# 1961 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021080052/1961-amsterdam-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1021080052 · BIN 1062508 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 11 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
- 6 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing 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 3 stabilized units for 2023, of about 8 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 3, 2022: 3, 2023: 3.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1900, 5 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

28 open (class C immediately hazardous: 11, class B hazardous: 13, class A non-hazardous: 4); 83 on record.
6 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

10 in the last 12 months; 41 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (12), UNSANITARY CONDITION (8), PAINT/PLASTER (5), DOOR/WINDOW (5), ELECTRIC (4).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: TOWER 157, LLC
- Agent: ARKAR, INC
- HeadOfficer: ROBERT SEIDEN
- Officer: GILI HABERBERG
- SiteManager: FREDDY LEKA

The same owner is linked to 11 other buildings (ROBERT SEIDEN at 331 EAST HOUSTON STREET).

## 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/1021080052/1961-amsterdam-avenue-manhattan