147 West 79 Street,Manhattan, NY 10024
59 Units
•Built in 1926
•16 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 1
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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Review Summary for 147 West 79 Street
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Recent reviews for 147 West 79 Street, Manhattan, highlight the building’s attractive location, spacious pre-war apartments, and generally friendly neighbors and staff as major benefits. Residents appreciate the well-maintained lobbies, strong pest control, and new appliances in units. However, many note issues with management responsiveness, frequent rent increases, and disappointing service quality, including indifferent custodial staff and inconsistent maintenance. Heating is a recurrent concern—either overly loud or inefficient—compounded by old windows affecting energy efficiency. Noise levels vary, and building amenities like bike storage are lacking. Overall, while the building appeals for its charm and community, management and infrastructure improvements are needed.
Reviews (4)
4.5 stars
8 months ago
great apartment building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Friendly staff, great neighbors, great location
Cons:
management increases your rent by a significant amount each year
4.38 stars
Over 1 year ago
Nice, but not worth
Former Tenant
Pros:
The staff are very friendly (both the doormen and maintenance staff), the building is gorgeous, the views are great, the appliances are new, and the fellow tenants are generally good (they keep to themsleve
Cons:
The building keeps its heat on too long, making the apartment uncomfortably hot even as late as May; the elevator operator is an interesting novelty, but it gets frustrating when the doorman steps out (which of course they may need to) and then you have no way of getting to your unit. Similarly, the maintenance elevator is the only way of getting to the laundry room, but it's locked down several times a day for garbage pickup, so you have to
Advice to owner:
Address the heating issue, and post the elevator lockdown times more publicly and clearly.
Available Listings In 147 West 79 Street
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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 147 West 79 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:
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Property Owners and Associates
C
Christopher Orpheus
3.5(24)
Head Officer•
8 Properties•465 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 25
B
Bldg Management Co., Inc.
3.8(158)
Corporate Owner•
76 Properties•3822 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 92
B
Bldg 147 West 79TH Street LLC
3.9(4)
Corporate Owner•
1 Property•59 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 1
J
Johnny Morales
3.9(4)
Site Manager•
1 Property•59 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 1
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