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620 West 116 Street

197Records
16City systems
7Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10027 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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197 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 37 DOB permits, 32 DOB violations, 26 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10027
Built1907
Floors10
Res. units0
ClassH8
Owner (PLUTO)BARNARD COLLEGE
BBL1018960083
BIN1057385

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1994-12-08.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

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

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

What 311 hears from this address

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

Filed construction activity

$963,900 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)BARNARD COLLEGE
Head officerLAURA ROSENBURY
Managing agentBARNARD COLLEGE
Last registered2025-09-08

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$7,939,000 $3,572,550
2026$8,329,000 $3,748,050
2027$9,003,000 $4,051,350

The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)A — ENERGY STAR score 85/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 10)

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 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Riverside Dr / W 116 St — M5 · 200 ft
Citi BikeW 116 St & Broadway · 400 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

620 West 116 Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

2 311 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.

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 —

Ten-year activity

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2021
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017011035
2018010034
2019024017
2020001012
2021212117
20223540315
20233510312
20240250512
2025011046
2026101035
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The full timeline

Construction 63Enforcement 62Housing & tenants 34Ownership & money 2Health & systems 36

Every one of the 197 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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