Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

83 Columbia St

built 1966 · 21 stories · 350 apartments
Also known as 85 Columbia St, 87 Columbia St, 89 Columbia St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: METRO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INC · 2 other buildings here list it; MASARYK TOWERS CORP · 3 other buildings here list it

Apartments named in these records

17 of this building’s 350 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
What has happened here
2026 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class A · HPD violation
2026 Apr
General construction permit
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5A class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4D class B · closed · HPD violation
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2026 Apr
FC-SWARMP Facades DOB violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 19C class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Doors and windowsApt 17H class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11F class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11F class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11F class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6A class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
FC-UNSAFE Facades DOB violation
2025 Dec
General construction permit
2024 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 1H class C · HPD violation
2024 Feb
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade) DOB violation
2018 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 8J class B · HPD violation
2015 Jun
General construction permit
2015 Jan
General construction permit
2013 Aug
Scaffold permit
2011 May
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2010 Dec
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2010 Sep
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2009 Nov
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2009 May
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2008 Nov
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2000 Jun
Construction non-hazardous · never closed · DOB violation
Facade rating

Unsafe (cycle 10, filed Jan 2026)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-21 · 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 2026-10-21 · 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 2026-10-21
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

2 complaints, 2026
Heat and hot water complaints

2 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · 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
  • Boiler inspection filingsno recordNo boiler filings under this building's ID
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

1 complaint, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 1 complaint, 2025

Electrical

2 resolved since 2024

Elevators

No issues on record
Elevators

5 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-21 · 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 — fire safety (2), walls, floors and stairs (2), doors and windows (1), mold (1); 3 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 200 violations on record in all, 1976–2026 — the 79 most recent are listed here

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

2 heat or hot water, 1 leaks, 1 pests

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

12 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-21 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

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

  • Salesno recordNo recorded sale since 2016

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

24 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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