Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

90 W Broadway

built 1920 · 14 stories · 16 apartments
Also known as 138 Chambers St — one building, several doors.

Apartments named in these records

Apt 2 1Apt 12A 5

2 of this building’s 16 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
What has happened here
1988 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · never closed · HPD violation
1988 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · never closed · HPD violation
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Federal FST-50), registration current since Feb 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-16 · 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 2026-10-16 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2005

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-16
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

1 complaint, 2026
What has happened here
2026 Mar
PlumbingApt 2 complaint
Water service line

Non-Lead (statistical analysis/predictive model)

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

Fire and safety

Older records on file
What has happened here
2026 Mar
Sprinklers permit, Standpipe permit
2025 Aug
Sprinklers permit
2020 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 12A class C · HPD violation
2020 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 12A class C · HPD violation
2020 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 12A class C · HPD violation
2020 Dec
Fire safetyApt 12A class C · HPD violation

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2026 Jul
General construction permit
2025 Nov
Construction fence permit
2020 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 12A class A · HPD violation
2018 Jul
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade) DOB violation
2018 Mar
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
Facade rating

Safe (cycle 9, filed Sep 2022)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-17 · See the facade filings at DOB →
What this counts

Most recent facade (FISP) filing in the latest 5-year cycle

  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since May 2019, last expired Mar 2023
  • 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 2026-10-17
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

Elevators

No issues on record
Elevators

2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Feb 2025

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-16 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

General condition and all records

HPD violations

5 open: 5 about building conditions — lead-based paint (3), fire safety (1), doors and windows (1); 4 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 2 older records from 1988 never closed. 18 violations on record in all, 1986–2020 — the 7 most recent are listed here

2020 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 12A class C
2020 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 12A class C
2020 Dec
Lead-based paintApt 12A class C
2020 Dec
Fire safetyApt 12A class C
2020 Dec
Doors and windowsApt 12A class A
1988 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · paperwork · never closed
1988 Jan
Heat or hot water class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

2 open: 2 about building conditions

2018 Jul
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade)
2018 Mar
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

Resident complaints to the city

1 plumbing

2026 Mar
PlumbingApt 2
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

83 permits since 1990

2026 Sep
Suspended scaffold permit
2026 Jul
Protection and mechanical methods permit
2026 Jul
General construction permit
2026 Mar
Sprinklers permit, Standpipe permit
2025 Nov
Construction fence permit
2025 Nov
Sign permit
2025 Nov
Sign permit
2025 Nov
Sign permit
Show 1 more
2025 Aug
Sprinklers permit
and 74 more at the source
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · 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 Sep
Suspended scaffold permit
2026 Jul
Protection and mechanical methods permit
2025 Nov
Sign permit
2025 Nov
Sign permit
2025 Nov
Sign permit

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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