Midtown South

245 West 51 Street,Manhattan, NY 10019

80 Units

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Built in 1912

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9 Floors

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3.7(9)
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    In the past three years, this building had:
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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 23 violations which is 0.28 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
    That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
    Non-hazardous
    13Class 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
    2Class C
    Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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    Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
    Jul 15, 2023§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all ceiling and walls in the entire apartment located at apt 606, 6th story, 2nd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    May 18, 2023§ 27-2005 adm code replace with new the missing upper escutcheon plate at the east wall riser in the kitchen located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    Apr 12, 2023§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling and all walls in the 4th room from north located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    Apr 09, 2023§ 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation radiator in the 2nd room from north located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    Oct 27, 2020§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling and all walls in the 4th room from north located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    Oct 27, 2020§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling and all walls in the 1st room from north located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    Oct 27, 2020§ 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the metal heat riser at east in the kitchen located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    Oct 27, 2020§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling and all walls in the foyer located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    May 06, 2020§ 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation steam riser at east wall in the kitchen located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    May 06, 2020§ 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation steam riser at east wall in the bathroom located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    May 06, 2020§ 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation radiator and steam riser at south wall. in the 1st room from north located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    May 06, 2020§ 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation radiator and steam riser at south wall. in the 4th room from north located at apt 606, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at southNot complied with
    Jan 23, 2017§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the south window stool in the 3rd room from north located at apt 901, 9th story, 2nd apartment from east at southNot complied with

    Property Owners and Associates

    245 W 51st Realty LLC C/o Aj Clarke
    Corporate Owner
    3.7(9)

    2 Properties

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    102 Units

    Ali Lajai
    Site Manager
    3.7(9)

    1 Property

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    80 Units

    C/o Aj Clarke Re Corp
    Agent
    3.3(81)

    93 Properties

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    1900 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

    Expensive but ultimately a nice building with good super
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    - concrete walls = near (c) openigloo impossibl...
    Cons:
    - occasional elevator troubles - pest (c) openi...
    Advice to owner:
    rent too expensive, and rent increases with eac...
    Building has character, fun place to live!
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    I've loved living in this (c) openigloo buildin...
    Cons:
    This building faces the Gershwin, (c) openigloo...
    Great building to live in if you like living with a mouse
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Accessibility to subway, Broadway and (c) openi...
    Cons:
    Owners refuse to call exterminators (c) openigl...
    Owner Doesn’t Care
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The people who have lived (c) openigloo in this...
    Cons:
    The owner doesn’t care about (c) openigloo maki...
    Advice to owner:
    At minimum. Fix the laundry room. Deep clean th...
    Nice neighbors, solid building
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The neighbors here are all (c) openigloo really...
    Cons:
    Terrible water pressure on the (c) openigloo up...
    Advice to owner:
    Upgrade the elevator & water pressure on upper ...
    great super
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    great super, very responsive
    Cons:
    pest control and other issues (c) openigloo are...
    Great building, helpful super
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The Super here is Great. The (c) openigloo apa...
    Cons:
    The elevator takes a long (c) openigloo time. T...
    First time review
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The building is clean and (c) openigloo the sup...
    Cons:
    There is always something wrong (c) openigloo w...
    Advice to owner:
    Find someone else to fix the elevator as the pe...
    Bad laundry room for Rent
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Super is good Building is (c) openigloo Safe N...
    Cons:
    Laundry seems antiquated. Very old machines (c)...
    Advice to owner:
    New machines in laundry room that take debit ca...