70 Nelson St

Fire safety class A · HPD violation

2026 Mar

Structure and facade

Issues on record

What has happened here

Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4B class A · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairs class B · HPD violation

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

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C · HPD violation

Doors and windowsApt 4B class B · HPD violation

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · closed · HPD violation

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

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

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

Doors and windowsApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation

2014 Jul

General construction permit

1998 Oct

General construction permit

1998 Mar

Construction 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
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: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 1 ft); 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 · 3 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year

What has happened here

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C · HPD violation

2024 Nov

Heat or hot water complaint

2024 Nov

Heat or hot waterApt 1B complaint

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

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2024 Mar

Heat or hot water complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 1A complaint

Heat or hot water complaint

1999 Aug

Heating/ventilation permit

1993 Aug

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation

Heat and hot water complaints

1 heat or hot water complaint

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

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

Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
Boiler inspection filingsno recordNo boiler filings under this building's ID
Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 13 complaints, 2025–2026 · 10 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 1A complaint

PlumbingApt 4B class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4B class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 4B complaint

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LeaksApt 4B class C · HPD violation

Plumbing, leaksApt 4B complaint

Plumbing, leaksApt 4B complaint

Leaks class A · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 1B class B · closed · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 1B complaint

PlumbingApt 2B complaint

2024 Jul

LeaksApt 1A complaint

2024 Mar

PlumbingApt 4A complaint

PlumbingApt 1A complaint

PlumbingApt 4A complaint

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 2B complaint

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

Issues on record · 19 complaints, 2025–2026 · 11 in the past year

What has happened here

2026 Sep

Unsanitary conditionsApt 4B complaint

PestsApt 1B complaint

PestsApt 4B class C · HPD violation

Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

2026 May

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Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation

Unsanitary conditionsApt 4B complaint

MoldApt 4B class B · HPD violation

MoldApt 4B class A · closed · HPD violation

2025 Nov

2025 Nov

MoldApt 4B complaint

2025 Jul

Unsanitary conditionsApt 4A complaint

2025 May

2025 May

2025 Feb

PestsApt 2B complaint

2024 Mar

MoldApt 4B complaint

PestsApt 2B complaint

MoldApt 4B complaint

2023 Nov

Electrical

1 complaint, 2025

What has happened here

Electrical class B · closed · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 1B class B · closed · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 1B complaint

ElectricalApt 4A complaint

ElectricalApt 4A 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

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

124 open: 124 about building conditions — doors and windows (28), walls, floors and stairs (20), pests (18), smoke or CO detectors (18); 40 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 2 older records from 2000 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 308 violations on record in all, 1982–2026 — the 192 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep

Rubbish and cleanliness class B

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Fire safety class A

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4A class A

PlumbingApt 4B class B

Doors and windowsApt 4B class A

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Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed

Other conditionsApt 1B class B

2026 Mar

2026 Mar

Other conditionsApt 4B class C

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C

Other conditionsApt 4B class C

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed

Other conditionsApt 4B class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class B

Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed

Other conditions class A · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 4B class C

Doors and windowsApt 4B class C

Doors and windowsApt 4B class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · closed

MoldApt 4B class A · closed

Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed

2025 Nov

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

Leaks class A · closed

Other conditions class B · closed

Other conditions class A · closed

Electrical class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed

PlumbingApt 1B class B · closed

ElectricalApt 1B class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1B class B · closed

Doors and windowsApt 2B class C · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed

and 76 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

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

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152

Construction never closed

Unknown class - 2

1998 Mar

1993 Aug

Local Law 62/91 - Boilers 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

14 plumbing, 13 pests, 10 doors or windows, 10 general repairs, 7 mold, 6 floors or stairs, 4 appliances, 4 leaks, 3 heat or hot water, 3 unsanitary conditions, 2 paint or plaster, 2 safety, 1 electrical

Floors or stairs, plumbingApt 4B

Doors or windows, general repairs, unsanitary conditionsApt 4B

PestsApt 1B

Doors or windows, general repairs, safetyApt 4B

Floors or stairs, leaksApt 1A