# 71 Ave C, Manhattan

What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/71-avenue-c-manhattan

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Also known as 653 E 5 St: one building, several doors, and this card covers all of them.

## In one line

3 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19)

## The building

- **Year built:** 1900 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)
- **Stories:** 6 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)
- **Homes:** 8 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)

## Worth knowing

- 3 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about heat or hot water
- City records list the water service line's material as unknown (lead not ruled out)
- 10 open HPD violations about building conditions

## Clean in the records

- Boiler inspection filed Jun 2026 with no defects reported (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17)
- Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone; no mapped stormwater flooding (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19)
- No heat or hot water complaints filed last winter (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19)

## Building systems

- **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Jun 2026, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17)
- **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18)
- **Water service line:** Unknown - Lead Status Unknown (records) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30)
- **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X, X (0.2% annual chance) (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19)
- **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)
- **Basement:** No basement (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## Violations and complaints

- **HPD violations:** 18 open: 10 about building conditions — heat or hot water (3), walls, floors and stairs (3), leaks (2), smoke or CO detectors (2); 3 immediately hazardous (class C), 8 about paperwork or notices. Also 4 older records from 2012–2016 never closed. 33 violations on record in all, 2012–2026 — the 22 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19)
- **DOB violations:** 11 open: 6 about building conditions, 4 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18)
- **Heat and hot water complaints:** 0 heat or hot water complaints (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19)
- **Resident complaints to the city:** no complaints. None in the last 2 years, but 1 earlier complaint on record from 2023 (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19)

## More systems

- **Rent stabilization:** Not on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30)
- **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (Burnham K-5011B BURNHAM K-5011B), registration expired since Sep 2014 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19)
- **Boiler work permits:** No boiler work permits on record (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19)
- **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-18)
- **Gas piping:** Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026) (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-18)
- **Energy:** Not required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25)

## Permits and work

- **Permit history:** 11 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17)
- **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No active shed permit (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17)
- **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## By apartment

1 of 8 apartments named in a city record:

- Apt 5: https://blueflo.tech/b/71-avenue-c-manhattan/unit/5

## Registered with the city

- LA FORTALEZA, HDFC (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts)
- Individual owner (name not shown) (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data))

## More

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