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938 Amsterdam Avenue

231Records
15City systems
2Open violations
0Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
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231 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 97 311 service requests, 29 HPD housing violations, 21 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1925
Floors5
Res. units13
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)938 AMSTERDAM CORP
BBL1018780030
BIN1056638

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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 100% 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 0. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations2 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1988-03-28.

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

22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (13) · Outdoor Dining (6) · Lead (1) · Non (1) · Illegal Parking (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (13)
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)938 AMSTERDAM CORP
Head officerRHEA VOGEL
Managing agent938 AMSTERDAM CORP
Last registered2025-08-19

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,064,000 $928,800
2026$2,143,000 $964,350
2027$2,455,000 $1,104,750

The city's market estimate has risen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Dive 106AmericanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 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 · 50 ft
Citi BikeW 106 St & Amsterdam Ave · 150 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

938 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

22 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $350,000 on 2005-02-22 (lender: Washington Mutual Bank Fa). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2005-02-22Mortgage $350,000 — from 938 AMSTERDAM CORP to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA $350,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20171427
20180235
20190336
202009110
20210628
20220437
202338314
20240426
2025010313
202609312
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The full timeline

Construction 14Enforcement 20Housing & tenants 156Ownership & money 8Health & systems 33

Every one of the 231 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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