491 Amsterdam Avenue
Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central), NY 10024
491 Amsterdam Avenue is a 17-apartment building in Upper West Side (Central), built in 1891, managed by J.K. Dansar CORP. The City has 31 open housing-code violations on file for it, 7 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.8 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 J.K. Dansar CORP
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- Units
- 17
- 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.
Complaints are down from 38 to 0 year on year.
0tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 38 the year before
31open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.8 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 7
- Hazardous
- 14
- Non-hazardous
- 10
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings7
- Doors, windows and locks6
- Other repairs5
- Smoke and CO alarms5
- Heat or hot water3
- Leaks, damp or mould2
Housing Court
The City 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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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
Nobody has written about 491 Amsterdam Avenue yet.
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