487 Amsterdam Avenue
Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central), NY 10024
487 Amsterdam Avenue is an 8-apartment building in Upper West Side (Central), built in 1891, managed by 487-89 Amsterdam Avenue HDFC. The City has 105 open housing-code violations on file for it, 6 of them immediately hazardous, about 13.1 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 21 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 3 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by 487-89 Amsterdam Avenue HDFC
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- Units
- 8
- Year built
- 1891
- Neighborhood
- Upper West Side (Central)
- Borough
- Manhattan
This building’s record with the City
Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 3 days from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.
21tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 13 the year before
105open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 13.1 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 6
- Hazardous
- 60
- Non-hazardous
- 39
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings33
- Doors, windows and locks27
- Leaks, damp or mould12
- Pests9
- Plumbing4
- Heat or hot water3
Housing Court
Tenants took this building's owner to Housing Court 1 time since October 2023.
A case is a filing, not a finding. Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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