953 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10025

953 Amsterdam Avenue is a 5-story, 16-unit old law tenement building built in 1925, currently owned by Tomas Aponte. The property has experienced persistent rodent issues over the past several years, with the most recent rat activity inspections in late 2023 and late 2024 showing ongoing problems.

The building has had multiple Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) complaints related to food establishment violations, particularly concerning rodents, insects, and garbage, with some cases requiring official written notifications to the owner between 2019 and 2020. These DOHMH complaints, along with the recurring rodent inspection results indicating rat activity, suggest significant ongoing sanitation challenges. The building's maintenance record shows some periods of passing inspections, with initial inspections in 2023 and 2024 resulting in rat activity findings, though there were also times when inspections passed.

Notably, from late 2020 through 2025, there have been no documented bedbug infestations, with all recent bedbug reports showing zero infested units. A permit application was filed in July 2019 for plumbing work (Job# 110011763), but as of the latest data, this permit remains in process with no issuance date recorded. While the building has addressed some of its health and safety issues (as indicated by "resolved" status on several complaints), the pattern of recurring rodent inspections and food establishment complaints suggests that pest control and sanitation remain ongoing challenges for this property.