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1453 Amsterdam Avenue

558Records
17City systems
19Open violations
338.9Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10027 · Neighborhood: Manhattanville-West Harlem
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558 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 192 311 service requests, 119 HPD complaints, 81 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10027
Built1901
Floors5
Res. units9
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)VISION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT ION
BBL1019700073
BIN1059643

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 95% 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 338.9. In ZIP 10027, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
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 violations19 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 11 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2018-05-25.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

53 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 29 · winter 2024–25: 24). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
24
’24–25

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

What 311 hears from this address

87 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (21) · PLUMBING (15) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (14) · FLOORING/STAIRS (9) · Rodent (6) · APPLIANCE (3).

Filed construction activity

$12,500 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1901)
YesSix or more residential units (9)
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)AMSTERDAM 135 LLC
Head officerLARRY HIRSCHFIELD
Managing agentARMSTERDAM 135 LLC
Last registered2025-08-25

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$996,800 $448,560
2026$803,000 $361,350
2027$964,000 $433,800

The city's market estimate has fallen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Fork & KeySoul FoodA—

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

Subway125 St — 1 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
135 St — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 131 St — M11 M100 M101 · 100 ft
Citi BikeAmsterdam Ave & W 131 St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campos. 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

1453 Amsterdam Avenue

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

87 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 21 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,832,750 on 2001-08-15 (lender: Bank Of New York), covering 3 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
2021-08-02Mortgage $1,400,000 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) $1,400,000
2021-08-02Agreement $6,340,953 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) $6,340,953
2021-08-02Mortgage $3,800,000 — from VISION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP; AMSTERDAM 135, LLC to WALKER & DUNLOP LLC $3,800,000
2021-08-02Agreement $1,400,000 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) $1,400,000
2021-08-02Agreement $7,740,953 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) $7,740,953
2021-08-02Mortgage $6,340,953 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) $6,340,953
2021-07-29RPTT&RET $543,054 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 2001 LLC to CCW INVESTOR LLC; VISION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT $543,054
2021-07-22RPTT&RET $11,687,527 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to VISION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT $11,687,527
2021-06-30Sold for $11,687,527 $11,687,527 $1,298,614
2004-03-19Deed $2,598,886 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING to AW HOLDING L.P. $2,598,886
2004-03-19Agreement $2,598,886 — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK to AW HOLDING L.P. $2,598,886
2004-03-19Mortgage $2,598,886 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $2,598,886
2001-08-15Mortgage $1,832,750 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNRSHP HOUSING DVLPMNT F; A.W. DEVELOPMENT, LLC to BANK OF NEW YORK $1,832,751
2001-08-15Mortgage $1,832,750 — from NEIGHBORHODD PARTNRSHP HOUSING DVLPMNT F; A.W. DEVELOPMENT, LLC to BANK OF NEW YORK $1,832,751
2001-08-15Mortgage $206,700 — from A.W. DEVELOPMENT, INC.; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNRSHP HOUSING DVLPMNT F to BANK OF NEW YORK $206,701

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20175420112
201811520256
201900180119
2020003014
2021004019160
202200250227
202301410547
202400311840
202500342743
20260111705123
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The full timeline

Construction 46Enforcement 15Housing & tenants 402Ownership & money 53Health & systems 42

Every one of the 558 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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