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1590 Amsterdam Avenue

A 5-story building with 22 apartments, built in 1905, in Manhattan, NY 10031.

Addresses on the lot: 1588 to 1594 Amsterdam Avenue, 500 to 502 West 139th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

5open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous
8complaints to HPD, past year8 about heat or hot water
31rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years18 older

1590 Amsterdam Avenue has 5 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the past year, 8 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 1588-1600 AMS LLC. 31 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 1590 Amsterdam Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 5 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most4
B, hazardous30 days1
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days0

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 11 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 8 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 1590 Amsterdam Avenue?

1590 Amsterdam Avenue is registered with HPD to 1588-1600 AMS LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 18 older cases, the latest from 2017.

It is on the city’s Speculation Watch List: rent-regulated buildings sold at prices that suggest the buyer plans to push rents up.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 25% of residential buildings in 10031 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1590 Amsterdam Avenue rent stabilized?

31 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 33 in 2018. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 28, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 1-02070-0036.