Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

75 Columbia St

built 1966 · 21 stories · 322 apartments
Also known as 77 Columbia St, 79 Columbia St, 81 Columbia St, 99 Columbia St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: METRO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT · 27 other buildings here list it; MASARYK TOWERS CORP · 3 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

16 of this building’s 322 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 rating

Unsafe (cycle 10, filed Jan 2026)

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 scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · See the shed permits at DOB →
What this counts

Sidewalk shed permits (DOB NOW and BIS). Permitted since a date means permitted, not necessarily up continuously

  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Flooding

Issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Nuisance flooding (4 in. to 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

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Heat and hot water

4 complaints, 2025–2026 · 1 in the past year
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Tecogen INVERDE E+), registration current since Mar 2025

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 Aug 2025, 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

Heat and hot water complaints

1 heat or hot water complaint

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)

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year
Water service lineWhole tax lot

Non-Lead (statistical analysis/predictive model)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2024) · 3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year

Electrical

1 complaint, 2026

Elevators

Older records on file
Elevators

5 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Aug 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

EnergyWhole tax lot

ENERGY STAR score 22 (2024 report), reported for all of 75 Columbia Street - 41109 (4 buildings)

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

7 open: 7 about building conditions — mold (3), walls, floors and stairs (2), doors and windows (1), fire safety (1); 2 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 280 violations on record in all, 1982–2026 — the 97 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

4 open: 1 about building conditions, 3 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

Permit history

20 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

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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