Chinatown

179 Essex Street,Manhattan, NY 10002

6 Units

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Built in 1900

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4 Floors

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2.1(4)
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In the past three years, this building had:
41 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 12 violations which is 2 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse 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
8Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
4Class 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

179-181 Essex LLC
Corporate Owner
3(7)

2 Properties

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22 Units

44 Ave B LLC
Corporate Owner
3.2(185)

105 Properties

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1783 Units

Marco Rubio
Site Manager
2.1(4)

1 Property

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6 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 first NYC apt
Former Tenant
Pros:
Updated, nice appliances, in unit (c) openigloo...
Cons:
Just some issues that come (c) openigloo with l...
bad building area
Former Tenant
Pros:
really great area! lots around (c) openigloo an...
Cons:
building and management wasnt responsive. (c) o...
Advice to owner:
Work on time management!
no heat, mice
Former Tenant
Pros:
trash always picked up
Cons:
super rude and gaslighting, mice (c) openigloo ...
Worst place I’ve ever lived, don’t live here
Former Tenant
Pros:
Online payment system
Cons:
No heat, rat infestation, awful (c) openigloo s...
Advice to owner:
Answer the phone