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2553 Amsterdam Avenue

A 6-story building with 58 apartments, built in 1938, in Manhattan, NY 10033.

Addresses on the lot: 488 to 490 West 187th Street.

HPD records as of November 3, 2026

70open HPD violations21 immediately hazardous
32complaints to HPD, past year9 about heat or hot water
57rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
May 2024latest housing court case12 cases on record, all years

2553 Amsterdam Avenue has 70 open HPD violations, 21 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 32 complaints to HPD in the past year, 9 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 490 REALTY LLC. 57 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 2553 Amsterdam Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 70 open violations as of November 3, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most21
B, hazardous30 days21
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days28

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, 22 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 32 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 3, 2026, 9 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 2553 Amsterdam Avenue?

2553 Amsterdam Avenue is registered with HPD to 490 REALTY LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in May 2024. HPD’s record has 12 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

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 2553 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 58 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 November 3, 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 1-02149-0097.