Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

72 Thompson St

built 1904 · 6 stories · 33 apartments

Apartments named in these records

14 of this building’s 33 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.

Water and pipes

Issues on record
Water service line

Lead (records)

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

Fire and safety

Issues on record

Electrical

Issues on record

Structure and facade

Issues on record
Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since May 2019, last expired Jan 2020

Flooding

Issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (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 (2025) · 18 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year
What has happened here
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Dec 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2016 (3 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-17
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

Heat and hot water complaints

1 heat or hot water complaint

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Elevators

No issues on record
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Sep 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-18 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

13 open: 13 about building conditions — fire safety (4), pests (3), gas (2), doors and windows (1); 10 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 1 older record from 2015 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025–2026 were closed. 416 violations on record in all, 1984–2026 — the 75 most recent are listed here

2026 Apr
Fire safetyApt 5A class C
2026 Apr
Other conditions class A
2026 Apr
Doors and windowsApt 4D class B
2026 Apr
Fire safetyApt 4D class C · closed
2026 Apr
Fire safetyApt 1A class C
2026 Apr
ElectricalApt 2C class B
2026 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
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2025 Jun
Pests class C
2025 May
Fire safetyApt 1A class C
2025 May
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
2025 May
GasApt 1A class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 1A class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
2025 May
GasApt 2A class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 2A class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 3E class C
2025 May
GasApt 3E class C
2025 May
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot waterApt 4D class C · closed
2025 May
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 May
GasApt 1B class C · closed
2025 Apr
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · closed
2025 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Apr
Electrical class B · closed
2025 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Apr
GasApt 5D class C · closed
2025 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5D class C · closed
2025 Apr
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5D class B · closed
2025 Mar
GasApt 3E class C
2024 Oct
Fire safetyApt PHB class C
2023 Jan
PestsApt PHB class C
2020 Mar
PestsApt 2D class C
2015 Aug
Structure and facade class A · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

1 open: 1 older than 10 years

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

Permit history

30 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft

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.
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