Chinatown

252 Broome Street,Manhattan, NY 10002

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16 Units

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Built in 1890

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6 Floors

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2.4(2)
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In the past three years, this building had:
91 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 21 violations which is 1.31 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse 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
6Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
13Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Jan 03, 2024§ 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation steam riser at west wall in the bathroom located at apt 9, 4th story, 1st apartment from south at westNov sent out
Jan 03, 2024§ 27-2005 hmc: refit building front entrance door , 1st storyNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

Michael Forrest
Shareholder
2.8(20)

4 Properties

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76 Units

Sassan Mahfar
Shareholder, Officer
3(54)

12 Properties

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209 Units

Sma Equities
Agent
2.4(2)

1 Property

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16 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

Good for neighborhood
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great location and neighborhood
Cons:
Pests can be an issue
Advice to owner:
Better garbage management
Completely Unreachable Management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Old and beautiful
Cons:
Management/maintenance are completely unreachab...
Advice to owner:
Take responsibility for this property and keep ...