968 Amsterdam Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01879-0036BIN 1056659Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 active DOB violation(s)
022 open HPD violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 111 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 8

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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The building

1930

Built

Floors

111

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade C — below average

ENERGY STAR score 57 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

This building and the landlord's others

This building3 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2023-11-022 violations

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE BATHROOM , THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING ELECTRIC OUTLET COVER AT NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water15

Plumbing2

Unsanitary Condition2

Flooring/Stairs1

Water Leak1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-26 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-17 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-15 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1090

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential519

Street/Sidewalk295

Unspecified131

Commercial96

Vehicle38

Park7

Helicopter3

House of Worship1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

381

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony123

Misdemeanor181

Violation77

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2020-08-28

ACTIVE · LL1080-LOCAL LAW 10/80 - FACADE FACADE OPTIONAL1997-07-01

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2014-11-25

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

200 West 108 Housing Corp.

Head officer

Steven Cacevic

Managing agent

AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC.

3 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1989-01-24 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-10-28 · $331,650.81

Mortgage2020-10-28$331,650.81

borrower 200 WEST 108 HOUSING CORP. · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2017-10-18$1,000,000

borrower 200 WEST 108 HOUSING CORP · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2010-10-08$1,000,000

borrower 200 WEST 108 HOUSING CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2001-01-22$73,861.77

borrower 200 WEST 108 HOUSINGCORP. · lender NCB CAPITAL CORPORATION

Mortgage2001-01-22$550,000

borrower 200 WEST 108 HOUSINGCORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.