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49 Claremont Avenue

225Records
17City systems
8Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10027 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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225 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 36 DOB violations, 34 DOB job filings, 30 boiler inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10027
Built1906
Floors6
Res. units0
ClassH8
Owner (PLUTO)BARNARD COLLEGE
BBL1019900035
BIN1059825

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations8 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 1987-10-02.

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · Asbestos (1) · Noise (1) · Elevator (1) · Curb Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$67,900 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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$4,041,000 $1,818,450
2026$4,239,000 $1,907,550
2027$4,383,000 $1,972,350

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: STUDENT DORMITORY

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 47/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

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 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Riverside Dr / W 119 St — M5 · 200 ft
Citi BikeW 120 St & Claremont Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 36 ,125. 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

49 Claremont Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

6 311 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
2017010067
2018011046
2019012148
2020000033
2021012137
20228530420
202315140727
20241260716
20250220711
2026001078
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The full timeline

Construction 64Enforcement 54Housing & tenants 40Ownership & money 6Health & systems 61

Every one of the 225 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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