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1129 Amsterdam Avenue

432Records
15City systems
23Open violations
0.2Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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432 recorded events, 1986–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 177 311 service requests, 68 DOB permits, 47 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1925
Floors7
Res. units45
ClassD7
Owner (PLUTO)TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
BBL1018670074
BIN1056058

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 95% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.2. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations23 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 14 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 1986-10-28.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

45 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (12) · Illegal Parking (10) · Street Condition (4) · Outdoor Dining (4) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Air Quality (2).

Filed construction activity

$687,221 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1925)
YesSix or more residential units (45)
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)TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Head officerDAVID GREENBERG
Managing agentDIEGO RIVERA
Last registered2025-10-20

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$5,734,000 $2,580,300
2026$6,096,000 $2,743,200
2027$7,434,000 $3,345,300

The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: FACULTY STUDENT HSG

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Arts & Crafts Beer ParlorVeganA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick) · 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

Subway116 St-Columbia University — 1 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
116 St — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 116 St — M11 · 150 ft
Citi BikeW 116 St & Amsterdam Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon. 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

1129 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

45 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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.

Ten-year activity

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2019
2020
2021
2022
54
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017239216
20181187127
2019316111
202001214
20210218020
20220331236
20230347454
20244413526
20255418330
20262011114
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The full timeline

Construction 115Enforcement 74Housing & tenants 213Health & systems 30

Every one of the 432 recorded events, 1986–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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