548 West 164 Street,
Manhattan, NY 10032

54 Units

Built in 1910

6 Floors

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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Review Summary for 548 West 164 Street
Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.
Recent reviews for 548 WEST 164 STREET, Manhattan, NY 10032 highlight severe issues with cleanliness, garbage management, and pest control. Tenants faced challenges with theft, noise, and maintenance delays. Pros include spacious units and responsive staff initially. However, concerns about consistent problems like pests, stolen packages, and poor management overshadow the positives. Advice suggests urgent improvements in building upkeep and responsiveness. Renters advise caution due to persistent issues like pests, noise, and unaddressed maintenance problems, making it a risky choice for potential residents.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 2 weeks ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.01 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
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class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Hazardous
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class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
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Immediately hazardous
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class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Jan 15, 2025: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 hmc, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( c) mdl and 28 rcny §25-171: replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at vestibule , 1st story
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Missing information/filings
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class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
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Property Owners and Associates
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Alert:
One of owners and associates from this building was on the Worst Landlord Watchlist
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Hph 164th, LLC
1.6(3)
Corporate Owner
1 Property54 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
L
Lewis Barbanel
2.6(25)
Worst Landlord
Agent
Head Officer
28 Properties995 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 47
J
Jay Newhouse
1.6(3)
Agent
Head Officer
2 Properties74 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
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Renter Recommendations

--% of renters recommend this building

--% of renters approve of this owner

Rents and Deposits

-- of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.

Reviews (3)

Over 1 year ago
Garbage Mountain (with French Doors)
Former Tenant
Pros:
Large apartment—did its job keeping me housed and sane during the height of COVID lockdown. The super was responsive…at least until the super changed.
Cons:
For about five months they inexplicably used the courtyard as a sort of art installation for household garbage. I shudder to think of what it would have been like to live on the first floor in that building with all the pests. Packages were also stolen with regularity, and access to the laundry would be frequently restricted with no explanation.
Over 2 years ago
Worst Place I’ve Ever Lived
Former Tenant
Pros:
Near a lot of subway lines. Never had a problem with heat.
Cons:
Trash management was insane, there was a giant “courtyard” that apartments look into where people piled giant trash- refrigerators, mattresses, along with normal trash bags. I’ve show pictures to friends and they don’t believe it’s real. Full dumpsters would be dropped outside for weeks on end bc management didn’t schedule/pay for pickups. Huge rat problem.

Big dead roaches would sit in the hallways for days at a time, noisy neighbors and area.

When we moved in, we had a bad German cockroach infestation and the dishwasher and dryer did not work. Extermination was difficult and complicated to schedule, and at one point the exterminator didn’t show up because building Managment hadn’t paid them. Management was very difficult to get a hold of and unresponsive. This is a not nice building charging nice busking prices.

After move out, security deposits were not sent until we pestered repeatedly, and then the checks bounced. We eventually got working checks but we had to jump through a lot of hoops to get there.
Over 3 years ago
RUN don’t walk from this building
Former Tenant
Pros:
It was cheap
Cons:
Rats, roaches, mice, neighbors smoking on the stairs, reggaeton shaking the windows, no heat in the winter, window falling out of the unit, the worst of the worst
Advice to owner:
Sell this property to someone competent
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