanitary conditionsApt 1B complaint

MoldApt 1B complaint

Unsanitary conditionsApt 1B complaint

Mold, pestsApt 1B complaint

2026 Jan

Mold, pestsApt 1B complaint

MoldApt 1B class B · closed · HPD violation

MoldApt 1B class A · closed · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Unsanitary conditionsApt 4B complaint

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

2025 Oct

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 2026-10-19

What this counts

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

102 open: 102 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (36), smoke or CO detectors (22), leaks (21), other conditions (7); 10 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 1 older record from 2015 never closed. 25 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 190 violations on record in all, 2013–2026 — the 128 most recent are listed here

Other conditions class A

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class C

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class B

Other conditionsApt 1B class B

Other conditionsApt 1B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class A

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LeaksApt 1B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class A

Other conditions class B

Fire safety class C · closed

LeaksApt 1B class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1B class C · closed

Leaks class A · closed

Fire safety class C · closed

2025 Jun

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed

LeaksApt 1A class B · closed

MoldApt 1B class B · closed

MoldApt 1B class A · closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed

Leaks class A · closed

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

LeaksApt 1A class B · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed

and 53 more at the source

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

DOB violations

7 open: 4 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152

Construction class - 2

2025 Nov

Low Pressure Boiler

2025 Oct

Low Pressure Boiler never closed

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

16 heat or hot water, 14 plumbing, 13 mold, 9 general repairs, 7 paint or plaster, 6 pests, 6 unsanitary conditions, 5 safety, 4 leaks, 1 floors or stairs

Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, pestsApt 1B

General repairsApt 1B

General repairs, heat or hot water, plumbing, safety, unsanitary conditions

Unsanitary conditions

Unsanitary conditions

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General repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 1B

General repairs, plumbing, moldApt 1B

General repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, moldApt 1B

2026 May

General repairs, plumbing, mold, unsanitary conditionsApt 1B

Plumbing, moldApt 1B

Unsanitary conditionsApt 1B

General repairs, plumbing, mold, pests, leaksApt 1B

2026 Jan

Mold, pestsApt 1B

Paint or plaster, moldApt 1B

Heat or hot waterApt 3B

Heat or hot water, moldApt 1B

Paint or plaster, plumbing, mold, leaksApt 1B

General repairs, heat or hot water, unsanitary conditions

2024 Feb

Heat or hot waterApt 4B

Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 1A

Heat or hot waterApt 4B

Heat or hot water, unsanitary conditionsApt 4B

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

8 permits since 1990

2014 Jul

Scaffold permit

General construction permit, Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, Boiler permit

1998 Oct

1997 Sep

Construction equipment permit

and 3 more at the source

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

Other conditions class A · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

SafetyApt 1B complaint

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SafetyApt 1A complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 1B complaint

Other conditions class B · HPD violation

General repairs, safety complaint

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1B class B · HPD violation

General repairs, paint or plasterApt 1B complaint

General repairs, paint or plasterApt 1B complaint

2026 May

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation

2025 Jun

Paint or plasterApt 1B complaint

Paint or plasterApt 1B complaint

General repairs complaint