526 West 147 Street,Manhattan, NY 10031

21 Units

Built in 1920

5 Floors

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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 30 violations which is 1.42 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
5Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
12Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
13Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Jan 31, 2024§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling and all walls in the kitchen located at apt 3, 1st story, 1st apartment from east at southCiv14 mailed
Jan 31, 2024§ 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom located at apt 34, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from east at southCiv14 mailed
Aug 07, 2023§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling in the 1st room from east at north located at apt 23, 2nd story, 1st apartment from east at southNov sent out
Aug 07, 2023§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 2nd room from east at north, the kitchen , the 2nd room from east at south, the bathroom located at apt 23, 2nd story, 1st apartment from east at southNov sent out
Oct 15, 2019Section 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration consisting of dumbwaiter being used as a pantry closet in the kitchen located at apt 53, 5th story, 1st apartment from east at southFirst no access to re- inspect violation

Property Owners and Associates

Alan Shamah
Head Officer
3(39)

33 Properties

1170 Units

Carl Zekaria
Site Manager, Officer
3.1(35)

30 Properties

1085 Units

Crystal Ridge Associates LLC
Owner, Corporate Owner
2.9(34)

31 Properties

1165 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

Never Again
Former Tenant
Pros:
Distance to ABCD and 1 (c) openigloo trains.
Cons:
Roaches, mice, flies, drug dealers, (c) openigl...
Advice to owner:
Get better.
Good price but sketchy at night
Former Tenant
Pros:
The rent price is really (c) openigloo good
Cons:
It can get pretty sketchy (c) openigloo during ...
Don’t live here
Former Tenant
Pros:
Nothing really honestly
Cons:
The building itself is dirty, (c) openigloo the...
Advice to owner:
take care of your buildings
stay away from this property
Former Tenant
Pros:
can’t name any
Cons:
EVERYTHING ELSE! before we moved (c) openigloo ...
Advice to owner:
do your job?!
Dirty building. Roaches
Former Tenant
Pros:
Cheap cheap rent.
Cons:
Roaches in the building. Loud (c) openigloo nei...
Advice to owner:
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