Washington Heights

656 West 162 Street,Manhattan, NY 10032

50 Units

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Built in 1920

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6 Floors

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3.6(4)
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In the past three years, this building had:
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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 49 violations which is 0.98 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
21Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
25Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Apr 02, 2024(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.Nov sent out
Nov 09, 2023§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the bathroom located at apt 6b, 6th story, 3rd apartment from west at northNov sent out
Aug 01, 2023§ 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective porcelain enamel finish by method of reglazing at bathtub in the bathroom located at apt 4d, 4th story, 1st apartment from west at northNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

656 Realty LLC
Corporate Owner
3.6(4)

2 Properties

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122 Units

Aladdin Diaz
Site Manager
3.6(4)

1 Property

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50 Units

Sherman-nagle Realty Corp.
Corporate Owner
3.3(21)

11 Properties

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507 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

Updated apartment but rent strike
Former Tenant
Pros:
The apartment is really nice (c) openigloo and ...
Cons:
We have been in a (c) openigloo rent strike for...
Hasn’t had gas since 2018
Former Tenant
Pros:
Low rent, nicely renovated units, (c) openigloo...
Cons:
No gas for 2 years, (c) openigloo noisey disres...
Advice to owner:
Get your shit together
Neglectful
Former Tenant
Pros:
Neighbors are great! supportive, funny, (c) ope...
Cons:
Landlords are unresponsive, the building (c) op...
Advice to owner:
Be responsive to tenants asking for help. Your ...
No gas for half our lease
Former Tenant
Pros:
-The super Aladdin was really (c) openigloo nic...
Cons:
-a few months in to (c) openigloo our lease, we...
Advice to owner:
Offer $$ off the rent if you can't provide a ba...