Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

965 Columbus Ave

built 1996 · 10 stories · 18 apartments
Registered with the city: MORNINGSIDE LIFE LP; MORNINGSIDE LIFE, L.P.

Apartments named in these records

13 of this building’s 18 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.

Structure and facade

Issues on record
What has happened here
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7A class B · HPD violation
2026 Jul
Doors and windows class B · HPD violation
2026 Jun
Doors and windows class A · HPD violation
2026 May
Doors and windows class A · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · closed · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7A class B · HPD violation
Show 20 more
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7A class A · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7A class A · closed · HPD violation
2024 Oct
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class A · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Feb
No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade) DOB violation
2024 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6A class B · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7B class B · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 7B class B · HPD violation
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7B class A · HPD violation
2017 Jan
Construction class - 2 · DOB violation
2016 Sep
General construction permit
2016 Aug
Construction class - 1 · never closed · DOB violation
2016 Aug
Scaffold permit
2016 Mar
Facade Safety Program never closed · DOB violation
2016 Mar
Facade Safety Program never closed · DOB violation
2016 Feb
Construction class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
1999 Jul
General construction permit
  • Facade ratingfoundNo Report Filed (cycle 9)
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Elevators

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 32 complaints, 2024–2026 · 16 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Jul
Heat or hot water complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C · HPD violation
Show 42 more
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 8A complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 7A complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5A complaint
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4B complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2A complaint
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 7A class B · HPD violation
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 7A complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5A complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5A complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 8A complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4A complaint
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 9A complaint
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 9A complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B complaint
2015 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
2015 Mar
Low Pressure Boiler never closed · DOB violation
1999 Jul
Heating/ventilation permit
1997 Apr
Boiler permit
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Sep 2025, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 1997

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 complaints

15 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

Water and pipes

Issues on record (2025) · 12 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

10 complaints, 2024–2026 · 6 in the past year

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2024

Electrical

Issues on record, most recently 2023

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20
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

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

69 open: 69 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (28), leaks (11), doors and windows (9), smoke or CO detectors (5); 12 immediately hazardous (class C). Also 20 older records from 2001–2016 never closed. 25 further violations from 2024–2026 were closed. 302 violations on record in all, 1999–2026 — the 131 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7A class B
2026 Sep
GasApt 7A class C
2026 Jul
Doors and windows class B
2026 Jul
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Jun
Doors and windows class A
2026 Jun
Other conditions class A · closed
2026 Jun
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 May
Doors and windows class A
Show 42 more
2026 May
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
2026 Mar
GasApt 7A class C
2026 Mar
Fire safetyApt 7A class A · closed
2026 Mar
Other conditionsApt 7A class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5B class C
2025 Dec
GasApt 7A class C
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2B class B · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B class C · closed
2025 Dec
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Aug
Heat or hot waterApt 7A class B
2025 Aug
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7A class B
2025 Aug
LeaksApt 7A class B
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 7A class B
2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 7A class C · closed
2025 Jun
Other conditionsApt 7A class C · closed
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7A class A · closed
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7A class A · closed
2024 Nov
Fire safetyApt 8A class C
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class A · closed
2024 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Sep
Other conditionsApt 5B class B · closed
2024 Sep
LeaksApt 5B class C · closed
2024 Jun
Fire safetyApt 7A class C · closed
2024 Feb
LeaksApt 2B class B
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6A class B
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6A class B
2024 Jan
LeaksApt 6A class A
2024 Jan
Walls, floors and stairsApt 6A class B
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7B class B
2023 Oct
ElectricalApt 7B class B
2023 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 7B class B
2023 Oct
PlumbingApt 7B class C
2023 Oct
LeaksApt 7B class B
2023 Oct
PlumbingApt 7B class B
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairsApt 7B class A
and 39 more at the source
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · 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

32 heat or hot water, 15 appliances, 9 mold, 9 plumbing, 7 doors or windows, 5 general repairs, 4 leaks, 2 floors or stairs, 2 pests, 2 safety, 1 paint or plaster

