162 East 55 Street,
Manhattan, NY 10022

30 Units

Built in 1941

6 Floors

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 2
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
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Reviews (2)

9 months ago
Pretty Nice Place
Former Tenant
Pros:
Cheap Rent for the size of the studios
Warm in winter months
Good location for midtown offices
Cons:
Not a very community type area
Over 4 years ago
Unresponsive management, lazy super, and Illegal rental practices
Former Tenant
Pros:
Good location, decently sized units, a monthly exterminator is sent around
Cons:
Old and outdated appliances; no microwaves, dishwashers, or A/C; lazy and inept superintendent who took three months to solve a toilet flushing problem that was a 15 minute fix; illegal $100 application fees; poor trash management with roach and mice issues; black sooty dust comes into the windows from the alleyways they look onto; literally can’t get any responses from landlord; poorly maintained with sagging floors, exposed nails, and extremely bad peeling paint that at its worst would fall down in foot-diameter chunks; the truly worst experience was when the building’s sewage backed up through my kitchen sink and spilled out all over the countertops and floor. It took four business days and constant calling the phone lines to finally get assistance from management, and they refused to cover cleaning costs which I shelled out $80 out of pocket for. They literally told me that if I wanted to do something about it I should take them to court.

They were also late on returning the security deposit.
Advice to owner:
When people say eat the rich, they’re talking about Jane and Allan Goldman. For both your commercial and residential tenants, providing poor service quality is bad business and as your dad’s portfolio shrinks from your mismanagement people will have more and more opportunities to escape your slumlord ways.

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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 an hour ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 162 East 55 Street is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.03 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
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class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
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Hazardous
1
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Dec 04, 2020: § 27-2017.3 hmc: trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx 10 sq ft at south wall in the bathroom located at apt 3b, 3rd story, 1st apartment from north at east
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Immediately hazardous
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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
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class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
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Property Owners and Associates
M
Michael Guarino
2.9(2)
Agent
1 Property30 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 2
L
Louisa Little
2.9(2)
Officer
1 Property30 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 2
E
162 East 55TH Street LLC
2.9(2)
Corporate Owner
1 Property30 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 2
J
Jane Goldman
3.5(233)
Head Officer
145 Properties3978 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 77

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