Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

700 Columbus Ave

built 1968 · 20 stories · 190 apartments
Registered with the city: Metro Management Development Inc · 6 other buildings here list it; JEFFERSON TOWERS,INC.; JEFFERSON TOWERS CORP

Apartments named in these records

10 of this building’s 190 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.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record (2023) · 5 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Supreme D3-150-5), registration current since Sep 2026

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 Mar 2026, 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 2013

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

2 heat or hot water complaints

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)

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2025) · 4 complaints, 2024–2025

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 2 complaints, 2025

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Electrical

1 complaint, 2026

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2025
What has happened here
2026 Jun
General construction permit
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · HPD violation
2025 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class B · HPD violation
2025 Mar
General construction permit
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20J class B · HPD violation
2025 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20J class B · HPD violation
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2025 Jan
Construction fence permit
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4B class A · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20J class B · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20J class B · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20E class B · HPD violation
2023 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20E class C · HPD violation
2023 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 20E class C · HPD violation
2023 Feb
General construction permit
2022 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 21B class B · HPD violation
2021 Nov
General construction permit
2021 Oct
General construction permit
2021 Feb
General construction permit
2020 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 8B class A · HPD violation
2015 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 21B class A · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 21B class B · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
2013 May
Walls, floors and stairsApt 9A class A · never closed · HPD violation
2008 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5F class B · never closed · HPD violation
Facade rating

Safe (cycle 10, filed Jun 2025)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-19 · See the facade filings at DOB →
What this counts

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

  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Oct 2021, last expired Jan 2025
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

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: 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

Elevators

No issues on record
Elevators

2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jul 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 80 (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

17 open: 17 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (11), plumbing (2), doors and windows (1), fire safety (1); 4 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 15 older records from 1977–2015 never closed. 1 further violation from 2025 was closed. 42 violations on record in all, 1977–2025 — the 33 most recent are listed here

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

2 open: 2 about filings or paperwork

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

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

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.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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