017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 10 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB 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.
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The owner registered 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 10 apartments.
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2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 4
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.
The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
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
Landlord and related buildings
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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
10
Open now
221
On record
7
Open Class C
3
Open Class B
0
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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2026-05-01
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-05-21
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT PUBLIC HALL
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-03-17RENT-IMPAIRING
567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT RATS AT WEST YARD
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-06-06RENT-IMPAIRING
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF RODENTS RATS AT FRONT AREAWAY
Status: Defect letter issued
311 complaints from tenants
56
All time
17
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water32
Unsanitary Condition12
Plumbing6
Door/Window4
General1
Water Leak1
Water LeakHeavy Flow2026-04-14 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-03-30 · open
PlumbingBathtub/Shower2026-03-30 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
414
Noise reports · last 12 mo
35
≈ per month
73
% from neighbors
Residential301
Street/Sidewalk51
Unspecified41
Vehicle11
Commercial8
Park1
Helicopter1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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 crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
290
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
24
≈ per month
Felony85
Misdemeanor131
Violation74
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.
DOB building violations
1
Active
11
On record
0
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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2009-02-18
OATH/ECB violations and fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
Housing court: repair & harassment cases
6
Cases on record
0
Open now
4
Tenant-brought
0
Harassment found
0
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 2024-03-28
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2017-05-25
False Certification Non-Lead
CLOSEDOpened 2015-10-02
False Certification Non-Lead
CLOSEDOpened 2015-04-09
Heat / hot water
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
AMSTERDAM AVENUE INVESTOR, LLC
Head officer
DONALD HASTINGS
Managing agent
BRIAN GARLAND
71 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
borrower EXTELL 1274 AMSTERDAM AVENUE LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY 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.