Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
41
out of 100
Heaviest record of any building in Upper West Side (Central)
66 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
487 AMSTERDAM AVENUE · 8 apartments · built 1891 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- 1 train about 4 minutes away
Against it
- 66 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
66 violations the city still lists as unresolved
66 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 11 years.
- Disrepair16
- Paint / plaster14
- Water leak7
- Fire & life safety6
- Structural6
- Plumbing5
- Other5
- Heat / hot water3
- Pests3
- Gas1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 97% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2002-04-15 and remains open on HPD’s records.