489 Amsterdam Avenue
Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central), NY 10024
489 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 43 open housing-code violations on file for it, one of them immediately hazardous, about 5.4 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, 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.
0tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year
43open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 5.4 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 1
- Hazardous
- 22
- Non-hazardous
- 20
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings20
- Doors, windows and locks12
- Pests6
- Smoke and CO alarms3
- Plumbing1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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