Midtown South

251 West 26 Street,Manhattan, NY 10001

16 Units

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Built in 1901

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5 Floors

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2.1(4)
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In the past three years, this building had:
10 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 10 violations which is 0.62 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
3Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
5Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
2Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Apr 01, 2024(a) § hmc:file annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.Nov sent out
Jun 09, 2023Section 27-2005 adm code replace with new the missing caps or covers at electrcal outlet at west wall at public hall, 4th storyNov sent out
Jun 09, 2023Section 27-2005 adm code replace with new the missing caps or covers at electrcal outlet at west wall at public hall, 5th storyNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

Chelsea Partners I, LLC
Corporate Owner
2.7(11)

3 Properties

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52 Units

Elizabeth Novotny
Site Manager
2.1(4)

1 Property

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16 Units

Eric Margules
Head Officer
2.7(30)

20 Properties

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332 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

Awful management, AVOID!!
Former Tenant
Pros:
Close to most subways, laundry (c) openigloo do...
Cons:
Management was awful! Trash never (c) openigloo...
Advice to owner:
You should be ashamed of yourselves!!
Awful management! Don’t live here
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location Close to grocery store
Cons:
Rats, roaches, and more Freezing (c) openigloo...
Advice to owner:
Take a hike
do not rent here
Former Tenant
Pros:
they allow pets
Cons:
security is abysmal. there’s no (c) openigloo c...
Advice to owner:
listen to your tenants. hire new management
No cooking gas for a year!
Former Tenant
Pros:
Quiet building and good location.
Cons:
Have not had cooking gas (c) openigloo for almo...
Advice to owner:
The building needs to be better maintained. Som...