Midtown South

Olympia House at 279 East 44 Street,

Manhattan, NY 10017

4.2(9)

240 Units

Built in 1964

21 Floors

1 Year Bedbug History: No
Landlords in NYC are required to file an annual bedbug report with the city and state whether the building has had a bedbug infestation in the past year. We found no recent bedbug reports from these city filings.
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
Rent Stabilized Units: No
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    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 0.59 violations per unit.
    Non-hazardous
    2Class 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
    0Class C
    Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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    Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
    2022-02-15(a) � hmc:file annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpd?s website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.Nov sent out
    2021-04-01(a) � hmc:file annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpd?s website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.Nov sent out
    Property Owners and Associates
    Steven Elghanayan
    Owner
    4.2(9)

    2 Properties

    240 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 2

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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

    Pest problems and jacked up prices

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The doormen are great and it’s close to grand c...
    Cons:
    Everyone is fleeing because they keep jacking u...
    Advice to owner:
    Please stop price gouging your tenants.
    Report

    Mostly good, I’d recommend

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    AC/heat and water always worked, building is cl...
    Cons:
    They allowed people to smoke cigs INSIDE their ...
    Advice to owner:
    Figure out the vermin issue and respect the ten...
    Report

    Fine apt for midtown

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    -Nice doormen and staff -Responsive to requests...
    Cons:
    -noise from the busy streets below the building...
    Report

    Crappy and overpriced

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Location, lobby, some of the doormen are nice
    Cons:
    Elevators frequently broken, small apartment, o...
    Report

    Good location but old appliance and no microwave

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Location is good. Doorman and handy man are useful
    Cons:
    Old cooking appliances and really small living ...
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    Very few complaints

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The doormen are super nice and great about pack...
    Cons:
    Very few complains
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    Great building, archaic logistics

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    I can't speak highly enough about the doormen o...
    Cons:
    Rent collection- the rent is collected via chec...
    Advice to owner:
    Update your rent collection - allow residents t...
    Report

    Nice and Clean

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    -in building laundry -mailroom/doorman -quick r...
    Cons:
    -repairs weren't always the best -outdated design
    Advice to owner:
    update all units
    Report

    Olympia House Review

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Doorman Elevator Laundry in Building Pets AC
    Cons:
    Elevators broken often AC controlled by managem...
    Report