Chinatown

138 Orchard Street,Manhattan, NY 10002

16 Units

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Built in 1900

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5 Floors

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2.6(7)
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In the past three years, this building had:
34 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 2 violations which is 0.12 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
0Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
1Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
1Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
There is no record of violation for class A

Property Owners and Associates

Barry Mandel
Head Officer
2.8(8)

2 Properties

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24 Units

Blake-riv Realty LLC
Owner, Corporate Owner
2.8(8)

2 Properties

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24 Units

Brownstone Professional Services Corp
Agent
3.1(99)

60 Properties

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818 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

Friendly Management Tour
Former Tenant
Pros:
The person that gave us (c) openigloo the tour ...
Cons:
Clarity on issues with building
Advice to owner:
Why do people move out
Had to Move Out Due to Bed Bugs
Former Tenant
Pros:
Heat was consistent, great location
Cons:
Had to move out due (c) openigloo to bed bugs, ...
Advice to owner:
I hope this issue is resolved by now.
Overpriced and not well kept
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great location, that’s it
Cons:
Not clean, poor pest management
Advice to owner:
Be more responsive
Terrible building and management
Former Tenant
Pros:
I had reduced rent during (c) openigloo pandemic.
Cons:
Worst building I’ve ever lived (c) openigloo in...
Advice to owner:
Get it together.
Bed Bugs even when they say there’s no Bed Bugs
Former Tenant
Pros:
It’s Orchard Street for God’s (c) openigloo sak...
Cons:
I had to terminate my (c) openigloo lease two m...
Advice to owner:
Stop renting your units until you deal with the...
It was alright
Former Tenant
Pros:
We mostly chose this building (c) openigloo for...
Cons:
Hard to contact super and (c) openigloo get thi...
Advice to owner:
Get in closer contact with the tenants, as well...
If the deal looks too good to be true, probs is
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location is great, vibrant neighborhood (c) ope...
Cons:
Bed bug infestation in the (c) openigloo walls....
Advice to owner:
Take advice from tenants and take care of thing...