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1562 St Nicholas Avenue

390Records
16City systems
0Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10040 · Neighborhood: Washington Heights (North)
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390 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 211 311 service requests, 42 HPD complaints, 22 rodent inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10040
Built1929
Floors1
Res. units0
ClassK1
Owner (PLUTO)1562-68 ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE, LLC
BBL1021580033
BIN1063819

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Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

86 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (50) · Illegal Parking (5) · Consumer Complaint (5) · Dirty Condition (4) · Illegal Dumping (4) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (3).

Filed construction activity

$449,156 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (17 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)1562-68 St Nicholas Ave, LLC
Head officerDavid Strauss
Managing agentSAND ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered2025-07-03

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,450,000 $1,552,500
2026$3,611,000 $1,624,950
2027$3,716,000 $1,672,200

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Mela Pica PolloSpanishNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

Subway191 St — 1 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Saint Nicholas Av / W 187 St — M3 · 200 ft
Citi BikeW 190 St & St Nicholas Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 189
Middle: 143, 346, 348. 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

1562 St Nicholas Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

86 311 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 SAND ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC — 21 buildings, 306 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B7 · C8. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
317 West 87 Street MN47 A
138-28 90 Avenue QN40 C
90-15 138 Place QN36 B
613 West 144 Street MN21 C
617 West 144 Street MN20 C
436 West 49 Street MN20 B
249 East 77 Street MN18 C
320 West 75 Street MN16 A
435 East 6 Street MN10 B
1475 1 Avenue MN9 C
221 East 60 Street MN9 C
513 East 6 Street MN8 A
503 East 6 Street MN8 A
441 East 6 Street MN8 B
507 East 6 Street MN8 B
505 East 6 Street MN8 B
437 East 6 Street MN8 C
433 East 6 Street MN8 B
10 East 10 Street MN4 C
1562 St Nicholas Avenue MN0 —
1982 Amsterdam Avenue MN0 —

Ten-year activity

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2023
2024
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017516214
2018117312
20199012324
20201020122
20213024330
2022487322
20233014219
20240029332
20250333339
20260019221
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The full timeline

Construction 41Enforcement 37Housing & tenants 274Ownership & money 3Health & systems 35

Every one of the 390 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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