Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

97 Wooster St

built 1897 · 7 stories · 7 apartments

Apartments named in these records

2 of this building’s 7 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

No issues on record
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection May 2026, 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 1999

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 sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

No issues on record
Water service line

Non-Lead (statistical analysis/predictive model)

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

Pests and cleanliness

1 complaint, 2026

Electrical

Older records on file

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2023
Facade rating

Unsafe (cycle 9, filed Dec 2025)

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 scaffolding

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · 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

In the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District

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

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

1 active elevator; latest periodic inspection May 2026

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

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilizationWhole tax lot

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations); listed for this tax lot (1 addresses), not under this building's address

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

DOB violations

1 open: 1 about building conditions

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 pests

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

23 permits since 1990

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

  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 3 older records from 1992–2000 never closed. 10 violations on record in all, 1992–2022 — the 3 most recent are listed here

Nothing on record

Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published
Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft

Sources

23 datasets

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
These are city records, not an inspection by Blueflo. Every item shows its source and the date it was last checked.
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