2977 8th Avenue
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- Built in 2004 (city records)
About this building
City records list 2004 as the year built — newer than 91% of the 228 buildings we cover in ZIP 10039. The building’s floor space is 3.4 times the size of its lot: 2,531,670 sq ft of building on a 746,956 sq ft lot. 1,614 apartments — more than 99% of the 228 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10039 have.
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2977 8th Avenue
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- This is NYCHA public housing, so HPD’s violation database isn’t the maintenance record — ask the management office for this unit’s open work-order history and average repair time.
2977 8 Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10039. The closest subway is 155 St (B,D) (2-minute walk), served by the 1, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
- 2024-04-05
- 2024-02-28
- 2024-01-10
- Feb 22, 2022 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2022"
- Sep 6, 2019 "VIO ISSUED TO NYCHA ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
- Sep 6, 2019 "VIO ISSUED TO NYCHA ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2004, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 37
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 20
- PETIT LARCENY: 17
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 12
- FELONY ASSAULT: 11
- Noise - Residential: 194
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 86
- Illegal Parking: 15
- Water System: 12
- Elevator: 7
- 301 WEST 155 STREET
- 300 W 155TH ST
- 8 AVENUE
- P.S. 046 Arthur Tappan
- P.S. 028 Wright Brothers
- P.S. 004 Duke Ellington
- P.S. 046 Arthur Tappan
- Community Health Academy of the Heights
- P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-first Century Academy for C
- Community Health Academy of the Heights
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- 155 St
- 155 St
- 163 St-Amsterdam Av
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- Grade A
- Grade A
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- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade C
- Morris Jumel Mansion Inc
- Outdoor Storage
- Harris Garden
- P.s. 004 Duke Ellington
- Bradhurst Gardens Association
- Bwso Manhattan Sewer Maintenance
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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