Washington Heights

501 West 173 Street,Manhattan, NY 10033

20 Units

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Built in 1911

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6 Floors

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2.3(4)
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In the past three years, this building had:
85 complaints
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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 18 violations which is 0.9 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
3Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
9Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
6Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Dec 31, 2014Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling in the private hallway located at apt 14, 2nd story, 1st apartment from east at southNot complied with
Dec 31, 2014Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling, north wall, east wall in the kitchen located at apt 14, 2nd story, 1st apartment from east at southNot complied with
Dec 31, 2014Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling, south wall in the bathroom located at apt 14, 2nd story, 1st apartment from east at southNot complied with

Property Owners and Associates

Beyond 501 West Spe LLC
Corporate Owner
2.3(4)

1 Property

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20 Units

New City Management LLC
Agent
2.8(16)

6 Properties

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133 Units

Yaritza Martinez
Site Manager, Head Officer
2.3(4)

1 Property

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20 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

Building always has trash in the hallway
Former Tenant
Pros:
Friendly neighbors and pet friendly
Cons:
Rats running around the door (c) openigloo is a...
Advice to owner:
Get rid of these rats first off that’s going in...
Awful apartment that's poorly managed
Former Tenant
Pros:
Sunny, good location
Cons:
An incredible number of code (c) openigloo viol...
Couldn’t get secuirty deposit back
Former Tenant
Pros:
We lived in a beautiful (c) openigloo unit, ple...
Cons:
I after moving out, it (c) openigloo took us al...
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Was happy living there but could do better
Former Tenant
Pros:
Love the neighborhood Great sunlight Close (c)...
Cons:
Walk up Rat infested garbage area Package (c) o...
Advice to owner:
Please take better care of the garbage area. So...