2026 Oct
Appliances, mold, pestsApt 7B
2026 Sep
MoldApt 7B
2026 Sep
PestsApt 7A
2026 Sep
Appliances, moldApt 7A
2026 Aug
Appliances, moldApt 7B
2026 Aug
Appliances, plumbingApt 7A
2026 Aug
PlumbingApt 2B
2026 Jul
Heat or hot water
Show 77 more
2026 Apr
AppliancesApt 7A
2026 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 7A
2026 Mar
AppliancesApt 7A
2026 Feb
Floors or stairs, general repairs, leaksApt 6A
2026 Feb
General repairsApt 7A
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A
2026 Jan
General repairsApt 6A
2026 Jan
Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plaster, leaksApt 6A
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
AppliancesApt 7A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2025 Dec
Appliances, doors or windows, plumbing, moldApt 7A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 8A
2025 Dec
Appliances, heat or hot waterApt 7A
2025 Dec
AppliancesApt 7A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 5A
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6A
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4B
2025 Nov
AppliancesApt 7A
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2025 Nov
Appliances, doors or windows, plumbingApt 7A
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2A
2025 Jun
PlumbingApt 10A
2025 Jun
LeaksApt 7A
2025 Jun
Doors or windowsApt 7A
2025 Jun
General repairs, plumbing, safety, moldApt 7A
2025 Apr
Doors or windows, moldApt 7A
2025 Apr
Doors or windows, moldApt 7A
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
PlumbingApt 7A
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 7A
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5A
2025 Jan
AppliancesApt 2B
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5A
2025 Jan
Heat or hot water
2025 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 6A
2024 Dec
Heat or hot water
2024 Dec
Appliances, heat or hot waterApt 2B
2024 Nov
PlumbingApt 8A
2024 Nov
SafetyApt 8A
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 8A
2024 Nov
AppliancesApt 8A
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Doors or windows, mold, leaksApt 4A
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 4A
2024 Aug
Electrical, plumbingApt 5B
2024 Jul
Unsanitary conditionsApt 7A
2024 Jun
PestsApt 7A
2024 Mar
Unsanitary conditionsApt 4B
2024 Mar
Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plaster, pestsApt 4B
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 9A
2024 Mar
General repairsApt 2B
2024 Mar
Electrical, unsanitary conditionsApt 7B
2024 Mar
Unsanitary conditionsApt 7A
2024 Feb
Doors or windows, general repairs, moldApt 7A
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2024 Jan
MoldApt 7A
2024 Jan
Heat or hot water
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2024 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 9A
2023 Dec
LeaksApt 6A
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 2B
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water, unsanitary conditionsApt 2B
2023 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 3B
2023 Oct
PlumbingApt 4A
2023 Oct
Electrical, paint or plaster
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · 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

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · 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 Oct
AppliancesApt 7B complaint
2026 Sep
AppliancesApt 7A complaint
2026 Aug
AppliancesApt 7B complaint
2026 Aug
AppliancesApt 7A complaint
2026 Jun
Other conditions class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Apr
Local Law class - 2 · DOB violation
Show 43 more
2026 Apr
AppliancesApt 7A complaint
2026 Mar
Doors or windowsApt 7A complaint
2026 Mar
AppliancesApt 7A complaint
2026 Mar
Other conditionsApt 7A class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Feb
Floors or stairs, general repairsApt 6A complaint
2026 Feb
General repairsApt 7A complaint
2026 Jan
General repairsApt 6A complaint
2026 Jan
Floors or stairs, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 6A complaint
2025 Dec
AppliancesApt 7A complaint
2025 Dec
Appliances, doors or windowsApt 7A complaint
2025 Dec
AppliancesApt 7A complaint
2025 Dec
AppliancesApt 7A complaint
2025 Nov
AppliancesApt 7A complaint
2025 Nov
Appliances, doors or windowsApt 7A complaint
2025 Aug
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 7A class B · HPD violation
2025 Aug
Other conditionsApt 7A class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Other conditionsApt 7A class C · closed · HPD violation
2025 Jun
Doors or windowsApt 7A complaint
2025 Jun
General repairs, safetyApt 7A complaint
2025 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 7A complaint
2025 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 7A complaint
2025 Apr
Local Law class - 2 · DOB violation
2025 Jan
AppliancesApt 2B complaint
2024 Dec
AppliancesApt 2B complaint
2024 Nov
SafetyApt 8A complaint
2024 Nov
AppliancesApt 8A complaint
2024 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 4A complaint
2024 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Sep
Other conditionsApt 5B class B · closed · HPD violation
2024 Mar
Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 4B complaint
2024 Mar
General repairsApt 2B complaint
2024 Feb
Doors or windows, general repairsApt 7A complaint
2024 Jan
Local Law class - 2 · DOB violation
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6A class B · HPD violation
2024 Jan
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6A class B · HPD violation
2023 Nov
Doors or windowsApt 3B complaint
2023 Oct
Paint or plaster complaint
2021 Oct
Local Law class - 2 · DOB violation
2018 Aug
Local Law class - 2 · DOB violation
2016 Nov
Local Law class - 2 · DOB violation
2015 Dec
Local Law class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation
2015 Jan
Local Law class - 2 · never closed · DOB violation

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft

Sources

23 datasets

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