Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

79 Audubon Ave

built 1911 · 5 stories · 24 apartments
Also known as 523 W 169 St, 81 Audubon Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: AUDUBON 79 LLC

Apartments named in these records

7 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

Older records on file
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain 688), registration current since Mar 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Mar 2026, 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 2008

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
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

Issues on record · 6 complaints, 2025

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2023) · 1 complaint, 2025

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2026 Mar
General construction permit
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
Show 18 more
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed · HPD violation
2017 Oct
General construction permit
2017 Oct
Construction class - 1 · DOB violation
2017 May
General construction permit
2013 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · never closed · HPD violation
2009 Jul
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2008 Dec
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2008 Dec
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2008 Dec
Construction never closed · DOB violation
2008 Dec
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB 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 2026-10-19
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 pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

General condition and all records

HPD violations

3 open: 2 about building conditions — pests (2); 2 immediately hazardous (class C), 1 about paperwork or notices. Also 4 older records from 2013–2015 never closed. 25 further violations from 2025 were closed. 454 violations on record in all, 2000–2025 — the 40 most recent are listed here

2025 Sep
PlumbingApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
Lead-based paintApt 1A class C · paperwork
2025 Aug
Lead-based paintApt 1A class C · closed
2025 Aug
Lead-based paintApt 1A class C · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed
2025 Aug
Lead-based paintApt 1A class C · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed
Show 24 more
2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
PlumbingApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class A · closed
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class A · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class A · closed
2025 Aug
Doors and windowsApt 1A class A · closed
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Apr
PlumbingApt 1A class B · closed
2025 Apr
Other conditionsApt 1A class B · closed
2023 Dec
PestsApt 5C class C
2023 Dec
PestsApt 5C class C
2015 Sep
GasApt 2B class C · never closed
2013 Nov
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · never closed
2013 Nov
GasApt 2B class C · never closed
2013 Oct
GasApt 2B class C · never closed
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

Resident complaints to the city

6 plumbing, 4 paint or plaster, 2 floors or stairs, 1 appliances, 1 doors or windows, 1 mold, 1 pests

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

29 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
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

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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