Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

749 9 Ave

built 1901 · 5 stories · 24 apartments

Apartments named in these records

Apt 501 1Apt 506 1

2 of this building’s 24 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

2 complaints, 2026
What has happened here
2026 Jul
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jul
Heat or hot water complaint
2018 Oct
Heating/ventilation permit
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H B Smith # Go-28-6 H B SMITH # GO-28-6), registration expired since Dec 1984

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 Nov 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

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2014

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-16
What this counts

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

  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

2 complaints, 2026
What has happened here
2026 Jul
PlumbingApt 501 complaint
2026 Jul
PlumbingApt 506 complaint
2022 Jul
Plumbing permit
2018 Sep
Plumbing permit
Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

1 resolved in 2024
What has happened here
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

No issues on record
What has happened here
2017 Oct
Fire protection permit

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2022 Aug
Construction fence permit
2022 Aug
General construction permit
2019 Sep
General construction permit
2018 Sep
General construction permit
2018 Jan
General construction permit
2016 Jul
Doors and windows class C · never closed · HPD violation
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2010 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
1987 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD 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

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

Elevators

Issues on record, most recently 2023
What has happened here
2023 Aug
VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Aug 2025

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-16 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

General condition and all records

DOB violations

2 open: 2 about filings or paperwork

2023 Aug
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2023 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

2 heat or hot water, 2 plumbing

2026 Jul
Heat or hot water
2026 Jul
PlumbingApt 501
2026 Jul
PlumbingApt 506
2026 Jul
Heat or hot water
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

Permit history

39 permits since 1990

2022 Aug
Construction fence permit
2022 Aug
General construction permit
2022 Jul
Plumbing permit
2019 Sep
General construction permit
2018 Oct
Heating/ventilation permit, Plumbing permit, General construction permit
2018 Jan
Sign permit
2018 Jan
General construction permit
2017 Oct
Fire protection permit
and 31 more at the source
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

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

Everything else on record
2018 Jan
Sign permit
  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 3 older records from 1987–2016 never closed. 1 further violation from 2024 was closed. 176 violations on record in all, 1977–2024 — the 4 most recent are listed here

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

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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