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2901 Broadway

975Records
20City systems
12Open violations
5.9Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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975 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 268 311 service requests, 222 DOB permits, 168 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1910
Floors12
Res. units131
ClassD6
Owner (PLUTO)TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
BBL1018950055
BIN1057350, 1085325

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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 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 5.9. 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 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations12 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1987-12-01.

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

39 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Sidewalk Condition (6) · Dirty Condition (4) · General Construction/Plumbing (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Water Conservation (3) · Water System (2).

Filed construction activity

$5,256,949 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (68 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 (1910)
YesSix or more residential units (131)
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$21,982,000 $9,891,900
2026$19,200,000 $8,640,000
2027$18,489,000 $8,320,050

The city's market estimate has fallen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: FACULTY STUDENT HSG

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 79/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 10)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Ban Ban ShopFusionA—
Blue Bottle CoffeeCoffee/TeaA—
Buffalo Wild Wings GoNot yet graded—
Dos TorosMexicanAMice evidence
Haagen-DazsFrozen DessertsAMice evidence
Hex and CompanyAmericanA—
Tamashii RamenJapaneseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Toxic Chemical/Material), shared by 7 restaurants · 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.

3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2016 (2 in the last three years).

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 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 114 St — M4 M104 · 100 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

2901 Broadway

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

39 311 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

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2014-06-19RPTT&RET $1,049,900 — from HAVANA CENTRAL NY 3, LLC to 2911 BROADWAY B AND S CORP. $1,049,900

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
74
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201721230834
2018511811035
2019217130849
2020370131556
2021161130636
2022125120837
20232152901974
20241411502252
2025651901646
20260091717
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The full timeline

Construction 401Enforcement 139Housing & tenants 294Ownership & money 10Health & systems 131

Every one of the 975 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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