Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
100
out of 100
Lightest record of any building in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
20 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, 3 apartments here are rent stabilized.
856 AMSTERDAM AVENUE · 9 apartments · built 1920 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 3 apartments here are rent stabilized
- 1 train about 2 minutes away
Against it
- 20 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
20 violations the city still lists as unresolved
20 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 18 years.
- Fire & life safety6
- Structural5
- Other3
- Refuse / sanitation3
- Pests2
- Disrepair1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 85% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1993-04-27 and remains open on HPD’s records.