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581 Academy Street

3,855Records
21City systems
73Open violations
6.2Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10034 · Neighborhood: Inwood
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3,855 recorded events, 1988–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,704 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 1,596 311 service requests, 129 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10034
Built1925
Floors5
Res. units89
ClassR4
Owner (PLUTO)ACADEMY TWINS CONDOMINUM ASSOC INC
BBL1022217501
BIN1076773, 1085390

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 71% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 6.2. In ZIP 10034, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations73 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 49 class B, 13 class A. Oldest open since 1992-05-08.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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

What 311 hears from this address

307 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (275) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · Illegal Parking (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (3) · Lead (3) · GENERAL (3).

Filed construction activity

$128,000 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1925)
YesSix or more residential units (89)
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)ACADEMY TWINS CONDO
Head officerDEVI JIMENEZ
Managing agentVERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Last registered2026-07-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$91,105 $40,997
2026$77,164 $34,724
2027$87,545 $39,395

The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this condo as if it were a rental building. Its 2023 estimate: gross income $1,634,073 a year ($21.23 per sq ft), operating expenses $738,142 ($9.59 per sq ft), net operating income $895,931. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 3 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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.

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

Subway207 St — 1 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Dyckman St / Sherman Av — M100 · 800 ft
Citi BikeAcademy St & Nagle Ave · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 005 Ellen Lurie
Middle: Middle School 322. 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

581 Academy Street

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

307 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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 VERITAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 140 buildings, 5,208 units. Grades across the portfolio: A120 · B18. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3530 Henry Hudson Pkwy E BX216 A
211 East 53 Street MN146 A
626 East 14 Street MN117 A
3103 Fairfield Avenue BX108 A
3636 Fieldston Road BX102 B
86-22 98 Street QN95 A
581 Academy Street MN89 A
3200 Netherland Avenue BX80 A
445 West 240 Street BX78 A
5620 Sylvan Avenue BX77 A
49 East 96 Street MN75 A
3050 Fairfield Avenue BX73 A
3600 Fieldston Road BX73 A
2711 Avenue X BK66 A
511 West 232 Street BX66 A
109-20 Queens Boulevard QN64 A
6300 Riverdale Avenue BX64 A
51 Tiemann Place MN62 B
1521 Watson Avenue BX61 A
306 West 97 Street MN61 A
3117 Broadway MN60 A
525 Avenue of the Americas MN60 A
6535 Broadway BX60 A
222 East 35 Street MN59 A
50 King Street MN57 A
2576 Broadway MN56 B
3656 Johnson Avenue BX56 A
3260 Netherland Avenue BX54 A
25 West 64 Street MN53 A
4265 Webster Avenue BX53 A
2400 Davidson Avenue BX51 A
2410 Davidson Avenue BX51 A
3279 Hull Avenue BX51 A
256 West 117 Street MN50 B
3701 Henry Hudson Pkwy W BX49 A
527 East 12 Street MN48 B
152 East 35 Street MN48 A
3603 Broadway MN48 A
131 West 16 Street MN48 A
45 Central Park North MN47 A
302 West 79 Street MN45 A
3512 Oxford Avenue BX45 A
649 2 Avenue MN44 A
982 Amsterdam Avenue MN44 A
5730 Mosholu Avenue BX43 A
463 West 44 Street MN43 A
29 West 64 Street MN43 A
333 East 209 Street BX43 A
145 Central Park North MN41 A
166 West 76 Street MN41 A
190 Garfield Place BK40 A
237 Eldridge Street MN40 A
321 East 71 Street MN39 A
123 Prospect Park West BK38 A
27 King Street MN38 A
322 West 90 Street MN37 A
15 Ft Washington Avenue MN36 A
175 Claremont Avenue MN36 A
319 East 105 Street MN36 A
3115 Broadway MN36 A

showing 60 of 140 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-07-27Deed $477,500 — from CLEVENOT, ADRIAN to ALVARADO AVILA, JANIO L $477,500
2026-07-27Mortgage $382,000 — from ALVARADO AVILA, JANIO L to MERS $382,000
2026-07-14Sold for $477,500 $477,500 $5,365
2026-06-09Deed $270,000 — from ESTATE OF STELA GUABA; MINKOWITZ, MORAIMA R EXEC to WOODY, AARON T $270,000
2026-04-24Sold for $270,000 $270,000 $3,034
2026-03-03Mortgage $60,000 — from DENG, JIA to TD BANK NA $60,000
2025-11-14Deed $369,000 — from YANG, SO HYUN to SKOLNICK, CARLOS L $369,000
2025-11-04Sold for $369,000 $369,000 $4,146
2025-11-04Sold for $369,000 $369,000 $4,146
2025-07-24Mortgage $280,000 — from DUARTE, ISAAC PABLO to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $280,000
2025-07-24Deed $480,000 — from CMIEL, RICHARD to DUARTE, ISAAC PABLO $480,000
2025-07-08Sold for $480,000 $480,000 $5,393
2025-07-08Sold for $480,000 $480,000 $5,393
2025-05-27Mortgage $120,000 — from WEST JR, GREGORY DAVID to DISCOVER BANK $120,000
2025-04-09Deed $390,000 — from ALONSO, YOSBEL SILES to 222 ASSOCIATES L.P. $390,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017811296419221
201832924117155
2019071523312204
202007177272213
2021012328505395
202202248305285
20230498182122
202406110146136
2025225127385
202601140141156
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The full timeline

Construction 46Enforcement 119Housing & tenants 1,837Ownership & money 1,771Health & systems 82

Every one of the 3,855 recorded events, 1988–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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