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495 Amsterdam Avenue

Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central), NY 10024

495 Amsterdam Avenue is a 9-apartment building in Upper West Side (Central), built in 1891, managed by Apex Management Group. The City has 34 open housing-code violations on file for it, 22 of them immediately hazardous, about 3.8 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 6 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 26 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 Apex Management Group

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Units
9
Year built
1891
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.

1.0/5Among the worst on record nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

6tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 2 the year before

Typically closed in 26 days · neighborhood median is 4

34open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 3.8 per apartment

3 newly opened since our last check

Immediately hazardous
22
Hazardous
10
Non-hazardous
2

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings17
  • Doors, windows and locks8
  • Leaks, damp or mould5
  • Pests2
  • Other repairs1
  • Paint and plaster1

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026

The company that manages it, elsewhere

Apex Management Group manages 40 other buildings we cover, holding 518 apartments.

open violations
504open violations
immediately hazardous
181immediately hazardous
311 complaints
260311 complaints

in the past year

per apartment
1.0per apartment

The company’s record across its other buildings, not this building’s. A company can run one well and another badly, and these figures often predate the current management. (HPD and 311, as of 5 October 2026.)

What tenants say

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