944 Columbus Ave

Heat or hot waterApt 5 class C · closed · HPD violation

Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint

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Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 5 complaint

2024 Oct

2024 Jan

2024 Jan

Heat or hot waterApt 2 complaint

Heat or hot waterApt 3 complaint

BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation

Low Pressure Boiler DOB violation

2019 Nov

Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (H.B. Smith 19HE-S/W-5), registration expired since Dec 2021

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-21 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →

Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection May 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-21 · See the boiler filings at DOB →

What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

3 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)

Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 10 complaints, 2025–2026 · 9 in the past year

What has happened here

LeaksApt 6 class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2 class B · closed · HPD violation

Plumbing, leaksApt 2 complaint

LeaksApt 2 class B · HPD violation

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LeaksApt 2 complaint

LeaksApt 2 class B · HPD violation

LeaksApt 2 complaint

2026 Feb

2026 Feb

PlumbingApt 6 complaint

2026 Jan

Plumbing complaint

2026 Jan

PlumbingApt 5 complaint

PlumbingApt 5 class A · HPD violation

PlumbingApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation

2024 May

PlumbingApt 5 complaint

Water service line

Non-Lead (records)

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

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 3 complaints, 2025–2026 · 2 in the past year

What has happened here

MoldApt 5 class B · HPD violation

PestsApt 5 class C · HPD violation

Mold, pestsApt 5 complaint

MoldApt 5 class A · closed · HPD violation

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PestsApt 5 class C · HPD violation

PestsApt 5 class C · closed · HPD violation

Unsanitary conditions complaint

PestsApt 2 complaint

Fire and safety

1 resolved in 2024

What has happened here

Fire safety class C · closed · HPD violation

Electrical

1 complaint, 2025

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 2 complaint

ElectricalApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation

ElectricalApt 5 complaint

2024 Jul

ElectricalApt 5 complaint

ElectricalApt 5 complaint

ElectricalApt 2 complaint

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1989 Mar

Electric Signs never closed · DOB 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 2026-10-21

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

General condition and all records

HPD violations

19 open: 19 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (6), smoke or CO detectors (5), leaks (3), pests (2); 4 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 1 older record from 2005 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 263 violations on record in all, 1988–2026 — the 64 most recent are listed here

Walls, floors and stairsApt 6 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class B

PestsApt 5 class C

Other conditionsApt 2 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B · closed

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LeaksApt 2 class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B

LeaksApt 2 class B

Other conditions class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 2 class B

LeaksApt 2 class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class A · closed

Heat or hot waterApt 5 class C · closed

MoldApt 5 class A · closed

Other conditions class B · closed

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B

PlumbingApt 5 class A

PestsApt 5 class C

Other conditionsApt 5 class B · closed

PlumbingApt 5 class B · closed

PestsApt 5 class C · closed

Doors and windowsApt 5 class C

Fire safety class C · closed

Other conditions class B · closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 5 class C · closed

ElectricalApt 5 class B · closed

2023 May

2022 Dec

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class C

2022 Sep

2005 Mar

Walls, floors and stairsApt 3 class A · never closed

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

DOB violations

6 open: 3 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

2026 Mar

Aeu-Haz Aeuhaz

2026 Jan

Construction class - 2

2024 Nov

Construction class - 1

Electric Signs never closed

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-21 · 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

11 heat or hot water, 6 paint or plaster, 6 plumbing, 5 leaks, 3 pests, 1 doors or windows, 1 electrical, 1 general repairs, 1 mold

2026 Oct

Doors or windowsApt 1

LeaksApt 6

Paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 5

General repairsApt 2

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 2

Paint or plaster, plumbing, leaksApt 2

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 2

Paint or plaster, leaksApt 2

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Electrical, pestsApt 2

Heat or hot waterApt 5

Heat or hot waterApt 5

Heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 5

Paint or plasterApt 5

Paint or plasterApt 5

Floors or stairsApt 5

Doors or windowsApt 5

Electrical, floors or stairsApt 5

Unsanitary conditions

Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 5

Paint or plasterApt 2

2024 Jul

Appliances, doors or windows, electrical, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, plumbingApt 5

Appliances, electrical, floors or stairs, heat or hot water, paint or plaster, safety, pestsApt 2

Heat or hot waterApt 3

Heat or hot water

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

13 permits since 1990

2019 May

2019 May

2019 Apr

2019 Apr

General construction permit

2019 Mar

Plumbing permit

2019 Jan

and 7 more at the source

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

SalesWhole tax lot

Last sold Jan 2018 for $4,200,000

NYC Citywide Annualized Calendar Sales, as of 2026-06-09

What this counts

Department of Finance sales files, 2016 on

Everything else on record

2026 Oct

Doors or windowsApt 1 complaint

Paint or plasterApt 5 complaint

General repairsApt 2 complaint

Other conditionsApt 2 class B · closed · HPD violation

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Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation

Aeu-Haz Aeuhaz DOB violation

2026 Mar

Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · HPD violation

Other conditionsApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation

Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5 class B · closed · HPD violation

Paint or plasterApt 5 complaint

Paint or plasterApt 5 complaint

Floors or stairsApt 5 complaint

Doors or windowsApt 5 complaint

Floors or stairsApt 5 complaint

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 5 complaint

2024 Jul

Appliances, doors or windows, floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 5 complaint

Appliances, floors or stairs, paint or plaster, safetyApt 2 complaint

2023 May

2022 Dec