Hell's Kitchen

449 West 48 Street,

Manhattan, NY 10036

10 Units

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Built in 1901

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5 Floors

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3.3(4)
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In the past three years, this building had:
4 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 15 violations which is 1.5 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
11Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
2Class 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
Aug 31, 2017Section 26-1103 admin. code: post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agency?s housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Aug 31, 2017Section 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
Jun 28, 2017Section 27-2104 adm code post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Jun 28, 2017Section 26-1103 admin. code: post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agency?s housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Jun 28, 2017Section 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
Mar 04, 2015Section 26-1103 admin. code: post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agency''s housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd., 1st storyFalse certification
Mar 04, 2015Section 27-2104 adm code post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building., 1st storyFalse certification
Mar 04, 2014Section 27-2005 adm code & 309 m/d law abate the nuisance consisting of loud banging noise at heat riser in the 1st room from north located at apt 5e, 5th story, 1st apartment from north at eastNov sent out
Mar 04, 2014Section 27-2005 adm code refit lower sash window to fire escape in the 1st room from north located at apt 5e, 5th story, 1st apartment from north at eastNov sent out
Mar 04, 2014Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all walls and ceiling in the 1st room from north located at apt 5e, 5th story, 1st apartment from north at eastNov sent out
Mar 04, 2014Section 27-2005 adm code replace with new the missing escutcheon plate at bottom of heat riser in the 1st room from north located at apt 5e, 5th story, 1st apartment from north at eastNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

449 W. 48th St. LLC
Owner, Corporate Owner
3.3(8)

2 Properties

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25 Units

Avest Equities
Agent
3.3(4)

1 Property

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10 Units

Davenport Realty Ltd
Owner, Corporate Owner
3.3(19)

29 Properties

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945 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 apartment in NY experience
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great location, great super who (c) openigloo l...
Cons:
Noise levels coming from the (c) openigloo stre...
Advice to owner:
Be more responsive
Overall fine, except for the mice problems
Former Tenant
Pros:
Central, close to lots of (c) openigloo restaur...
Cons:
have faced repeated mice problems
Spacious BUT take care of the rodents!
Former Tenant
Pros:
Love the in-unit laundry machine (c) openigloo ...
Cons:
There are holes and cracks (c) openigloo throug...
Advice to owner:
Don't just give out mouse traps to tenants when...
Mostly good building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great building location
Cons:
Noise travels through floors a (c) openigloo li...
Advice to owner:
Fix the camera on the door