6,590 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,951 311 service requests, 2,789 HPD complaints, 632 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 687.1. In ZIP 10031, 40% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 46 total — 18 class C (immediately hazardous), 20 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2019-05-15. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
591 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 268 · winter 2024–25: 167 · winter 2025–26: 124). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
594 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (284) · Noise (173) · Drinking (44) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (21) · DOOR/WINDOW (20) · PLUMBING (14).
$20,000 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (15) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | AMSTERDAM 135, LLC |
| Head officer | LARRY HIRSCHFIELD |
| Managing agent | AMSTERDAM 135, LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-25 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $572,000 | $257,400 |
| 2026 | $608,000 | $273,600 |
| 2027 | $621,000 | $279,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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.
| Subway | 137 St-City College — 1 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown only) 135 St — B C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 135 St / Amsterdam Av — M11 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Amsterdam Ave & W 136 St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 192 Jacob H. Schiff Middle: Harold O. Levy School. 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.
509 West 135 Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
594 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 284 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.
Managed by AMSTERDAM 135, LLC — 7 buildings, 100 units. Grades across the portfolio: B4 · C1 · D2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 625 West 135 Street | MN | 20 | B |
| 510 West 136 Street | MN | 18 | C |
| 529 West 135 Street | MN | 15 | B |
| 509 West 135 Street | MN | 15 | D |
| 507 West 135 Street | MN | 15 | B |
| 1747 Amsterdam Avenue | MN | 9 | B |
| 1732 Amsterdam Avenue | MN | 8 | D |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $5,142,067 on 2002-06-27 (lender: NYC Hpd), 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-02 | Agreement $7,740,953 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) | $7,740,953 | |
| 2021-08-02 | Mortgage $6,340,953 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) | $6,340,953 | |
| 2021-08-02 | Mortgage $3,800,000 — from VISION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP; AMSTERDAM 135, LLC to WALKER & DUNLOP LLC | $3,800,000 | |
| 2021-08-02 | Mortgage $1,400,000 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) | $1,400,000 | |
| 2021-08-02 | Agreement $1,400,000 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) | $1,400,000 | |
| 2021-08-02 | Agreement $6,340,953 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK (THE) | $6,340,953 | |
| 2021-07-29 | RPTT&RET $543,054 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 2001 LLC to CCW INVESTOR LLC; VISION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT | $543,054 | |
| 2021-07-22 | RPTT&RET $11,687,527 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to VISION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT | $11,687,527 | |
| 2021-06-30 | Sold for $11,687,527 | $11,687,527 | $779,168 |
| 2002-06-27 | Mortgage $5,142,067 — from AW HOLDING L.P. to NYC HPD | $5,142,067 | |
| 2000-05-16 | Mortgage $4,176,158 — from A.W. DEVELOPMENT, LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNRSHP HOUSING DVLPMNT F to BANK OF NEW YORK | $4,176,158 | |
| 2000-05-16 | Mortgage $476,121 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNRSHP HOUSING DVLPMNT F; A.W. DEVELOPMENT, LLC to BANK OF NEW YORK | $476,121 | |
| 2000-05-16 | Mortgage $4,877,458 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNRSHIPHOUSING DVLPMNT F; A.W. DEVELOPMENT, LLC to BANK OF NEW YORK | $4,877,458 | |
| 2000-05-16 | Mortgage $476,121 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNRSHP HOUSING DVLPMNT F; A.W. DEVELOPMENT, LLC to BANK OF NEW YORK | $476,121 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 373 | 0 | 2 | 375 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 565 | 0 | 2 | 570 |
| 2019 | 0 | 13 | 907 | 0 | 1 | 921 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 850 | 0 | 1 | 851 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 484 | 19 | 1 | 506 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 676 | 0 | 3 | 684 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 705 | 0 | 8 | 714 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 439 | 1 | 6 | 447 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 2 | 3 | 213 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 299 | 0 | 2 | 302 |
Every one of the 6,590 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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