Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

852 Columbus Ave

built 1958 · 20 stories · 160 apartments
Also known as 860 Columbus Ave — one building, several doors.

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Sep
Structural permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Mar
General construction permit
2026 Jan
2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jan 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2025 Jun
No active shed permit; permits since Sep 2022, last expired Jun 2025
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Oct
Safe (cycle 9, filed Oct 2024)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2024 Sep
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 Sep
Plumbing permit
2024 Aug
General construction permit
2024 Jun
Construction fence permit
2024 May
Supported scaffold permit
2024 May
Construction fence permit
2024 Feb
Suspended scaffold permit
2023 Feb
Construction fence permit
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1997 Jan
Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed
DOB Violations
1958
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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