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600 West 116 Street

750Records
17City systems
13Open violations
10.9Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10025 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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750 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 220 311 service requests, 138 DOB permits, 95 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10025
Built1912
Floors12
Res. units63
ClassD6
Owner (PLUTO)BARNARD COLLEGE
BBL1018960072
BIN1057380

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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 63% 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 10.9. 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 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations13 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 1987-10-02.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

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

$13,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

48 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (13) · Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Lead (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Food Poisoning (3) · Encampment (3).

Filed construction activity

$5,414,677 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (32 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 (1912)
YesSix or more residential units (63)
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)BARNARD COLLEGE
Head officerLAURA ROSENBURY
Managing agentBARNARD COLLEGE
Last registered2025-09-16

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$16,848,000 $7,581,600
2026$18,197,000 $8,188,650
2027$19,903,000 $8,956,350

The city's market estimate has risen 18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Pret A MangerSandwiches/Salads/Mixed BuffetA—
Shake ShackHamburgersAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

3 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object), shared by 2 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.

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

Subway116 St-Columbia University — 1 · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 116 St — M4 M60-SBS M104 · 50 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeW 116 St & Broadway · 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

600 West 116 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

48 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 BARNARD COLLEGE — 7 buildings, 121 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
600 West 116 Street MN63 A
1235 Amsterdam Avenue MN58 A
616 West 116 Street MN0 —
620 West 116 Street MN0 —
49 Claremont Avenue MN0 —
3060 Broadway MN0 —
3009 Broadway MN0 —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $790,000 on 1988-12-07 (lender: Dormitory Authrty Etal), covering 4 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-12-23RPTT $2,481,446 — from DALLAS LONESTAR (EMPIRE) LIMITED to PRET A MANGER (USA) LIMITED $2,481,446
2019-12-09RPTT $982,892 — from PAM ACQUISITIONCO LTD to JAB (ACQUISITION) LTD $982,892
2018-10-30RPTT $1,044,473 — from SHAREHOLDERS OF PAM GROUP LTD to JAB (ACQUISITION) LTD $1,044,473
2013-07-09RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH $1,810,281
2013-07-09RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH $1,810,281
1988-12-07Mortgage $790,000 — from BARNARD COLLEGE to DORMITORY AUTHRTY ETAL $790,000
1987-10-23Mortgage $24,870,000 — from BARNARD COLLEGE to DORMITORY AUTHTY NYS $24,870,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20174610310289
2018145221446
201932101319
202030190224
202111201427
2022021601634
202308130829
2024212240947
20257891631
202684160937
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The full timeline

Construction 233Enforcement 121Housing & tenants 303Ownership & money 19Health & systems 74

Every one of the 750 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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