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494 Amsterdam Avenue

331Records
16City systems
1Open violations
19.4Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10024 · Neighborhood: Upper West Side (Central)
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331 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 108 311 service requests, 41 rodent inspections, 38 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10024
Built1890
Floors5
Res. units16
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)WEST EIGHTIES GROUP II LLC
BBL1012310036
BIN1032785

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 54% 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 19.4. In ZIP 10024, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2022-09-27.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 14).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (11) · Illegal Parking (9) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Food Establishment (2) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Graffiti (1).

Filed construction activity

$361,250 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1890)
YesSix or more residential units (16)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)WEST EIGHTIES EQUITIES GROUP II, LLC
Head officerFRANCIS GREENBURGER
Managing agentTIME EQUITIES INC
Last registered2025-11-03

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,640,000 $2,088,000
2026$3,888,000 $1,749,600
2027$4,171,000 $1,876,950

The city's market estimate has fallen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Chaotic Good CafeCoffee/TeaNot yet gradedMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Spoiled, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway86 St — 1 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 83 St — M7 M11 · 150 ft
Citi BikeW 84 St & Amsterdam Ave · 200 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.

Report a problem to 311

494 Amsterdam Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

32 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by TIME EQUITIES INC — 27 buildings, 801 units. Grades across the portfolio: A23 · B1 · C2 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
50 West Street MN186 A
519 Hudson Street MN90 A
2552 Broadway MN49 A
170 Spring Street MN42 A
223 West 10 Street MN40 A
48 Beaver Street MN39 A
323 East 19 Street BK38 A
346 East 20 Street MN37 A
76 West 3 Street MN35 A
431 Avenue P BK32 A
230 Thompson Street MN32 A
502 Amsterdam Avenue MN22 A
9 Dutch Street MN18 A
494 Amsterdam Avenue MN16 A
240 East 15 Street MN16 A
169 Avenue A MN16 A
344 East 50 Street MN15 A
38 Stuyvesant Street MN12 B
80 Nassau Street MN11 A
655 5 Avenue BK10 A
107 Waverly Place MN10 A
155 East 37 Street MN9 C
251 19 Street BK8 A
32 Prince Street MN7 A
7 Dutch Street MN5 D
41 John Street MN4 A
853 Crotona Avenue BX2 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,000,000 on 2017-08-29 (lender: Bankunited, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-09-23Agreement $201,397 — from WEST EIGHTIES GROUP II LLC to CITY NATIONAL BANK $201,397
2017-08-29AL&R $4,900,000 — from WEST EIGHTIES GROUP II LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A. $4,900,000
2017-08-29Mortgage $1,000,000 — from WEST EIGHTIES GROUP II LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A. $1,000,000
2017-08-29Mortgage $209,698 — from WEST EIGHTIES GROUP II LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A. $209,698
2017-08-29Agreement $3,900,000 — from WEST EIGHTIES GROUP II LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A. $3,900,000
2012-12-10Mortgage $2,818,759 — from WEST EIGHTIES GROUP II, L.P. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $2,818,759
2012-12-10Agreement $4,000,000 — from WEST EIGHTIES GROUP II, L.P. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $4,000,000
2008-01-18Agreement $1,244,742 — from WEST EIGHTIES EQUITIES GROUP II, L.P. to M&T REL ESTATE TRUST $1,244,742
1999-04-23Mortgage $1,400,000 — from WEST EIGHTIES EQUITIES GROUP II. to M & T REAL ESTATE, INC A NY CORPORATION $1,400,000

Ten-year activity

50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
32
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20174195423
20180050510
20190090211
20200090211
202170160326
2022202001032
202340120218
202470174230
202500190423
20260080210
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The full timeline

Construction 72Enforcement 22Housing & tenants 154Ownership & money 30Health & systems 53

Every one of the 331 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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