20 West 69 Street,Manhattan, NY 10023
11 Units
•Built in 1895
•4 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 1
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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Review Summary for 20 West 69 Street
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Recent reviews for 20 West 69 Street in Manhattan highlight a prime location with friendly neighbors. However, issues with management stand out: delays in fixing maintenance problems, disruptive construction, and sudden rent hikes are recurring complaints. Concerns about safety due to faulty electrical setups and poor building maintenance are raised. Recommendations include improved organization, better maintenance practices, and increased responsiveness from the owner. While the building's location is lauded, significant improvements in management and upkeep are essential to enhance the overall living experience for tenants.
Reviews (3)
3.75 stars
Over 1 year ago
Terrible management company
Former Tenant
Pros:
Incredible location, beautiful street, high ceilings and tall windows. Neighbors are very nice
Cons:
When we moved in we discovered that half the outlets in the apartment didn’t work, and management refused to fix them so we had to run potentially dangerous extension cords all around the apartment.
We had incredibly loud construction above us for several months every morning starting at 7am, which also caused multiple leaks in our apartment. Management refused to even give us an estimate of when the construction might be over, and just told us if we don’t like it we should move out.
The heat one winter was blasting to about 90 degrees, and they told us they wouldn’t turn it down, that we should just leave our windows open all day, even when we’re not home. (“Don’t worry, no one’s going to break in!”)
The location close to the park is lovely, but also means that the neighborhood is an absolute zoo every weekend and it’s hard to get to your building on marathon day/Halloween/other random events.
Lots of construction on the street means constant honking and noise every morning.
Building was beautiful but pretty run-down and not well-maintained.
At one point, one apartment in the building was an illegal Airbnb and random groups of people would show up every weekend to party. Management made everyone come to the office to get a new front door key in an attempt to get rid of the airbnb tenants, but somehow failed to realize that since they hadn’t legally evicted that tenant yet, they’d have to provide them a new key, as well…
Threatened to withhold our security deposit if we didn’t let them show our apartment to prospective tenants at any time they wanted, even when we were out of town.
Landlord would raise the rent drastically each year- our rent went up $1300 in two years.
We had incredibly loud construction above us for several months every morning starting at 7am, which also caused multiple leaks in our apartment. Management refused to even give us an estimate of when the construction might be over, and just told us if we don’t like it we should move out.
The heat one winter was blasting to about 90 degrees, and they told us they wouldn’t turn it down, that we should just leave our windows open all day, even when we’re not home. (“Don’t worry, no one’s going to break in!”)
The location close to the park is lovely, but also means that the neighborhood is an absolute zoo every weekend and it’s hard to get to your building on marathon day/Halloween/other random events.
Lots of construction on the street means constant honking and noise every morning.
Building was beautiful but pretty run-down and not well-maintained.
At one point, one apartment in the building was an illegal Airbnb and random groups of people would show up every weekend to party. Management made everyone come to the office to get a new front door key in an attempt to get rid of the airbnb tenants, but somehow failed to realize that since they hadn’t legally evicted that tenant yet, they’d have to provide them a new key, as well…
Threatened to withhold our security deposit if we didn’t let them show our apartment to prospective tenants at any time they wanted, even when we were out of town.
Landlord would raise the rent drastically each year- our rent went up $1300 in two years.
Advice to owner:
Treat your building and tenants with respect
3.5 stars
Over 2 years ago
Good building, ownership could be better
Former Tenant
Pros:
Building is in a perfect location, neighbors are friendly and nice
Cons:
Property management is a bit disorganized, thought our lease ended on a different day than it actually did, then raised out rent and charged us a pro-rated raise since they missed our original lease ending date.
Advice to owner:
Be more organized
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Rents and Deposits
-- of renters received their security deposits back
It dummy text been reported if this building dummy electronic rent payments.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 4 days ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 20 West 69 Street is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
0
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Hazardous
0
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Immediately hazardous
0
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Missing information/filings
0
class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Property Owners and Associates
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20 West 69TH St LLC
3.3(3)
Corporate Owner•
1 Property•11 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 1
P
Philip Widlanski
3.4(13)
Agent•
12 Properties•157 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 9
P
Philip Widlawski
3.3(3)
Head Officer•
1 Property•11 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 1
M
Michael Widlanski
3.2(15)
Shareholder•
10 Properties•138 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 8
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