Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

705 W 170 St

built 1910 · 5 stories · 21 apartments

Apartments named in these records

11 of this building’s 21 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.

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Aug 2023, last expired Aug 2024
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 18 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 51 class B · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 51 class B · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2026 May
Heat or hot water complaint
Show 60 more
2026 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 34 class C · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 33 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 54 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 52 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 51 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 51 class C · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 54 complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 52 complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2024 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2024 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2024 Aug
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 43 complaint
2024 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2024 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 42 complaint
2024 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 42 complaint
2024 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2024 Jul
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2024 May
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 4 complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4 complaint
2023 Nov
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 52 complaint
2023 Oct
Boilers class - 1 · DOB violation
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4 complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 34 complaint
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 33 complaint
1995 Aug
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1994 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
1993 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed · DOB violation
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Rockmills MP-40), registration expired since Sep 2020

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-16 · 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 2026-10-16 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

5 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

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

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 11 complaints, 2024–2026 · 4 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 7 complaints, 2024–2025
What has happened here
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation
2025 Sep
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34 complaint
2025 Jul
Pests class C · HPD violation
2025 Jul
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34 complaint
2025 Jul
Pests class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jul
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34 complaint
Show 32 more
2025 Jun
Pests class C · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
PestsApt 3 complaint
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34 complaint
2025 May
Pests class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34 complaint
2024 Dec
PestsApt 33 class C · HPD violation
2024 Nov
Mold, pestsApt 4 complaint
2024 Sep
Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 34 complaint
2024 Sep
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34 complaint
2024 Sep
PestsApt 34 complaint
2024 Aug
Unsanitary conditions complaint
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 34 complaint
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions complaint
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions complaint
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions complaint
2024 Jul
PestsApt 34 complaint
2024 Jul
PestsApt 34 complaint
2024 May
MoldApt 34 complaint
2024 Apr
Pests, moldApt 1 complaint
2024 Apr
Unsanitary conditions complaint
2024 Apr
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34 complaint
2024 Mar
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34 complaint
2023 Nov
PestsApt 33 complaint
2023 Nov
Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 1 complaint
2023 Nov
PestsApt 34 complaint
2023 Nov
PestsApt 3 complaint
2023 Nov
MoldApt 32 complaint
2023 Nov
Pests, moldApt 4 complaint
2023 Nov
PestsApt 52 complaint
2023 Oct
Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 34 complaint

Electrical

2 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-17
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

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

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-17
What this counts

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

106 open: 102 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (33), pests (18), doors and windows (9), lead-based paint (8); 41 immediately hazardous (class C), 4 about paperwork or notices. Also 10 older records from 1990–1997 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 1,138 violations on record in all, 1990–2026 — the 291 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
LeaksApt 3 class C
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class C
2026 Jun
Doors and windowsApt 33 class C
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 51 class B
2026 Jun
Other conditionsApt 51 class A
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 51 class B
2026 Jun
LeaksApt 51 class C
2026 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 51 class B
Show 42 more
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B
2026 Jun
Fire safetyApt 32 class C
2026 Jun
Fire safety class C
2026 Jun
Structure and facade class C
2026 Jun
Fire safetyApt 33 class C · closed
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 34 class C
2026 Apr
Other conditionsApt 32 class B
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 32 class B · closed
2026 Apr
Doors and windowsApt 51 class C · closed
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork
2025 Sep
PlumbingApt 33 class C · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Jul
Pests class C
2025 Jul
Pests class C · closed
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 54 class C
2025 Jun
LeaksApt 54 class B
2025 Jun
Pests class C
2025 Jun
Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork
2025 May
Walls, floors and stairs class A · closed
2025 May
Doors and windows class B · closed
2025 May
Other conditions class C · closed
2025 May
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 May
Pests class C · closed
2025 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 54 class B
2024 Dec
PestsApt 33 class C
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 33 class C · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4 class B
2024 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4 class B · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 1 class C · closed
2024 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 54 class C · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 51 class C · closed
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 51 class C · closed
and 66 more at the source
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

18 heat or hot water, 9 plumbing, 6 doors or windows, 5 unsanitary conditions, 4 general repairs, 4 leaks, 4 paint or plaster, 2 electrical, 2 floors or stairs, 2 pests, 1 appliances, 1 mold

