Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

987 Amsterdam Ave

built 1920 · 5 stories · 13 apartments
Registered with the city: 987 AMSTERDAM AVE HDFC

Apartments named in these records

2 of this building’s 13 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
Heat source

Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain EGH-115), registration current since Apr 2026

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Aug 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record
  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Older records on file
Water service line

Non-Lead (excavation)

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

Fire and safety

Older records on file

Electrical

Older records on file

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2026 Jun
General construction permit
2016 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork · never closed · HPD violation
2016 Aug
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 4B class C · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class C · never closed · HPD violation
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2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class A · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class C · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class C · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed · HPD violation
2015 Mar
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed · HPD violation
2014 Sep
Walls, floors and stairs class B · never closed · HPD violation
2014 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · never closed · HPD violation
2014 Sep
Walls, floors and stairsApt 2A class B · never closed · HPD violation
2012 Sep
General construction permit
1992 Oct
General construction permit
  • Facade ratingnot requiredNot required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingno recordNo sidewalk shed permits on record
  • 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 2026-10-19
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

General condition and all records

DOB violations

5 open: 1 about filings or paperwork, 4 older than 10 years

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · 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

Permit history

4 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
  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 37 older records from 1988–2016 never closed. 42 violations on record in all, 1988–2016 — the 37 most recent are listed here
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

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
  • 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

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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