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501 East 87 Street
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501 East 87 Street,
Manhattan, NY 10128

179 Units

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Built in 1963

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21 Floors

3.5(4)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 1
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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    Renters Recommendations

    -- of renters recommend this building

    -- of renters approve of this owner
    Review Summary for 501 East 87 Street
    Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.
    Recent reviews for 501 East 87 Street, Manhattan, reveal a mixed experience. Tenants praise the building's excellent location, cleanliness, and friendly doormen, along with spacious apartments and decent amenities like a small gym and pool. However, concerns include outdated appliances, small kitchens, and inconsistent maintenance response. Management receives criticism for poor communication, slow repair work, unreasonable rent increases, and an overall perception of greed. Noise levels and pest control are generally rated well, but heating issues have been reported. While some tenants recommend the building, others advise caution due to management and value concerns.

    Reviews (4)

    4 months ago
    Greedy and “nonexistent” management
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Location and nothing else
    Cons:
    Problem in the apartment, never fixed (it was the main reason for mooving out)
    Unreasonable rent increase for the apartment with old, falling apart appliances
    Disrespectful A&R management (ignored emails, never returned call, a customer service representative with an attitude)
    Advice to owner:
    You are a solid one star business owner for years according to plenty reviews. Nothing will get better
    Over 1 year ago
    Was amazing, but Solow is unfortunately greedy.
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Friendly and helpful doormen (my biggest pro!), clean, quiet, spacious, great location
    Cons:
    Solow forced me to negotiate severely increased (25%+) rent with another company (through Solow) that was in process of buying the building, and then the sale never went through. So I was stuck paying an insanely high price that Solow didn't even set. Solow says they will take into account my situation for next year's lease renewal (and in the meantime I see many other units rent for MUCH less than mine, with the same layout/view/floor). Then they still increased my rent again. I had to laugh. No thanks!

    Also, the gym isn't truly a gym. Just a couple of machines. And the rooftop space (even just lounging, not using the pool) costs a membership - not worth it.
    Advice to owner:
    Stop the greed!

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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 hours ago.
    The average number of violations per unit at 501 East 87 Street is better than the city.
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    0 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:
    No violation found...
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    Hazardous
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    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
    No violation found...
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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:
    No violation found...
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    Property Owners and Associates
    B
    Brian Garland
    3.5(4)
    Agent•
    1 Property•179 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 1
    E
    501 East 87TH LLC
    3.5(4)
    Corporate Owner•
    1 Property•179 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 1
    M
    Margaret Brunn
    3.5(4)
    Head Officer•
    1 Property•179 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 1

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