715 recorded events, 1986–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 252 311 service requests, 109 rodent inspections, 82 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 94% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 278.6. In ZIP 10024, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 34 total — 22 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2020-01-06. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
77 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (34) · Noise (8) · Rodent (7) · WATER LEAK (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · Blocked Driveway (3).
$1,242,545 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (15 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1891) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (9) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 495 Amsterdam Avenue LLC |
| Head officer | Alex Kaskel |
| Managing agent | Apex Management Group |
| Last registered | 2025-09-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,937,000 | $1,771,650 |
| 2026 | $4,200,000 | $1,890,000 |
| 2027 | $4,428,000 | $1,992,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawa Smoothies & Bubble Tea | Juice, Smoothies, Fruit Salads | A | — |
| Honeybrains | Coffee/Tea | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 86 St — 1 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 83 St — M7 M11 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 84 St & Amsterdam Ave · 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
495 Amsterdam Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
77 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by APEX MANAGEMENT GROUP — 88 buildings, 882 units. Grades across the portfolio: A34 · B31 · C16 · D5 · F2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 88 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $7,350,000 on 2019-09-24 (lender: Valley National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-24 | AL&R $7,350,000 — from 495 AMSTERDAM AVENUE LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $7,350,000 | |
| 2019-09-24 | Mortgage $7,350,000 — from 495 AMSTERDAM AVENUE LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $7,350,000 | |
| 2019-09-24 | Deed $8,150,000 — from 162 WEST 84TH ST. CORP. to 495 AMSTERDAM AVENUE LLC | $8,150,000 | |
| 2019-08-06 | Sold for $8,150,000 | $8,150,000 | $905,556 |
| 1997-09-05 | Mortgage $600,000 — from 162 WEST 84TH ST. CORP. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $600,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 2019 | 3 | 18 | 38 | 4 | 16 | 79 |
| 2020 | 7 | 49 | 123 | 0 | 7 | 186 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 39 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 48 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 15 | 86 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 49 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 53 |
Every one of the 715 recorded events, 1986–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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