# 2172 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1021230096/2172-amsterdam-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1021230096 · BIN 1079876 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 13 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress
- 6 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 25 stabilized units for 2020, of about 13 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 25, 2019: 25, 2020: 25.
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, 13 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

22 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 16, class A non-hazardous: 3); 77 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

1 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 8 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

6 active of 7 on record; 6 decided by default; $45,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

11 in the last 12 months; 67 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (34), PLUMBING (6), DOOR/WINDOW (5), UNSANITARY CONDITION (4), GENERAL (4).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

The tax lien was sold at the city's lien sale in 2025.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 2172 AMSTERDAM
- Agent: CENTENNIAL PROPERTIES NY
- HeadOfficer: STEVEN CROMAN
- Officer: ALBERT MYERS
- SiteManager: LISANDRO VASQUEZ

The same owner is linked to 112 other buildings (STEVEN CROMAN at 424 WEST 51 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/1021230096/2172-amsterdam-avenue-manhattan