499 Ft Washington Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-02179-0099BIN 1064340Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 12 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years

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 47 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 47 apartments.

2018 — 47 units registered2023 — 47

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

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 53 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 building16 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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2026-08-193 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH · HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH · HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH · Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2026-06-17

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN ENAMEL REGLAZE OF BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2026-10-06

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ FEET AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18984747 ISSUED 06-JUN-26 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2026-08-19

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water18

Electric8

Unsanitary Condition5

General4

Flooring/Stairs4

Paint/Plaster3

Plumbing3

Safety3

Flooring/StairsFloor2026-07-22 · closed

PlumbingBathtub/Shower2026-07-22 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-07-22 · 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

1967

Noise reports · last 12 mo

164

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1533

Street/Sidewalk224

Unspecified100

Vehicle51

Commercial27

Park18

Helicopter14

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 noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

423

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony130

Misdemeanor238

Violation55

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

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.

No active DOB violations.

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

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

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

499 FT WASHINGTON AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

BRIAN MCCARTHY

Managing agent

SAMSON MANAGEMENT LLC

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

101-01 67 DRIVEQUEENS 120 LIBERTY STREETMANHATTAN 144-67 41 AVENUEQUEENS 156 FRONT STREETMANHATTAN 17 PARK AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1995-12-29 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-04-06 · $354,722.97

Mortgage2021-04-06$354,722.97

borrower 499 FT WASHINGTON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-10-08$2,721,223.89

borrower 499 FT WASHINGTON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2007-08-09$2,800,000

borrower 499 FT. WASHINGTON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2002-12-02$1,712,335.32

borrower 499 FT. WASHINGTON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1998-10-16$752,766.42

borrower 499 FT. WASHINGTON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. · lender DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH

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.