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503 West 149 Street
Hamilton Heights

503 West 149 Street,
Manhattan, NY 10031

10 Units

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Built in 1926

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5 Floors

4.1(2)
Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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    Reviews (2)

    Over 1 year ago
    Craziest Utilities Known to Man
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    We absolutely loved our time here. Our unit was renovated beautifully, very responsive super, no issues with pests, and lovely street/neighbors in the building. In-unit washer/dryer, dishwasher, central heat/AC, huge bath tub, decent sized bedrooms.
    Cons:
    The deal breaker was the utilities cost, which was known to be insanely expensive, surpassing $700 (Yes, you read that correctly) in some of the winter months, and between $300-500 for all other months. This is the same experience as all the B units in the building. We trauma bonded with some of our neighbors over it. We went to battle with the management company, ConEd, and the 311--to no avail. Something is definitely wrong, yet no one wants to take ownership to figure out what is causing the issue, and the ones who end up paying the cost are the tenants. We had an energy audit which did nothing. ConEd claims that they are billing based on our usage. And yet I have NEVER heard of a 3 bedroom apartments energy usage going this high. You'd think we were heating a mansion in Antarctica. We were sad to leave but sadly the utilities were too out of control to justify staying. Also, the unit got very little sunlight, especially in common areas. The winter season was dreary.
    Advice to owner:
    Fix the utilities issue in the B units if you would like to see better tenant retention.
    Over 1 year ago
    Clean, Nice, Quiet, but Unresponsive Management & Gas/Heat Issues M
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    It’s pretty clean, quiet, nice renovated units on B side
    Cons:
    Issues with gas/heat, Some leaks in heavy rain, Confusing murky communication with management, Bike & package theft

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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 3 days ago.
    The average number of violations per unit at 503 West 149 Street is worse than the city .
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    1.7 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    0.81 violation per unit
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    Non-hazardous
    8
    class A
    i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
    MOST RECENT:
    Jun 04, 2025: (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
    7
    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
    Jan 06, 2019: § 27-2005 adm code repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at south wall in the 2nd room from north located at apt 4a, 4th story, 1st apartment from east at south
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    Immediately hazardous
    2
    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
    MOST RECENT:
    Mar 11, 2023: § 27-2031 adm code provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the 6th room from east located at apt 3b, 3rd story, 1st apartment from south at west
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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
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    503 West 149TH Street Holdings LLC
    4.1(2)
    Corporate Owner•
    1 Property•10 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 0
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    Eli Gibber
    3.3(17)
    Head Officer•
    9 Properties•94 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 5

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