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544 West 113 Street

119Records
14City systems
1Open violations
5Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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119 recorded events, 1987–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 29 311 service requests, 18 rodent inspections, 13 FDNY inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1920
Floors4
Res. units8
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
BBL1018840052
BIN1057007

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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 75% 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 5. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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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 violations1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1987-11-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).

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

What 311 hears from this address

9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Illegal Parking (1).

Filed construction activity

$32,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1920)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
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 registered2025-11-01

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,969,200 $886,140
2026$2,112,000 $950,400
2027$1,690,000 $760,500

The city's market estimate has fallen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
SymposiumGreekA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 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

SubwayCathedral Pkwy (110 St) — 1 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 113 St — M4 M104 · 350 ft
Citi BikeW 113 St & Broadway · 250 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

544 West 113 Street

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

9 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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.

Ten-year activity

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2021
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201701034
201801023
201901113
202000112
202101719
2022159217
202301045
2024118313
2025118414
202600033
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The full timeline

Construction 16Enforcement 21Housing & tenants 51Health & systems 31

Every one of the 119 recorded events, 1987–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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