Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

840 Broadway

built 1901 · 12 stories · 11 apartments

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Apr
General construction permit
2025 Dec
General construction permit
2023 Jun
General construction permit
2002 Aug
Local Law 11/98 - Facade never closed · DOB violation
1994 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
Facade rating

Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Nov 2021)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18 · 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 2026-10-17 · 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 statusWhole tax lot

Individual landmark

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Elevators

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation
2025 Aug
VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation
2024 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
2024 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
2023 Oct
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators DOB violation
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2023 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators DOB violation
2021 May
Elevator DOB violation
2019 May
Non-Residential Elevator Periodic Inspection/Test DOB violation
1997 Jan
Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed · DOB violation
Elevators

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection Jun 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

Heat and hot water

No issues on record
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Peerless LC-10 (NEW)), registration current since Nov 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 Oct 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 2004

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

No issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Jul
Plumbing permit
2023 Oct
Plumbing permit
2021 Mar
Plumbing permit
Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

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

Fire and safety

Older records on file
What has happened here
1994 Sep
Fire safety class B · never closed · HPD violation

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

General condition and all records

Permit history

57 permits since 1990

2026 Jul
Plumbing permit
2026 May
Supported scaffold permit
2026 Apr
General construction permit
2025 Dec
General construction permit
2025 Dec
Suspended scaffold permit
2023 Oct
Plumbing permit
2023 Jun
Mechanical systems permit, General construction permit
2022 Mar
Mechanical systems permit
Show 1 more
2021 Mar
Plumbing permit
and 48 more at the source
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

Everything else on record
2026 May
Supported scaffold permit
2025 Dec
Suspended scaffold permit
2023 Jun
Mechanical systems permit
2022 Mar
Mechanical systems permit
  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 2 older records from 1994 never closed. 5 violations on record in all, 1994–2022 — the 2 most recent are listed here
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

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
  • Energyno recordNo energy score on record

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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