# 1640 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020730029/1640-amsterdam-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1020730029 · BIN 1061795 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 29 stabilized units for 2023, of about 29 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 29, 2019: 29, 2020: 29, 2021: 29, 2022: 29, 2023: 29.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 5 floors, 29 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

0 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 82 on record.

## DOB building violations

1 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 14 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 7 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

10 in the last 12 months; 30 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (15), PAINT/PLASTER (4), APPLIANCE (3), DOOR/WINDOW (2), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).

## Bedbugs

9 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 3 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2020 (90-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 141ST STREET ASSOCIATES, LP
- Agent: METROPOLITAN REALTY GROUP LLC
- HeadOfficer: SCOTT JAFFEE
- Officer: MELANIA CINQUE
- SiteManager: MIRIAMYELLY ORTIZ

The same owner is linked to 46 other buildings (SCOTT JAFFEE at 60 CUTTERMILL ROAD).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1020730029/1640-amsterdam-avenue-manhattan