238 East 33 Street,

Manhattan, NY 10016

20 Units

Built in 1880

5 Floors

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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 16 violations which is 0.8 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse than the city average, which is 0.59 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
4Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
10Class 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
2021-07-21Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at east wall at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
2016-09-23Section 329, m/d law and dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
2016-09-23Section 26-1103 admin. code: post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agency''s housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
2016-09-23Section 27-2104 adm code post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Property Owners and Associates
234-238 East 33rd Street LLC
Corporate Owner
3(14)

4 Properties

82 Units

Benjamin Gabay
Site Manager
2.7(8)

3 Properties

62 Units

Kc3 234-238 East 33rd Street LLC
Corporate Owner
3(15)

5 Properties

102 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

don’t consider it

Former Tenant
Pros:
the water pressure is great but it does take so...
Cons:
they did not clean the apartment prior to move-...
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Decent building terrible management

Former Tenant
Pros:
My unit is fully updated with washer dryer and ...
Cons:
Packages get stolen sometimes. Management is aw...
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No gas nightmare

Former Tenant
Pros:
Thick walls, laundry in unit
Cons:
No gas for six months, management unresponsive,...
Advice to owner:
Hire another super
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Would be decent building if management wasn’t terrible

Former Tenant
Pros:
appliances; Location; cute fire escape and a st...
Cons:
everything else. I got the apartment because of...
Advice to owner:
Do your job and fix issues quickly.
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2-year tenant

Former Tenant
Pros:
Actual 3 bed/2 bath with bed appliances. Thick ...
Cons:
Condition of the building entryway has deterior...
Advice to owner:
A more responsive staff would work wonders - la...
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