2 UWS Buildings Named Among ‘Most Distressed’ in New York City

202 West 82nd Street, which was featured on the new “Most Distressed Apartment Buildings” list. Google Maps.

By Gus Saltonstall

Two Upper West Side buildings were recently named among the “most distressed” properties in New York City.

This week, the city’s Mayor’s Office, in partnership with the Housing Preservation and Development Department, released an updated list of the 250 most distressed apartment buildings in the five boroughs, which have “the most severe housing code violations citywide.”

The buildings placed on the list are now subject to heightened oversight through the “Alternative Enforcement Program.” The program enables the city to monitor properties through more frequent inspections and issue Orders to Correct, stepping in directly to make repairs when owners fail to do so, and then billing the landlords for the costs.

Here are the two Upper West Side buildings that earned the dubious honor of a spot on the list.

202 West 82nd Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam

The 82nd Street building is a 30-unit residential property that currently has 133 violations, according to HPD.

Those violations include mold sightings, doors with missing hinges, cockroach infestations, and a need to replace carbon monoxide detectors, HPD’s online portal shows. Of the violations at the UWS building, 21 are Class C, which means they are “immediately hazardous.”

926 Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side. Google Maps.
926 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 105th and 106th streets

The 926 Amsterdam Avenue property is a smaller residential building with only 10 units, but it has a staggering 436 violations, and 582 complaints over the last two years, according to the HPD portal.

The violations, 90 of which are Class C, include mice infestations, broken radiators, broken pipes connected to the kitchens and bathrooms, and cracked flooring, according to HPD.

A few of the recent complaints made by residents of 926 Amsterdam Avenue relate to a lack of gas and heat, leaky pipes, peeling plaster, and stuck windows, the HPD portal also shows.

In total, the full list of 250 buildings includes more than 7,000 apartments with a total of 54,909 open housing violations, and property owners on the list owe the city around $4.5 million for emergency repairs.

“In our first month in office, we’ve been clear: New York will no longer look the other way while bad landlords put tenants at risk. The Alternative Enforcement Program gives us the power to closely monitor repeat offenders and step in to fix conditions when landlords refuse to do their jobs,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a news release.

You can check out the full release from the city — HERE.

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