Midtown South

Olympia House at 279 East 44 Street,Manhattan, NY 10017

240 Units

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Built in 1964

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21 Floors

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4.3(16)
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95 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 5 violations which is 0.02 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
4Class 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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Missing information/filings
1Class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Apr 01, 2024(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 hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.Nov sent out
Mar 15, 2023(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
Feb 15, 2022(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
Apr 01, 2021(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
4.3(16)

2 Properties

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240 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

Nice for young people
Former Tenant
Pros:
Loved it - had updated (c) openigloo unit. Shar...
Cons:
Rent went from 4,800 —> (c) openigloo 6,800.
Advice to owner:
Don’t hike rents ya psycho
Two year tenant
Former Tenant
Pros:
Safe neighborhood, Responsible doormen
Cons:
Broken laundry machines at times, (c) openigloo...
Great Building, great location
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great location, near so much (c) openigloo tran...
Cons:
elevators can be very slow. (c) openigloo We ha...
Advice to owner:
keep doing what your doing!
Great place to live
Former Tenant
Pros:
Responsive super and staff
Cons:
loud if apartment faces 2nd (c) openigloo ave
great place to live
Former Tenant
Pros:
great place to live
Cons:
trash system was haggard
Good starter building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Doormen are great, clean, lots (c) openigloo of...
Cons:
Location, Bedrooms with no windows (c) openiglo...
Friendly Doorman, Good neighborhood
Former Tenant
Pros:
friednly people in building
Cons:
package went missing once, loud (c) openigloo f...
Pest problems and jacked up prices
Former Tenant
Pros:
The doormen are great and (c) openigloo it’s cl...
Cons:
Everyone is fleeing because they (c) openigloo ...
Advice to owner:
Please stop price gouging your tenants.
Mostly good, I’d recommend
Former Tenant
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AC/heat and water always worked, (c) openigloo ...
Cons:
They allowed people to smoke (c) openigloo cigs...
Advice to owner:
Figure out the vermin issue and respect the ten...
Fine apt for midtown
Former Tenant
Pros:
-Nice doormen and staff -Responsive to (c) open...
Cons:
-noise from the busy streets (c) openigloo belo...
Crappy and overpriced
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location, lobby, some of the (c) openigloo door...
Cons:
Elevators frequently broken, small apartment, (...
Good location but old appliance and no microwave
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location is good. Doorman and (c) openigloo han...
Cons:
Old cooking appliances and really (c) openigloo...
Very few complaints
Former Tenant
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The doormen are super nice (c) openigloo and gr...
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Very few complains
Great building, archaic logistics
Former Tenant
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I can't speak highly enough (c) openigloo about...
Cons:
Rent collection- the rent is (c) openigloo coll...
Advice to owner:
Update your rent collection - allow residents t...
Nice and Clean
Former Tenant
Pros:
-in building laundry -mailroom/doorman -quick r...
Cons:
-repairs weren't always the best -outdated (c) ...
Advice to owner:
update all units
Olympia House Review
Former Tenant
Pros:
Doorman Elevator Laundry in Building Pets AC
Cons:
Elevators broken often AC controlled by (c) ope...