Chinatown

49 Essex Street,Manhattan, NY 10002

15 Units

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Built in 1900

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5 Floors

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4.3(1)
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In the past three years, this building had:
18 complaints
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Open Violations

A violation is issued to a building when a city inspector from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development validates and confirms a complaint made to 311. The violations listed below are open violations that have yet to be addressed or have not been confirmed as resolved by the city.
This building has a total of 4 violations which is 0.26 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
2Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
2Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
0Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Jul 23, 2017Section 27-2053 adm code post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Jul 23, 2017Section 27-2005 hmc: post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

Brownstone Professional Services Corp
Agent
3.1(99)

60 Properties

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818 Units

Essex Realty Manager Inc.
Corporate Owner
4.3(1)

2 Properties

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22 Units

Jerrold Levy
Head Officer
4.3(1)

2 Properties

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22 Units

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Renter Recommendations

60% of renters recommend this building

60% of renters approve of this owner

Rents and Deposits

95% of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.

Reviews

Nice big apartment
Former Tenant
Pros:
Apartment is pretty big and (c) openigloo has l...
Cons:
The water is horrible. Not (c) openigloo only i...
Advice to owner:
Get a new boiler for the water and maybe even r...