1887 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10032

1887 Amsterdam Avenue is a 5-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1940, currently owned by Shaul Koplowitz. The property has experienced recurring maintenance issues, with the most recent being heat and hot water outages in June 2025, following plumbing and sewage problems in May 2025. These recent complaints follow a pattern of infrastructure challenges, including heat and hot water issues, and multiple pest-related incidents between 2023-2024.

Notably, there were six separate pest complaints in May 2024 alone, though HPD was unable to gain access for inspections. The building has also faced electrical concerns, with a power outage in December 2023 and complaints about defective wiring in December 2023, both of which resulted in no violations being issued upon inspection. The property has three active Housing Maintenance Code violations as of 2023-2024.

One C-class violation involves defective self-closing doors at the building entrance (2023), and two A-class violations concern the failure to file annual bedbug reports (2022-2023). While there were several complaints about building shaking and structural concerns recorded in late 2023 and 2024, investigations found no violations. The building's pest management status shows regular inspections and bait application, with the most recent rodent inspection in April 2025 passing, though there was a failed inspection in February 2025 for "Other Reasons". Importantly, the building's bedbug reporting history from 2019-2025 shows consistently zero infested units, suggesting effective management of this particular issue.