Midtown South

488 7 Avenue,Manhattan, NY 10018

104 Units

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Built in 1902

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13 Floors

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4(12)
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In the past three years, this building had:
51 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 5 violations which is 0.04 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
4Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
0Class 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
Jun 01, 2022Section 27-2053 adm code post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Jan 14, 2019Section 27-2046.1 hmc: post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Jan 14, 2019Section 27-2005 hmc: post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Jan 14, 2019Section 27-2053 adm code post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

106 Greenwich LLC
Agent, Corporate Owner
3.8(32)

13 Properties

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401 Units

488 Seventh LLC
Agent, Corporate Owner
4(12)

2 Properties

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120 Units

Behrooz Torkian
Shareholder, Officer
3.8(32)

13 Properties

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401 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 but has problems
Former Tenant
Pros:
Amenities, services and doorman. Good (c) openi...
Cons:
Management, unresponsive, garbage chutes super ...
Advice to owner:
Be more responsive to the tenants
Nice people, improved management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Convenient to nearly all subway (c) openigloo l...
Cons:
Walls are a little thin, (c) openigloo but you ...
Advice to owner:
N/A
Great building overall
Former Tenant
Pros:
Soundproof windows! Especially in midtown (c) o...
Cons:
Location gets tiring after a (c) openigloo whil...
Torkian: not responsive, unreasonable rent hikes, minimal maintenance
Former Tenant
Pros:
The door staff are great (c) openigloo and we h...
Cons:
The management company is unprofessional, (c) o...
Advice to owner:
Get a Super who is helpful, respond timely to u...
Central location but too loud
Former Tenant
Pros:
Very central location in midtown (c) openigloo ...
Cons:
It is very loud and (c) openigloo there’s alway...
Great Apartment and Management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Nice unit Great heating/AC Clean lobby
Cons:
Location Noise level from street
Advice to owner:
Keep it up
Just okay for an year
Former Tenant
Pros:
location is the only one (c) openigloo I guess.
Cons:
- Managements are not responding (c) openigloo ...
Advice to owner:
Well… Do better
Convenient transportation great spot
Former Tenant
Pros:
All the train lines
Cons:
Absolute darkness in the unit (c) openigloo 24/7
Nice building, Unresponsive Management
Former Tenant
Pros:
24 hour doorman, gym, laundry (c) openigloo on ...
Cons:
No natural light
Advice to owner:
Do better.
Decent building but minor issues with management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Rooms were pretty soundproof, and (c) openigloo...
Cons:
When we decided not to (c) openigloo renew, man...
Overall a decent place to stay
Former Tenant
Pros:
Very good location that is (c) openigloo close ...
Cons:
It can be a bit (c) openigloo noise so it’s a v...
Advice to owner:
Some renovations on the inside and better sound...
Resident for 2 Years
Former Tenant
Pros:
- doormen are extremely nice (c) openigloo and ...
Cons:
- walls are pretty thin