Washington Heights

559 West 156 Street,Manhattan, NY 10032

32 Units

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Built in 1909

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6 Floors

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2.8(2)
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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 55 violations which is 1.71 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
7Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
20Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
28Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Apr 01, 2024§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the bathroom , the private hallway located at apt 46, 4th story, 1st apartment from east at southNov sent out
Dec 22, 2023§ 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 2nd room from north at west located at apt 65, 6th story, 2nd apartment from east at southNov sent out
Sep 15, 2023§ 27-2010, 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the east yardNov sent out
May 09, 2023Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 3rd room from east at north, the foyer , the 2nd private hallway from east, the bathroom , the 4th room from east at north, the 4th room from east at south located at apt 65, 6th story, 2nd apartment from east at southNov sent out
Oct 26, 2022Section 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st radiator from west at north wall in the 5th room from east at south located at apt 31, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from east at southNov sent out
Oct 23, 2022Section 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st riser from north at east wall in the kitchen located at apt 31, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from east at southNov sent out
Jun 22, 2021Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling in the 7th room from east located at apt 46, 4th story, 1st apartment from west at northNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

559 West 156 Bcr LLC
Agent, Corporate Owner
2.8(2)

2 Properties

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57 Units

605-607 West 151 Bcr LLC
Agent, Corporate Owner
3.3(41)

21 Properties

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641 Units

Kobi Zamir
Head Officer
3.4(38)

21 Properties

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645 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.

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Pest problems, unreliable elevator
Former Tenant
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The building has beautiful pre-war (c) openiglo...
Cons:
The common areas are not (c) openigloo kept cle...
Advice to owner:
Consider that elderly folks and people with dis...
Poor old thing
Former Tenant
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Could be great but has (c) openigloo been negle...