Midtown South

245 East 40 Street,Manhattan, NY 10017

269 Units

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Built in 1972

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34 Floors

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4.1(26)
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    In the past three years, this building had:
    233 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 2 violations which is less than 0.01 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
    That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
    Non-hazardous
    1Class A
    Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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    Hazardous
    0Class B
    Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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    Immediately-hazardous
    1Class C
    Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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    Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
    May 15, 2023§ 27-2005 adm code repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at north and west wall in the 1st room from north at west located at apt 4j, 4th story, 1st apartment from west at north , section ''south''First no access to re- inspect violation

    Property Owners and Associates

    Asn Murray Hill LLC
    Corporate Owner
    3.9(57)

    2 Properties

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    594 Units

    Eqr-east 27th Street Apartments
    Corporate Owner
    4(135)

    17 Properties

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    4032 Units

    Equity Residential Management, LLC
    Agent
    4(114)

    24 Properties

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    5289 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

    Overall nice building
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Huge apartments, great doormen, responsive (c) ...
    Cons:
    Interior noise is fine but (c) openigloo very c...
    Good building with doorman and amenities
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Doorman, clean, amenities
    Cons:
    Water pressure, heating and airflow (c) openigl...
    close to perfect
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    good staff, active maintenance crew
    Cons:
    occasional roaches seen
    Advice to owner:
    none
    Murray Hill Tower
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Large apartment space, flex rooms (c) openigloo...
    Cons:
    Elevator service is slow
    Decent place to live
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Amenities are nice.
    Cons:
    Expensive, AC didn’t work well
    Murray Hill Tower
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Great doormen, clean
    Cons:
    Elevators aren’t always working
    Advice to owner:
    Rent goes up too much yearly
    Murray Hill Tower Review
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Building was clean for the (c) openigloo most p...
    Cons:
    -egregious year over year rent (c) openigloo in...
    Advice to owner:
    Focus more on tenant retention
    Loved living here
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Loved living here
    Cons:
    Expensive lease renewal
    Good location but building is falling apart
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Close to grand central Spacious apartments (c) ...
    Cons:
    Elevators are always broken. Management (c) ope...
    Nice place to live
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Amenities, space, managment
    Cons:
    Elevator issues fairly often
    Long elevator lines
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Doorman, roof, price
    Cons:
    Elevators, location, leasing office
    Good experience
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Very helpful doormen
    Cons:
    Constant issues with the elevators
    Advice to owner:
    N/A
    perfect first apt
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    doormen and laundry
    Cons:
    elevators were broken
    Advice to owner:
    doormen are the best
    Great location but too old for the price
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Location, friendly doormen, good gym
    Cons:
    Very loud (neighbors often have (c) openigloo p...
    Advice to owner:
    Elevators and apartments need renovation
    Good solid placd
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Liked management of property and (c) openigloo ...
    Cons:
    Could get loud, and elevator (c) openigloo main...
    Fair Short Term Deal for Jr 1 bedroom / 1.5 bathrooms apt at $4.5K
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Full amenities building with doorman (c) openig...
    Cons:
    In short, this is not (c) openigloo truly a lux...
    Advice to owner:
    Be more transparent to tenants, provide better ...
    Clean, nice ammenities and expensive.
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Well maintained amenities, great location (c) o...
    Cons:
    The renewal lease increased the (c) openigloo r...
    Advice to owner:
    None
    Overall would recommend
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Apartment size, amenities, laundry on (c) openi...
    Cons:
    Slow elevators, inconsistent water temperature
    Current tenant leaving soon
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Door men are very nice (c) openigloo Efficien...
    Cons:
    Elevators are dreadful Indoor pool is (c) open...
    Advice to owner:
    Re do the pool / figure out why elevtaors run s...
    good for price
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    very centralized and organized - (c) openigloo ...
    Cons:
    murray hill and the area (c) openigloo generall...
    Nice apartment building
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    It’s a decent building relative (c) openigloo t...
    Cons:
    Right when we moved in, (c) openigloo they anno...
    Starter apartment building
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Convenient location, nice amenities
    Cons:
    Elevators suck, management is greedy (c) openig...
    Advice to owner:
    Fix your elevators
    Decent high rise
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Rooftop , young people are (c) openigloo cool
    Cons:
    Old people make absurd noise (c) openigloo comp...
    Miserable, tone deaf, landlords - they trap you into a lease and dont care
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Apartment layout Building staff is decent
    Cons:
    Covid response has been abysmal. (c) openigloo ...
    Advice to owner:
    Be less tone deaf. Be less miserly. Take a leaf...
    Good building w/doorman
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Friendly community with great staff/responsive ...
    Cons:
    Leasing office can be difficult (c) openigloo t...
    Advice to owner:
    Good management of property and would have leas...
    Decent building, elevators suck
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The building is conveniently located (c) openig...
    Cons:
    The building has just 3 (c) openigloo elevators...
    Advice to owner:
    Do elevator upgrades during night time