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1050 Amsterdam Avenue

1,002Records
19City systems
18Open violations
24.9Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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1,002 recorded events, 1997–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 420 311 service requests, 284 HPD complaints, 52 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1991
Floors9
Res. units94
ClassD3
Owner (PLUTO)ECHO APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES LP
BBL1018830036
BIN1078616

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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 51% 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 24.9. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations18 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2024-03-22.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

122 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 14 · winter 2024–25: 54 · winter 2025–26: 54). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

14
’23–24
54
’24–25
54
’25–26

3 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

$3,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

167 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (61) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (17) · Noise (12) · PAINT/PLASTER (12) · Illegal Parking (9) · General Construction/Plumbing (9).

Filed construction activity

$137,850 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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

NoBuilt before 1974 (1991)
YesSix or more residential units (94)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)ECHO APARTMENTS ASSOC. LP
Head officerADAM WEINSTEIN
Managing agentPHIPPS HOUSES SERVICES, INC
Last registered2025-12-01

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$11,438,000 $5,147,100
2026$11,712,000 $5,270,400
2027$12,367,000 $5,565,150

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)C — ENERGY STAR score 59/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

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

SubwayCathedral Pkwy (110 St) — 1 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 112 St — M11 · 100 ft
Citi BikeW 110 St & Amsterdam Ave · 600 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

1050 Amsterdam Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

167 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 61 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 PHIPPS HOUSES SERVICES, INC — 80 buildings, 6,786 units. Grades across the portfolio: A24 · B38 · C8 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
50-01 39 Avenue QN472 B
62-11 108th Street QN441 A
254 Euclid Avenue BK436 A
444 2 Avenue MN404 B
250 Euclid Avenue BK403 A
3960 3 Avenue BX280 B
315 East 102 Street MN259 B
361 East 161 Street BX255 C
700 Brook Avenue BX222 B
383 East 162 Street BX217 C
479 1 Avenue MN204 A
315 East 29 Street MN204 B
432 East 162 Street BX199 C
600 East 156th Street BX175 B
988 East 180th Street BX163 B
625 West 140 Street MN113 B
49 East 73 Street MN101 A
565 Manhattan Avenue MN101 B
4278 3 Avenue BX97 A
1050 Amsterdam Avenue MN94 A
125 Walker Street MN88 A
3097 3 Avenue BX85 A
128 West 128 Street MN80 A
314 East 100 Street MN80 A
44-20 63 Street QN78 A
927 Courtlandt Avenue BX77 B
870 Courtlandt Avenue BX71 B
140 West 142 Street MN66 A
3103 3 Avenue BX61 B
325 East 25 Street MN56 A
1691 Fulton Avenue BX56 C
123 West 104 Street MN56 A
350 West 124 Street MN53 B
1409 Fulton Avenue BX50 B
1605 Fulton Avenue BX49 B
2185 Adam C Powell Blvd MN48 B
1581 Fulton Avenue BX47 B
1591 Fulton Avenue BX46 B
1743 Fulton Avenue BX45 B
1485 Fulton Avenue BX44 A
710 East 9 Street MN44 B
1033 Boston Road BX42 A
311 Bowery MN42 A
1639 Fulton Avenue BX42 B
1735 Fulton Avenue BX41 B
906 East 178 Street BX35 B
1413 Fulton Avenue BX32 B
334 East 96 Street MN30 A
635 Jefferson Place BX28 B
25 West 128 Street MN27 B
1326 Fulton Avenue BX24 A
1725 Fulton Avenue BX22 B
63 Thompson Street MN21 B
1451 Crotona Place BX21 B
1573 Fulton Avenue BX21 B
1469 Fulton Avenue BX20 B
1465 Fulton Avenue BX19 B
212 East 7 Street MN18 B
545 St Pauls Place BX18 B
428 East 11 Street MN17 A

showing 60 of 80 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $989,158 on 2010-07-16 (lender: Phipps Houses). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2010-07-16Mortgage $3,912,735 — from ECHO APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES, L.P.; ECHO APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP. $3,912,735
2010-07-16Mortgage $3,970,553 — from ECHO APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; ECHO APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HOUSING OPPORTUNITI $3,970,553
2010-07-16Mortgage $1,550,305 — from ECHO APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES, L.P.; ECHO APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HOUSING OPPORTUNITI $1,550,305
2010-07-16Mortgage $6,747,265 — from ECHO APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; ECHO APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP. $6,747,265
2010-07-16Mortgage $989,158 — from ECHO APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; ECHO APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to PHIPPS HOUSES $989,158
2010-07-16Mortgage $160,976 — from ECHO APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; ECHO APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to PHIPPS HOUSES $160,976
2010-07-09Deed $11,700,000 — from ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HOUSING OPPORTUNIT to ECHO APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT $11,700,000

Ten-year activity

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2023
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201705330240
201835490360
201914130220
202033360648
202106100218
202223291338
202322410550
202404560666
2025101519407226
202600740478
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The full timeline

Construction 76Enforcement 82Housing & tenants 776Ownership & money 16Health & systems 52

Every one of the 1,002 recorded events, 1997–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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