Hell's Kitchen

500 West 43 Street,Manhattan, NY 10036

311 Units

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Built in 1988

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41 Floors

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4.1(4)
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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 9 violations which is 0.02 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
5Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
2Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
2Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Aug 07, 2017Section 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration wood paneling installed on all walls at public hall, 41st storyNov sent out
Aug 07, 2017Section 27-2053 adm code post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Aug 07, 2017Section 27-2046.1 hmc: post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Aug 07, 2017Section 27-2045 adm code post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Aug 07, 2017Section 27-2005 hmc: post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

Christina Forbes
Officer
4.2(5)

3 Properties

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329 Units

Firstservice Residential
Agent
4.1(4)

1 Property

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311 Units

Gregory Stoskopf
Head Officer
4.1(4)

1 Property

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311 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

After One Year…
Former Tenant
Pros:
The staff is the absolute (c) openigloo friendl...
Cons:
The smallest apartments are studios, (c) openig...
10 years at the strand
Former Tenant
Pros:
The doormen were simply the (c) openigloo best....
Cons:
AIB management corp have some (c) openigloo hor...
Advice to owner:
Keep the staff, they are mostly great.
Condo - landlord experience may vary
Former Tenant
Pros:
Building is great. Staff is (c) openigloo very ...
Cons:
Landlord was a complete nightmare (c) openigloo...
Advice to owner:
Don't let the bad owners rent out
Nice Location; Horrible Landlord
Former Tenant
Pros:
Nice location, close to restaurants
Cons:
Some units are condos and (c) openigloo it depe...
Advice to owner:
Certain landlords are horrible.