Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

1887 Amsterdam Ave

built 1940 · 5 stories · 18 apartments

Apartments named in these records

8 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

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 19 complaints, 2025–2026 · 18 in the past year
Heat and hot water complaints

17 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · 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
  • Boiler inspection filingsno recordNo boiler filings under this building's ID
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 15 complaints, 2025–2026 · 13 in the past year

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record (2025) · 22 complaints, 2024–2026 · 17 in the past year
What has happened here
2026 Sep
PestsApt 5C complaint
2026 Sep
MoldApt 5C complaint
2026 Sep
PestsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
PestsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
PestsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
PestsApt 5C complaint
Show 38 more
2026 May
PestsApt 5C complaint
2026 Apr
PestsApt 5C class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 5C complaint
2026 Mar
PestsApt 5C class C · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
PestsApt 1A complaint
2026 Mar
MoldApt 3D class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
MoldApt 3D class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Mold, pestsApt 3D complaint
2026 Mar
MoldApt 5C class B · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
MoldApt 5C complaint
2026 Feb
PestsApt 5C complaint
2026 Jan
PestsApt 5C complaint
2025 Dec
Mold, pestsApt 5C complaint
2025 Dec
Unsanitary conditionsApt 5C complaint
2025 Dec
Mold, pestsApt 5C complaint
2025 Oct
PestsApt 5C complaint
2025 Oct
PestsApt 5C complaint
2025 Sep
PestsApt 5C class C · HPD violation
2025 Sep
PestsApt 5C class C · HPD violation
2025 Sep
PestsApt 5C complaint
2025 Aug
PestsApt 5C complaint
2025 May
Unsanitary conditionsApt 5C complaint
2024 Nov
PestsApt 5C complaint
2024 May
PestsApt 5C complaint
2024 May
PestsApt 5C complaint
2024 May
PestsApt 5C complaint
2024 May
PestsApt 5C complaint
2020 Jun
PestsApt 5C class C · HPD violation
2020 Jun
PestsApt 5C class C · HPD violation
2019 Dec
PestsApt 5C class C · HPD violation
2019 Dec
PestsApt 5C class C · HPD violation
2019 Aug
PestsApt 5C class C · HPD violation
2019 Aug
PestsApt 5C class C · HPD violation
2019 Aug
PestsApt 5C class C · HPD violation
2019 Jul
PestsApt 5A class C · HPD violation
2019 Jul
PestsApt 5A class C · HPD violation
2017 Apr
PestsApt 4A class B · HPD violation
2017 Apr
PestsApt 4A class B · HPD violation

Fire and safety

1 resolved in 2026

Electrical

Older records on file

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19
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

20 open: 20 about building conditions — pests (13), doors and windows (4), plumbing (2), walls, floors and stairs (1); 11 immediately hazardous (class C). 25 further violations from 2026 were closed. 279 violations on record in all, 1991–2026 — the 63 most recent are listed here

2026 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 5C class B
2026 Sep
PlumbingApt 5C class A
2026 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 5C class A
2026 Sep
PlumbingApt 5C class A
2026 Sep
Doors and windowsApt 5C class B
2026 Jul
Doors and windowsApt 5C class B
2026 Jul
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 5C class C · closed
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2026 Jul
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
2026 Jul
Fire safety class C · closed
2026 May
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2026 Apr
Other conditions class A · closed
2026 Apr
PestsApt 5C class C · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class B · closed
2026 Mar
Heat or hot water class C · closed
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5C class C · closed
2026 Mar
PestsApt 5C class C · closed
2026 Mar
MoldApt 3D class B · closed
2026 Mar
MoldApt 3D class A · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class A · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 3D class A · closed
2026 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 5C class B · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 3D class B · closed
2026 Mar
Walls, floors and stairsApt 3D class B · closed
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 3D class B · closed
2026 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 5C class C · closed
2026 Mar
Doors and windowsApt 5C class B · closed
2026 Mar
MoldApt 5C class B · closed
2026 Jan
Doors and windowsApt 5C class B
2025 Sep
PestsApt 5C class C
2025 Sep
PestsApt 5C class C
2020 Jun
PestsApt 5C class C
2020 Jun
PestsApt 5C class C
2019 Dec
PestsApt 5C class C
2019 Dec
PestsApt 5C class C
2019 Aug
PestsApt 5C class C
2019 Aug
PestsApt 5C class C
2019 Aug
PestsApt 5C class C
2019 Jul
PestsApt 5A class C
2019 Jul
PestsApt 5A class C
2017 Apr
PestsApt 4A class B
2017 Apr
PestsApt 4A class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

19 heat or hot water, 18 pests, 15 doors or windows, 14 appliances, 12 general repairs, 11 paint or plaster, 10 plumbing, 7 leaks, 5 mold, 4 floors or stairs, 3 unsanitary conditions, 2 safety

