1254 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10027

1254 Amsterdam Avenue is a 6-story, 52-unit residential building owned by the Trustees of Columbia University, constructed in 1926 in the Morningside Heights neighborhood. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most recent being a construction lead dust complaint filed in June 2025 that remains in progress.

There have been recurring heating and hot water system problems, with multiple complaints recorded in 2022, 2021, and 2019, though most were resolved either through restoration of services or inability to gain apartment access for inspection. The building currently has two active Department of Buildings violations from 2022 concerning exterior maintenance issues, including spalled windowsills, brickwork, and concrete landing issues, along with a violation related to the failure to submit required facade inspection reports. The property has maintained a generally clean record regarding pest control, with no reported bedbug infestations in recent years (2024, 2022, and earlier filings all showing zero infested units), and all rodent inspections conducted between 2016 and 2025 have passed.

A notable exterior maintenance complaint from 2024 regarding the porch/balcony area was inspected and found to have no violations. The building has a history of unresolvable complaint access issues, where inspectors were unable to access units to verify reported problems, particularly during HVAC system failures in 2021 and 2022, as well as a plumbing complaint in 2019. While the building has faced periodic maintenance challenges, it has maintained compliance with routine rodent inspections and has demonstrated effective bedbug management through regular reporting and eradication efforts.