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83 Hamilton Place

587Records
18City systems
57Open violations
23.8Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10031 · Neighborhood: Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill
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587 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 164 311 service requests, 161 HPD housing violations, 147 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10031
Built1920
Floors6
Res. units24
ClassC6
Owner (PLUTO)83 HAMILTON PLACE HDFC
BBL1020720022
BIN1061763

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 59% 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 23.8. In ZIP 10031, 40% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations57 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 43 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 1986-05-09.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

42 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 34). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

2
’23–24
4
’24–25
34
’25–26

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

$10,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

30 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (21) · Noise (6) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Dead/Dying Tree (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$226,800 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 (1920)
YesSix or more residential units (24)
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)83 HAMILTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND
Head officerDOROTHY EDWARDS
Managing agentWEST HARLEM GROUP ASSISTANCE, INC
Last registered2025-07-18

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,395,000 $627,750
2026$1,567,000 $705,150
2027$1,833,000 $824,850

The city's market estimate has risen 31% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $336,220 a year ($17.10 per sq ft), operating expenses $134,488 ($6.84 per sq ft), net operating income $201,732. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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

Subway137 St-City College — 1 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown only)
BusNearest boarding stop: Amsterdam Av / W 140 St — M101 · 350 ft
Citi BikeHamilton Pl & W 140 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.

Report a problem to 311

83 Hamilton Place

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

30 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by WEST HARLEM GROUP ASSISTANCE, INC. — 74 buildings, 1,080 units. Grades across the portfolio: A14 · B23 · C25 · D12. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
409 West 127 Street MN36 B
405 West 127 Street MN36 A
148 West 143 Street MN34 D
220 West 141 Street MN30 C
1496 Amsterdam Avenue MN25 B
474 West 148 Street MN24 B
152 West 129 Street MN24 B
83 Hamilton Place MN24 A
504 West 135 Street MN24 A
115 West 129 Street MN23 C
93 Hamilton Place MN23 C
1508 Amsterdam Avenue MN22 C
142 West 143 Street MN20 D
134 West 143 Street MN20 B
204 Bradhurst Avenue MN20 C
138 West 143 Street MN20 B
202 West 133 Street MN20 A
24 Convent Avenue MN20 A
34 Convent Avenue MN20 A
30 Convent Avenue MN20 A
22 Convent Avenue MN19 A
2358 8 Avenue MN19 A
232 West 149 Street MN18 B
1492 Amsterdam Avenue MN18 C
1488 Amsterdam Avenue MN18 D
102 West 142 Street MN18 C
1528 Amsterdam Avenue MN16 C
16 Old Broadway MN16 D
653 Lenox Avenue MN16 B
633 Lenox Avenue MN16 B
1524 Amsterdam Avenue MN16 C
115 West 142 Street MN15 B
625 Lenox Avenue MN14 C
629 Lenox Avenue MN14 C
131 West 142 Street MN13 C
211 West 147 Street MN12 B
509 West 142 Street MN12 C
1671 Amsterdam Avenue MN12 C
134 West 129 Street MN11 A
138 West 129 Street MN11 B
121 West 129 Street MN11 B
119 West 129 Street MN11 B
135 West 131 Street MN11 A
2504 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN10 B
434 St Nicholas Avenue MN10 B
121 West 133 Street MN10 C
124 West 134 Street MN10 C
2492 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN10 C
140 West 129 Street MN10 B
158 West 129 Street MN10 C
128 West 134 Street MN10 A
24 West 132 Street MN10 A
1455 Amsterdam Avenue MN9 C
2502 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN9 C
1459 Amsterdam Avenue MN9 B
1457 Amsterdam Avenue MN9 D
2494 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN9 D
513 West 145 Street MN8 D
1654 Amsterdam Avenue MN8 B
1638 Amsterdam Avenue MN8 C

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $812,503 on 2009-09-03 (lender: The City Of New York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-05-10RPTT&RET $100,725 — from 83 HAMILTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FU to MARTINEZ FERNANDEZ, SANDY M $100,725
2019-04-01Sold for $100,725 $100,725 $4,197
2018-05-30RPTT&RET $75,000 — from 83 HAMILTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FU to GRANT, JEROME; GRANT, MARVALYN $75,000
2018-02-23RPTT&RET $75,000 — from 83 HAMILTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FU to BRATHWAITE, JULIET; BRATHWAITE, DWAIN $75,000
2018-02-23RPTT&RET $75,000 — from 83 HAMILTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FU to CORRICA, THULA $75,000
2018-02-07Sold for $75,000 $75,000 $3,125
2015-09-16RPTT&RET $100,000 — from 83 HAMILTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FU to MADERA, JOHN; RODRIGUEZ, MARIA $100,000
2014-03-24RPTT&RET $98,000 — from CONTRERAS, CANDELARIO; CONTRERAS, VICTORIA to CASTRO, JACQUELINE; CASTRO, ROBERT $98,000
2010-06-10RPTT&RET $25,000 — from 83 HAMILTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FU to BHIMSAIN, NALINIE $25,000
2009-09-03Mortgage $812,503 — from 83 HAMILTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FU to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $812,503
2009-09-03Agreement $812,503 — from 83 HAMILTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FU to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $812,503
2009-05-05RPTT&RET $35,000 — from 83 HAMILTON PL to JAQUEZ, CHRISTIAN $35,000

Ten-year activity

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2017
66
2018
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2021
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170170210
201831564266
201922312138
202001140116
202100200121
20220160310
202300120315
202401100314
202501190323
202600280331
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The full timeline

Construction 24Enforcement 20Housing & tenants 495Ownership & money 16Health & systems 32

Every one of the 587 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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