3,007 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,029 HPD housing violations, 1,029 HPD complaints, 699 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 832.2. 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 | 44 total — 22 class C (immediately hazardous), 17 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 1996-11-19. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
175 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 25 · winter 2024–25: 58 · winter 2025–26: 85). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
269 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (85) · HEAT/HOT WATER (71) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (37) · GENERAL (13) · DOOR/WINDOW (10) · PLUMBING (8).
$43,000 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1905) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (23) |
| 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) | IMBAT REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | Nasir Sasouness |
| Managing agent | IMBAT REALTY LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,102,000 | $495,900 |
| 2026 | $1,172,000 | $527,400 |
| 2027 | $1,140,000 | $513,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| 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 · 850 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: Amsterdam Av / W 135 St — M100 M101 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Amsterdam Ave & W 136 St · 150 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.
1532 Amsterdam Avenue
| 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 |
269 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 71 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $289,000 on 1988-06-09 (lender: 1532 Amsterdam Ave Eqts). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-06-09 | Mortgage $289,000 — from 1532 A.M. REALTY CORP to 1532 AMSTERDAM AVE EQTS | $289,000 | |
| 1987-10-19 | Mortgage $3,000 — from 1532 AMSTERDAM EQTSINC to COLON, JOHN | $3,000 | |
| 1985-04-26 | Mortgage $23,000 — from VARGAS, ROBERT to COLON, JOHN | $23,000 | |
| 1984-08-29 | Mortgage $51,500 — from COASTAMBER REALTY, INC. to COLON, JOHN | $51,500 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 3 | 107 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 77 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 94 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 126 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 184 | 0 | 4 | 190 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 0 | 4 | 182 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 2 | 5 | 194 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 412 | 0 | 9 | 425 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 281 | 0 | 1 | 283 |
Every one of the 3,007 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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