96 Morningside Avenue,
Manhattan, NY 10027

48 Units

Built in 1910

7 Floors

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 2
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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Review Summary for 96 Morningside Avenue
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Recent reviews at 96 Morningside Avenue highlight a mix of experiences. Tenants appreciate the clean environment, good garbage management, and friendly staff. However, there are concerns about unresponsive and ineffective management, especially in addressing maintenance issues promptly. Some units face noise and insulation problems. Despite proximity to public transit and amenities, issues with management responsiveness and pricing discrepancies affect tenant satisfaction. Recommendations include hiring competent property managers, enhancing responsiveness, and improving building amenities to align prices appropriately and enhance the overall living experience.

Reviews (3)

Over 1 year ago
Solid apartments, overpriced, terrible management (First Services Residential)
Former Tenant
Pros:
High ceilings, good windows/daylight, solid renovated appliances
Cons:
The management is probably some of the worst we've ever experienced in all of our years living in NY. They do not respond to emails or phone calls and if you try to call the overall management company First Service Residential, even with their 24/7 Customer Service, they have outdated records of who is managing the property and are entirely unhelpful in facilitating a response. We have regular issues with the elevator breaking down (we live on the 7th floor and while we're able bodied, there are many residents here who have lived here for decades who are in wheelchairs and aren't as mobile) and we have also had a ton of issues with people smoking both cigarettes and weed inside their own apartments and it beginning to seep through the walls and the floors (literally - that is not an exaggeration) into our unit, especially in the wintertime when it was too chilly outside to smoke on the street.

It got so bad that we had to rearrange the furniture in our apartment because one of the bedrooms (2 bed, 1 ba) was unliveable - we have a five-month long email chain where management never responded to repeated messages or were entirely unempathetic, unhelpful, and curt. We knew of at least two other tenants who were having the same issue.

There are units in the building that weren't affected by the smoke and were being charged fair prices for the (lack of) amenities in the building but for our particular unit #76, they were charging $4.5K when other units in the area are going for $3.5-4K which more amenities (roofs, a second bathroom, in-building gym, etc.).
Advice to owner:
Please hire competent property managers or adjust the prices you are charging accordingly. That was genuinely probably one of the worst experiences with a management company we've ever had.
Over 2 years ago
Clean apartment, close proximity to public transit
Former Tenant
Pros:
Clean building, nice area, friendly staff, elevator building with mail area
Cons:
Super was usually non responsive unless you followed up multiple times. The doors are heavy and slam shut, so you can hear and feel the vibrations down the hall. The windows weren’t well insulated so it could get pretty cold.

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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 7 days ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 96 Morningside Avenue is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.68 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
4
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Nov 19, 2025: § 27-2005 hmc: properly repair or replace the broken or defective upper escutcheon plate at riser in the kitchen located at apt 62, 6th story, 2nd apartment from east at south
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Hazardous
16
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Nov 20, 2025: § 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tiles in the 1st room from north at west located at apt 62, 6th story, 2nd apartment from east at south
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Immediately hazardous
13
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Nov 19, 2025: § 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom located at apt 62, 6th story, 2nd apartment from east at south
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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
T
Thor 98 Morningside Ave LLC
3.6(3)
Corporate Owner
1 Property48 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
C
Calynne Oyolokor
3.6(3)
Officer
1 Property48 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
M
Melissa Gliatta
3.3(9)
Head Officer
2 Properties87 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
F
Firstservice Residential
4(649)
Corporate Owner
753 Properties74326 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 419

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