Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
49
out of 100
Heavier than 87% of buildings in Washington Heights (South)
74 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
1985 AMSTERDAM AVENUE · 24 apartments · built 1910 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- C train about 3 minutes away
Against it
- 74 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 5% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
74 violations the city still lists as unresolved
74 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 21 months.
- Pests15
- Paint / plaster13
- Heat / hot water12
- Disrepair9
- Mold7
- Lead paint6
- Fire & life safety5
- Structural3
- Water leak2
- Other1
- Plumbing1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 92% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2007-07-24 and remains open on HPD’s records.