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In the past three years, this building had:
55 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.
Duration in the past 10 years.
Data last updated 2 months ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.38 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
2
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
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.
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Hazardous
0
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Immediately hazardous
3
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Oct 07, 2022: section 27-2005, 2007 adm code remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of door sweep in the entrance located at apt 6d, 6th story, 1st apartment from north at east
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Missing information/filings
0
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
J
Jonah Kriger
3.4(14)
Shareholder•
11 Properties•122 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 1
J
Jose Moran
3.2(12)
Site Manager•
Agent•
Head Officer•
8 Properties•89 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
E
413 East 9th Streeet Associates LLC
3.2(12)
Corporate Owner•
6 Properties•66 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
W
615 West 142nd Stree
2.7(5)
Owner•
1 Property•13 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
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Building Ratings
Water Pressure
Water Pressure: 0
Cleanliness
Cleanliness: 0
Pest Control
Pest Control: 0
Heat
Heat: 0
Noise Levels
Noise Levels: 0
Owner Responsiveness
Owner Responsiveness: 0
Neighbors
Neighbors: 0
Garbage Management
Garbage Management: 0
Renter Recommendations
--% of renters recommend this building
--% of renters approve of this owner
Rents and Deposits
-- of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.
Reviews (5)
2.125 stars
Over 1 year ago
Great location but horrible landlords
Former Tenant
Pros:
Wonderful neighbors. Either they are elderly and have been in the building since the 70s or they are short term Columbia students who are quite sweet and play violin or piano. You have easy access to Riverside, Morningside and Central Park. Wonderful small business owners and door men up and down the street. Though this building does not have its own doorman. Great community with block parties, absolute bagels, farmers markets, restaurants of every type.
Cons:
The landlord has made no updates to our unit and wanted to increase our rent by $1,200. We have been here since before COVID so it wasn't one of those deals.
They are also unresponsive from Friday through Monday in case you ever have emergency maintenance as they live in the Hasidic community in Brooklyn.
They also never communicate major maintenance such as: water will be cut off, boiler will be shut off (they tend to schedule boiler maintenance during the coldest months of winter), scaffolding going up, laundry out of service, etc. They ripped up all the common space flooring and stairs and shut off all the hall lights for a period of 5 months without warning or any updates to progress. People had to use flashlights just to walk up stairs.
No updates have been made to the units in about ten years, except to the ones vacated during COVID.
The new supervisor is incompetent with basic maintenance and does not clean the common spaces. He's also very rude when asked for basic maintenance. Beware, the building lists an on-site supervisor but this is not the case. He will try to ring your buzzer after 10pm.
Also the building is 7 stories and there is no elevator.
They list a community rooftop terrace, but no access after 7pm as the entry doors literally look into the people who live in that apartment. So don't take unit 6B or 6C unless you want to share your roof and doors with the whole building.
The building entry door warps during winter and won't lock, so your packages will be stolen unless you run down immediately to collect them. There are security cameras everywhere but the landlord claims they don't actually function.
Also, the building is between two restaurants. The exhaust hoods are on top of this building. If you take the 6D unit you will have to randomly allow access to maintenance techs to service the hoods and your apartment will shudder each morning when the hoods turn on. If you take a unit along the West side of building, your apartment will shake from 10am - 10pm from the hood as it runs all the way up the west-facing side of building and is attached to that wall.
Being between two restaurants with a vet clinic two doors down and a school a couple more doors down means there is an exceptional amount of garbage piles and rats. There is a skate park down the street so you also get skateboard noise. Also, it's off Broadway so there is the nightly dirt bike/atv parade. Really depends on your tolerance for noise levels. I'm fine with the noise myself, but realize how stressful it could be to others.
Advice to owner:
Communicate to your tenants and actually visit the buildings you own so you know what is going on.
3.75 stars
Over 1 year ago
256 W 108
Former Tenant
Pros:
Landlord responsive in general
Cons:
Heat issues in winter
Advice to owner:
Better garbage management by commercial tenants
2.1666666666666665 stars
Over 2 years ago
Terrible landlords, avoid!
Former Tenant
Pros:
Friendly neighbors, heating works well in winter
Cons:
Mice, irresponsive management, didnt have hot water for weeks at a time, had to threaten to sue in order for them to take complaints seriously
Advice to owner:
You need to get pest situation under control and replace that boiler once and for all. Stop extorting columbia students
2.8333333333333335 stars
Over 2 years ago
Old building with problems
Former Tenant
Pros:
Conveniently close to subway, good super, new laundry machines
Cons:
Heat went out for a full month, mice
Advice to owner:
Keep up with the improvements
2.8333333333333335 stars
Over 2 years ago
This building is better known as 256 West 108th street
Former Tenant
Pros:
Super close to Columbia, amazing short walk to Riverside, the restaurants around it are great, was reasonable in price, living room was HUGE
Cons:
Cockroaches and mice, super is super lazy (and once took three days to replace a toilet tank flap so I had to replace myself so I could have a working bathroom), building has temp problems and they routinely are slow on turning on the radiators (I remember having a temperature monitor to see if they were adhering to regulations and if I needed to get the city involved)
Advice to owner:
I lived on the second floor for a spell and because I lived directly over two restaurants, the vermin problem was SO BAD - the appropriate fix should have been hiring professionals, not giving me some mouse traps that I have to maintain myself (ew!)
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