Midtown South

249 West 26 Street,

Manhattan, NY 10001

18 Units

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Built in 1901

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5 Floors

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3.2(6)
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In the past three years, this building had:
196 complaints
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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 14 violations which is 0.77 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
6Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
5Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Jul 13, 2022Section 27-2005 adm code refit the door in the kitchen located at apt 1a, 1st story, 1st apartment from north at eastNov sent out
Jul 13, 2022Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling at public hall, 5th storyNov sent out
Nov 19, 2021Section 329, m/d law and dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor frame missing at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

Chelsea Partners I, LLC
Corporate Owner
2.8(9)

3 Properties

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52 Units

Elizabeth Novotny
Site Manager
3.2(6)

1 Property

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18 Units

Eric Margules
Head Officer
2.7(27)

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

Overpriced now; but was a great starter apartment
Former Tenant
Pros:
It was a very cute (c) openigloo place, nice, g...
Cons:
We moved out because they (c) openigloo wouldn’...
Advice to owner:
Skip the broker! And find better management.
Close to subway
Former Tenant
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Close to subway
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Trash disposal is bad
DO NOT RENT HERE!
Former Tenant
Pros:
The location of the building, (c) openigloo the...
Cons:
The management company is horrendous! (c) openi...
Advice to owner:
Retain a completely different management compan...
My experience
Former Tenant
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Clean, Bug guy came every (c) openigloo month, ...
Cons:
I had no gas the (c) openigloo entire time of m...
Advice to owner:
Man up bud.
Old but convenient
Former Tenant
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Close to multiple subway lines, (c) openigloo q...
Cons:
Maintenance issues never fixed, cooking (c) ope...
Decent place
Former Tenant
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It was a nice building, (c) openigloo nice neig...
Cons:
There are roaches and the (c) openigloo managem...
Advice to owner:
please be more responsive