539 West 179 Street,Manhattan, NY 10033
26 Units
•Built in 1922
•5 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 2
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
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Renters Recommendations
-- of renters recommend this building
-- of renters approve of this owner
Reviews (1)
1 stars
a day ago
Living in Squalor
Former Tenant
Pros:
Close to the train, next door to the library, close to parks
Cons:
Extremely poor maintenance, very over priced for conditions and proximity/noisiness of highway.
On multiple occasions we had no running water for days at a time. One occurrence happened near the beginning of the Covid shut down. We couldn’t even wash our hands and the management did not respond for a full week. The water temperature changes drastically and quickly while taking a shower almost burning me many times. The heating is very sporadic and most of the time it is absolutely freezing.
The hallway and stairwell are filthy, never cleaned, and covered in garbage. Garbage is just kept in the hallway of the first floor so the building smells like garbage all the time. There are both extremely bad cockroach and mice infestations.
There’s no respect for your neighbors in this building and no enforcement of that. The super and other tenants have loud parties in front of the building until the early morning hours. The volume level of the music shakes the whole building. My bed would be bouncing to the bass until 7am. No sleep.
You can’t receive packages. The other tenants steal them before you can even run down the stairs. I had to rent a box at the UPS store and send everything there.
On multiple occasions we had no running water for days at a time. One occurrence happened near the beginning of the Covid shut down. We couldn’t even wash our hands and the management did not respond for a full week. The water temperature changes drastically and quickly while taking a shower almost burning me many times. The heating is very sporadic and most of the time it is absolutely freezing.
The hallway and stairwell are filthy, never cleaned, and covered in garbage. Garbage is just kept in the hallway of the first floor so the building smells like garbage all the time. There are both extremely bad cockroach and mice infestations.
There’s no respect for your neighbors in this building and no enforcement of that. The super and other tenants have loud parties in front of the building until the early morning hours. The volume level of the music shakes the whole building. My bed would be bouncing to the bass until 7am. No sleep.
You can’t receive packages. The other tenants steal them before you can even run down the stairs. I had to rent a box at the UPS store and send everything there.
Advice to owner:
Maintain your building. Your tenants are humans that deserve basic living conditions.
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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 539 West 179 Street is worse than the city .
BUILDING AVERAGE:
1.69 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:
Jun 13, 2025: § 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at west wall in the 1st room from north located at apt 3c, 4th story, 1st apartment from south at west
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Hazardous
31
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Dec 01, 2025: § 27-2026, 2027 hmc: properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the 1st room from north located at apt 4d, 4th story, 1st apartment from north at east
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Immediately hazardous
10
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Dec 01, 2025: hmc adm code: § 27-2017.4 abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment located at apt 4d, 4th story, 1st apartment from north at east
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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
R
Ramon Perez
1(1)
Site Manager•
1 Property•26 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
J
Jeno Guttmann
2.3(5)
Shareholder•
21 Properties•359 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 20
M
Moshe Schweid
2.4(4)
Shareholder•
12 Properties•322 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 14
R
175 Realty Assoc LLC
1(1)
Corporate Owner•
2 Properties•46 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 5
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