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2541 Amsterdam Avenue

A 6-story building with 59 apartments, built in 1938, in Manhattan, NY 10033.

Addresses on the lot: 2551 Amsterdam Avenue, 487 to 497 West 186th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

357open HPD violations85 immediately hazardous
42complaints to HPD, past year32 about heat or hot water
57rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
March 2024latest housing court case23 cases on record, all years

2541 Amsterdam Avenue has 357 open HPD violations, 85 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 42 complaints to HPD in the past year, 32 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 495 West 186 Holdings LLc. 57 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 2541 Amsterdam Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 357 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most85
B, hazardous30 days191
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days81

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 7 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 42 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 32 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 2541 Amsterdam Avenue?

2541 Amsterdam Avenue is registered with HPD to 495 West 186 Holdings LLc. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

9 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in March 2024. HPD’s record has 23 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

The building is in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, which takes on the city’s worst-maintained buildings.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 37% of residential buildings in 10033 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 2541 Amsterdam Avenue rent stabilized?

57 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 57 of the building’s 59 apartments. 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 1-02149-0093.