421 W 162 St,Manhattan, NY 10032
65 Units
•Built in 1928
•6 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 3
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
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Review Summary for 421 W 162 St
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Recent tenant reviews for 421 WEST 162 STREET highlight a beautiful, quiet street with great neighbors and solid noise insulation. Positive aspects include good water pressure, effective pest control, and security measures. However, air conditioning is necessary in summer, and the absence of a garbage chute and reliable laundry facilities are mentioned. Concerns about changing management, lack of roof access, and occasional maintenance issues have been raised. While some tenants recommend the building for its community and reasonable pricing, others express dissatisfaction with unresponsive management and harassment tactics, urging improvements in responsiveness and maintenance quality.
Reviews (3)
4.12 stars
Over 3 years ago
After a decade...
Former Tenant
Pros:
-Beautiful green quiet street
-Great neighbors, long time tenets, polite new tenets
-Solid walls, very little noise issues (neighbors have to be really loud to hear them)
-In 10 years (on 2nd floor) only twice have a seen a pest, and it was felt with swiftly and affectively.
-Great water pressure
-Security cameras, outside too
-Stay very warm and toasty in the winter...
-Great neighbors, long time tenets, polite new tenets
-Solid walls, very little noise issues (neighbors have to be really loud to hear them)
-In 10 years (on 2nd floor) only twice have a seen a pest, and it was felt with swiftly and affectively.
-Great water pressure
-Security cameras, outside too
-Stay very warm and toasty in the winter...
Cons:
-...but AC is a must in summer, hard to get good ventilation
-No garbage chute, but bringing garbage down isn't bad.
-Laundry room isn't reliable, go to the laundromat on the corner.
-Maintenance & management is changing hands (as of this post) so yet to be seen how that will affect the building.
-No roof access
-No garbage chute, but bringing garbage down isn't bad.
-Laundry room isn't reliable, go to the laundromat on the corner.
-Maintenance & management is changing hands (as of this post) so yet to be seen how that will affect the building.
-No roof access
2 stars
Over 3 years ago
Horrible harassing building and management. Dont move here
Former Tenant
Pros:
Neighbors and community
Cons:
horrible management and incompetent superintendent who will harass you.
On one occasion the superintendent actually sent up his daughter to threaten me. They have gone so far as to attempting to forge a renewal lease recently. They will also try scare tactics giving you false threats if you do not know better.
Very unresponsive unless it is beneficial for them - I have experienced an issue with leaking in bathrooms damaging structure and the fix they wanted was for me to just not use my bathtub; it took them a year to properly repair it.
well known for chasing out tenants to up the rent for the next sucker: there are people paying more for a "refurbished" studio than those who have 1 or 2 bedroom apartments. Every other day you can see someone getting tired of their crap / harassment and move out.
On one occasion the superintendent actually sent up his daughter to threaten me. They have gone so far as to attempting to forge a renewal lease recently. They will also try scare tactics giving you false threats if you do not know better.
Very unresponsive unless it is beneficial for them - I have experienced an issue with leaking in bathrooms damaging structure and the fix they wanted was for me to just not use my bathtub; it took them a year to properly repair it.
well known for chasing out tenants to up the rent for the next sucker: there are people paying more for a "refurbished" studio than those who have 1 or 2 bedroom apartments. Every other day you can see someone getting tired of their crap / harassment and move out.
Advice to owner:
Do your job and stop harassing tenants. Your attempt with loud yelling and overtalk isn't as effective as you think: I see a lawsuit in your future.
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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 a day ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 421 W 162 St is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.26 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
3
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
May 24, 2025: § 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 1st bathroom from north, the 2nd bathroom from north, the 3rd room from north at east located at apt 5i, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at south , section ''west''
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Hazardous
10
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Oct 05, 2025: § 27-2005 adm code repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 1st room from north located at apt 5h, 6th story, 1st apartment from west at north
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Immediately hazardous
4
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
May 24, 2025: hmc adm code: § 27-2017.4 abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment located at apt 5i, 6th story, 3rd apartment from east at south , section ''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
B
Building Equity Mgmt LLC
3.7(27)
Corporate Owner•
33 Properties•711 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 13
S
Santiago Guerrero
3.4(3)
Site Manager•
1 Property•65 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 3
A
Aaron Shirazi
3.4(3)
Head Officer•
1 Property•65 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
B
Bmw Parkview Corp
3.4(3)
Corporate Owner•
1 Property•65 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 3
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