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111 Wadsworth Avenue

4,910Records
23City systems
7Open violations
6.5Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10033 · Neighborhood: Washington Heights (South)
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4,910 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 23 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,566 311 service requests, 1,016 HPD complaints, 342 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10033
Built1962
Floors32
Res. units480
ClassD7
Owner (PLUTO)HP RACHEL BRIDGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN D
BBL1021620001
BIN1079920, 1079921

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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 60% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 6.5. In ZIP 10033, 41% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations7 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-03-11.
Pending HPD litigation1 case(s) pending in housing court

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

129 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 43 · winter 2024–25: 26 · winter 2025–26: 60). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

43
’23–24
26
’24–25
60
’25–26

2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

$6,560 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

1,022 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (686) · HEAT/HOT WATER (64) · Illegal Parking (40) · Vendor Enforcement (36) · Elevator (25) · Derelict Vehicles (20).

Filed construction activity

$1,762,675 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (31 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 (1962)
YesSix or more residential units (480)
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)THE GEORGE UNITS LLC
Head officerJACOB J SCHWIMMER
Managing agentTHE GEORGE UNITS LLC
Last registered2025-11-17

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$31,131,000 $14,008,950
2026$36,907,000 $16,608,150
2027$35,847,000 $16,131,150

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 11/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Elevators6 active device(s) on record
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
El Pirata Street FoodNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2024 (2 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

Subway181 St — 1 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
175 St — A · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Saint Nicholas Av / W 178 St — M3 · 200 ft
Citi BikeWadsworth Ave & W 179 St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 103, 132
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

111 Wadsworth Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

1,022 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 64 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 THE GEORGE UNITS LLC — 2 buildings, 960 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1360 St Nicholas Avenue MN480 B
111 Wadsworth Avenue MN480 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $41,804,426 on 2019-01-29 (lender: Walker & Dunlop, LLC), covering 2 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-12-05Agreement $136,000,000 — from BISTRICER, DAVID; THE GEORGE UNITS LLC; HP RACHEL BRIDGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION $136,000,000
2019-03-11Agreement $136,000,000 — from THE GEORGE UNITS LLC to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC $136,000,000
2019-03-11CORRM $41,804,427 — from THE GEORGE UNITS LLC to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC $41,804,427
2019-01-29Mortgage $41,804,427 — from THE GEORGE UNITS LLC to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC $41,804,427
2019-01-29Agreement $136,000,000 — from THE GEORGE UNITS LLC to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC $136,000,000
2014-10-14Agreement $94,500,000 — from THE GEORGE UNITS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $94,500,000
2014-10-14Mortgage $56,500,000 — from THE GEORGE UNIT LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $56,500,000
2005-07-15Agreement $38,000,000 — from THE GEORGE UNITS LLC; RACHEL BRIDGE CORP. to COLUMN FINANCIAL, INC.; BISTRICER, DAVID; SCHWIMMER, EVA $38,000,000
2005-01-11Agreement $38,000,000 — from RACHEL BRIDGE CORP. to COLUMN FINANCIAL, INC. $38,000,000
1992-03-11Mortgage $19,619,753 — from FEDERAL HM LN MTG CORP to RACHEL BRIDGE CORP $19,619,753
1989-12-11Mortgage $640,000 — from RACHEL BRIDGE CORP to FIRST AMERICAN BK NY $640,000
1988-04-11Mortgage $1,500,000 — from RACHEL BRIDGE CORP to CITIBANK, N.A. $1,500,000
1988-02-09Mortgage $2,500,000 — from RACHEL BRIDGE CORP to CITIBANK N A $2,500,000
1987-07-10Mortgage $9,086,000 — from RACHEL BRIDGE CORP to J.I. KISLAK MTGE CORP. $9,086,000

Ten-year activity

1,0005000
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
537
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171231370010423
2018626154012198
20192864333716448
2020214728707362
2021102316107201
20222010427010467
202381750309537
2024114487614522
202542387011404
2026141216808202
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The full timeline

Construction 186Enforcement 551Housing & tenants 3,986Ownership & money 63Health & systems 124

Every one of the 4,910 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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