2026 Sep
Doors or windows, pestsApt 5C
2026 Sep
Appliances, general repairs, plumbing, safety, moldApt 5C
2026 Sep
Appliances, doors or windows, plumbingApt 5C
2026 Sep
Appliances, doors or windows, general repairs, plumbing, pestsApt 5C
2026 Aug
Appliances, doors or windows, general repairs, pestsApt 5C
2026 Aug
Appliances, doors or windows, pests, leaksApt 5C
2026 Aug
Appliances, doors or windows, plumbingApt 5C
2026 Aug
Doors or windowsApt 5C
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2026 Aug
General repairsApt 5C
2026 Aug
AppliancesApt 5C
2026 Aug
Appliances, doors or windows, general repairs, plumbingApt 5C
2026 Aug
General repairs, leaksApt 5C
2026 Aug
Appliances, plumbing, pestsApt 5C
2026 Aug
Floors or stairsApt 5C
2026 Aug
General repairsApt 5C
2026 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 5C
2026 Jul
Heat or hot waterApt 5C
2026 May
Paint or plaster, leaksApt 3D
2026 May
Doors or windowsApt 5C
2026 May
PestsApt 5C
2026 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 5C
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water, paint or plasterApt 5C
2026 Apr
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, leaksApt 3D
2026 Mar
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, unsanitary conditions, pestsApt 5C
2026 Mar
Doors or windows, heat or hot water, paint or plasterApt 5C
2026 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5C
2026 Mar
PestsApt 1A
2026 Mar
Floors or stairs, paint or plaster, mold, pests, leaksApt 3D
2026 Mar
MoldApt 5C
2026 Mar
LeaksApt 3D
2026 Feb
Paint or plaster, pestsApt 5C
2026 Feb
Heat or hot water
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2026 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 1D
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Heat or hot water
2026 Jan
Plumbing
2026 Jan
Heat or hot waterApt 5C
2026 Jan
Appliances, pestsApt 5C
2025 Dec
Heat or hot water
2025 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2025 Dec
Appliances, doors or windows, general repairs, mold, pestsApt 5C
2025 Dec
General repairs, safety, unsanitary conditionsApt 5C
2025 Dec
AppliancesApt 5C
2025 Dec
Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plaster, mold, pestsApt 5C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 5C
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 3D
2025 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt B
2025 Oct
Doors or windows, pestsApt 5C
2025 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 1A
2025 Oct
Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plaster, plumbing, pestsApt 5C
2025 Sep
PestsApt 5C
2025 Aug
PestsApt 5C
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 5C
2025 May
Plumbing, unsanitary conditionsApt 5C
2024 Nov
PestsApt 5C
2024 May
PestsApt 5C
2024 May
PestsApt 5C
2024 May
PestsApt 5C
2024 May
PestsApt 5C
2024 Mar
Heat or hot water
2023 Dec
Electrical, paint or plasterApt 3B
2023 Dec
General repairs, heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Doors or windows
2023 Nov
Heat or hot water
2023 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 1A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

5 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · 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
Doors or windowsApt 5C complaint
2026 Sep
Appliances, general repairs, safetyApt 5C complaint
2026 Sep
Appliances, doors or windowsApt 5C complaint
2026 Sep
Appliances, doors or windows, general repairsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
Appliances, doors or windows, general repairsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
Appliances, doors or windowsApt 5C complaint
Show 29 more
2026 Aug
Appliances, doors or windowsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
Doors or windowsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
General repairsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
AppliancesApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
Appliances, doors or windows, general repairsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
General repairsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
AppliancesApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
Floors or stairsApt 5C complaint
2026 Aug
General repairsApt 5C complaint
2026 May
Paint or plasterApt 3D complaint
2026 May
Doors or windowsApt 5C complaint
2026 Apr
Paint or plasterApt 5C complaint
2026 Apr
Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 3D complaint
2026 Apr
Other conditions class A · closed · HPD violation
2026 Mar
Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 5C complaint
2026 Mar
Doors or windows, paint or plasterApt 5C complaint
2026 Mar
Floors or stairs, paint or plasterApt 3D complaint
2026 Feb
Paint or plasterApt 5C complaint
2026 Jan
AppliancesApt 5C complaint
2025 Dec
Appliances, doors or windows, general repairsApt 5C complaint
2025 Dec
General repairs, safetyApt 5C complaint
2025 Dec
AppliancesApt 5C complaint
2025 Dec
Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 5C complaint
2025 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 5C complaint
2025 Oct
Doors or windowsApt 1A complaint
2025 Oct
Doors or windows, general repairs, paint or plasterApt 5C complaint
2023 Dec
Paint or plasterApt 3B complaint
2023 Dec
General repairs complaint
2023 Nov
Doors or windows complaint
  • DOB violationsfound0 open

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
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

23 datasets

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