641 Columbus Avenue

641 Columbus Avenue in Upper West Side, Manhattan, has 2 open HPD violations, and its rent-stabilization status could not be verified, as of Oct 25, 2026.

Public housing (NYCHA) · Mixed residential & commercial · 168 units · Built 1972

Owned by the New York City Housing Authority. Rent is set by household income, and HPD does not enforce the housing code here; conditions are handled through NYCHA and its federal monitor.

StreetSpy grade: Not graded (Not graded)

• Public housing (NYCHA): rent is set by household income, and HPD does not inspect these buildings, so there is no violation record to grade.
• Conditions, repairs and transfers go through NYCHA's Customer Contact Center (718-707-7771) and the federal monitor's reports.

• Repairs: 2 open, records as of Oct 25, 2026
• Heat and hot water: No complaints, 12 mo, records as of Oct 25, 2026
• Pests: No bedbug filing, 3 yr, records as of Oct 27, 2026
• Safety: No open DOB violations, records as of Oct 23, 2026
• Registration: Not on file, records as of Oct 28, 2026

How the grade works

Housing code violations (HPD)

2 open violations: 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. 0 issued in the last 12 months. 4 on record. Oldest open violation issued 2008-04-30. Newest violation issued 2018-06-04. No new HPD violation has been issued here since 2018. Most of the open count is older violations that were never closed.

HPD recorded no violation closed here in the last 12 months.

• Class B: Damaged plaster or paint, 21st floor. REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WEST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 21F, 21st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST (apt 21F), issued 2008-04-30. HPD violation 7265151
• Class B: Damaged plaster or paint, 3rd room from the north, 21st floor. REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 21F, 21st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST (apt 21F), issued 2008-04-30. HPD violation 7265152

311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months, 1 in 5 years. Most common: Unsanitary Condition (1).

Bedbugs

No bedbug filing on record for the last 3 years. HPD's bedbug filings are self-reported by the owner once a year; HPD does not inspect to confirm them.

• 2026: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2025: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2024: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2023: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2022: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2021: No bedbug filing on record for this year

Buildings department (DOB)

No open DOB violations. 2 DOB violations on record. Check on DOB BIS.

Evictions and housing court

2 executed evictions in the last 3 years (4 on record). 0 open HPD cases; 0 harassment findings.

Rent stabilization

Stabilization status could not be verified.

Owner and management

Owner: NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY. This owner has 27 buildings on record, 0 graded D or F. See the full portfolio.

Tax lot and city IDs

BBL 1012050001, HPD building ID 9802. HPD Online, ACRIS, DOB BIS.

Nearest subway

• 96 St (C, B), 5 min walk
• 86 St (C, B), 5 min walk
• 96 St (1, 2, 3), 6 min walk

How the grade is calculated

Sources: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations, NYC 311 Service Requests, NYC HPD Bedbug Reporting, NYC Marshal Evictions (DOI), NYC HPD Housing Litigations, NYC DOB Violations, NYC DOF tax bills (via JustFix Who Owns What portfolio API, v2), NYC Dept. of City Planning PLUTO (tax-roll owner). Methodology. Report generated 2026-10-28.