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936 Amsterdam Avenue

573Records
18City systems
15Open violations
23.2Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
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573 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 270 311 service requests, 114 HPD complaints, 64 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1925
Floors5
Res. units12
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)936 AMSTERDAM AVE INC
BBL1018780029
BIN1056637

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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 58% 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 23.2. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations15 total — 10 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2014-07-19.

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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

64 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (36) · Illegal Parking (14) · Building/Use (4) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (2) · Dirty Condition (2) · New Tree Request (1).

Filed construction activity

$92,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (12)
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)936 AMSTERDAM AVE INC.
Head officerVICTOR ARCOS
Managing agentEK REALTY LLC
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$2,755,000 $1,239,750
2026$2,957,000 $1,330,650
2027$2,919,000 $1,313,550

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUELB2

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Calaveras CornerMexicanBMice evidence
GhemoNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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

Subway103 St — 1 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: W 106 St / Amsterdam Av — M116 · under 50 ft
Citi BikeW 106 St & Amsterdam Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
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

936 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

64 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by EK REALTY LLC — 31 buildings, 899 units. Grades across the portfolio: A14 · B9 · C2 · D1 · F5. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
121 Bennett Avenue MN82 A
590 Ft Washington Avenue MN79 A
44 Bennett Avenue MN66 B
2028 Valentine Avenue BX63 C
100 Bennett Avenue MN62 A
214 East 168 Street BX49 F
1235 Morris Avenue BX49 F
165 Pinehurst Avenue MN48 A
400 Ft Washington Avenue MN39 B
60-15 Fresh Pond Road QN37 B
1266 1 Avenue MN31 A
1270 1 Avenue MN29 B
29 West 12 Street MN28 B
360 Avenue of the Americas MN28 A
419 West 55 Street MN24 A
619 West 175 Street MN19 B
143 Skillman Avenue BK19 B
182 Claremont Avenue MN17 B
346 West 52 Street MN16 B
3405 Broadway MN16 A
25-48 34 Street QN12 A
147 Bruckner Boulevard BX12 F
936 Amsterdam Avenue MN12 A
920 Columbus Avenue MN12 A
109 West 225 Street MN9 F
928 Amsterdam Avenue MN8 A
306 West 106 Street MN8 A
773 Melrose Avenue BX8 F
930 Amsterdam Avenue MN8 A
626 Grand Avenue BK5 C
344 West 52 Street MN4 D

Ten-year activity

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2020
2021
2022
104
2023
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20172030133
20180016319
2019017311
20200018119
20210014519
20220029332
202347903104
20240028331
20250215320
20266227338
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The full timeline

Construction 38Enforcement 25Housing & tenants 467Ownership & money 5Health & systems 38

Every one of the 573 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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