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980 Columbus Avenue

A 5-story building with 90 apartments, built in 1900, in Manhattan, NY 10025.

Addresses on the lot: 980 to 986 Columbus Avenue, 988 to 994 Columbus Avenue.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

1open HPD violation1 hazardous
22complaints to HPD, past year4 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years11 older

980 Columbus Avenue has 1 open HPD violation. Tenants made 22 complaints to HPD in the past year, 4 about heat or hot water. It is registered to COLUMBUS AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

Does 980 Columbus Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 1 open violation as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most0
B, hazardous30 days1
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days0

No class C violation is open. 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments have one. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 2 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 22 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 4 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 980 Columbus Avenue?

980 Columbus Avenue is registered with HPD to COLUMBUS AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 11 older cases, the latest from 2018.

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

For comparison, 16% of residential buildings in 10025 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 980 Columbus Avenue rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 27, 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 1-01863-0029.