2026 Jul
Leaks, paint or plasterApt 3
2026 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2026 Jun
Doors or windows, electrical, plumbing, floors or stairsApt 54
2026 Jun
PlumbingApt 33
2026 Jun
Plumbing, doors or windows, appliancesApt 54
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2026 May
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2026 May
Heat or hot water
Show 97 more
2026 May
Heat or hot water
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water
2025 Sep
General repairs, unsanitary conditionsApt 34
2025 Jul
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34
2025 Jul
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34
2025 Jul
PlumbingApt 51
2025 Jun
LeaksApt 4
2025 Jun
LeaksApt 34
2025 Jun
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, plumbingApt 54
2025 Jun
PestsApt 3
2025 Jun
PlumbingApt 3
2025 Jun
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34
2025 May
General repairsApt 34
2025 Apr
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34
2025 Apr
Paint or plasterApt 34
2025 Apr
General repairsApt 34
2025 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 34
2025 Apr
Doors or windows, electrical, plumbing, general repairsApt 54
2025 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 54
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 54
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 52
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 54
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3
2024 Dec
Paint or plasterApt 33
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 52
2024 Nov
Mold, paint or plaster, leaks, pestsApt 4
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 34
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2024 Oct
General repairsApt 34
2024 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 34
2024 Sep
Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 34
2024 Sep
Floors or stairsApt 34
2024 Sep
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34
2024 Sep
PestsApt 34
2024 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 34
2024 Aug
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 34
2024 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2024 Aug
Heat or hot water
2024 Aug
Heat or hot water, plumbingApt 43
2024 Aug
LeaksApt 42
2024 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2024 Aug
Plumbing, heat or hot waterApt 42
2024 Aug
Safety, unsanitary conditions
2024 Aug
Plumbing, heat or hot waterApt 42
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 34
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions
2024 Jul
Safety, general repairs, electrical
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditions
2024 Jul
General repairs
2024 Jul
Plumbing, heat or hot water
2024 Jul
Pests, heat or hot waterApt 34
2024 Jul
Safety, general repairs
2024 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 34
2024 Jul
PestsApt 34
2024 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2024 May
Heat or hot water
2024 May
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2024 May
Doors or windowsApt 34
2024 May
MoldApt 34
2024 Apr
General repairs, electrical, leaks, paint or plaster, safety, appliances, pests, mold, doors or windowsApt 1
2024 Apr
Unsanitary conditions
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water, unsanitary conditionsApt 34
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 4
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 34
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 34
2024 Mar
Unsanitary conditionsApt 34
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 33
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 52
2023 Nov
Doors or windows, electrical, unsanitary conditions, leaks, general repairs, outside the building, pestsApt 1
2023 Nov
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, appliances, plumbing, general repairs, pests, leaksApt 52
2023 Nov
Pests, appliances, plumbing, general repairs, paint or plaster, floors or stairsApt 33
2023 Nov
Safety, doors or windows, plumbing, general repairs, mold, leaksApt 32
2023 Nov
Plumbing, paint or plaster, leaks, electrical, doors or windows, floors or stairs, pests, mold, general repairs, appliancesApt 4
2023 Nov
Paint or plaster, pests, plumbing, floors or stairsApt 34
2023 Nov
Pests, plumbing, floors or stairs, appliances, paint or plaster, electricalApt 3
2023 Oct
LeaksApt 4
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 4
2023 Oct
Safety, unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 34
2023 Oct
Heat or hot water
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 34
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 34
2023 Oct
Heat or hot waterApt 33
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

Everything else on record
2026 Jul
Paint or plasterApt 3 complaint
2026 Jun
Other conditionsApt 51 class A · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 32 class B · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 54 complaint
2026 Jun
Doors or windows, appliancesApt 54 complaint
Show 36 more
2026 Apr
Other conditionsApt 32 class B · HPD violation
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · HPD violation
2025 Sep
General repairsApt 34 complaint
2025 Jun
Doors or windows, floors or stairsApt 54 complaint
2025 May
General repairsApt 34 complaint
2025 May
Other conditions class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 May
Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Paint or plasterApt 34 complaint
2025 Apr
General repairsApt 34 complaint
2025 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 34 complaint
2025 Apr
Doors or windows, general repairsApt 54 complaint
2025 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 54 complaint
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4 class B · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 4 class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Dec
Paint or plasterApt 33 complaint
2024 Nov
Paint or plasterApt 4 complaint
2024 Oct
General repairsApt 34 complaint
2024 Sep
Floors or stairsApt 34 complaint
2024 Sep
Doors or windowsApt 34 complaint
2024 Aug
Safety complaint
2024 Jul
Safety, general repairs complaint
2024 Jul
General repairs complaint
2024 Jul
Safety, general repairs complaint
2024 Jul
Doors or windowsApt 34 complaint
2024 May
Doors or windowsApt 34 complaint
2024 Apr
General repairs, paint or plaster, safety, appliances, doors or windowsApt 1 complaint
2023 Nov
Doors or windows, general repairs, outside the buildingApt 1 complaint
2023 Nov
Doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, appliances, general repairsApt 52 complaint
2023 Nov
Safety, doors or windows, general repairsApt 32 complaint
2023 Nov
Paint or plaster, doors or windows, floors or stairs, general repairs, appliancesApt 4 complaint
2023 Nov
Paint or plaster, floors or stairsApt 34 complaint
2023 Nov
Appliances, general repairs, paint or plaster, floors or stairsApt 33 complaint
2023 Nov
Floors or stairs, appliances, paint or plasterApt 3 complaint
2023 Oct
SafetyApt 34 complaint
2023 Jun
Immediate Emergency DOB violation
2023 Apr
Immediate Emergency DOB violation
  • Permit historyno record0 permits since 1990

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

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