511 West 169 Street,

Manhattan, NY 10032

Close to the train

Landlord refuses to fix intercom/virtual doorman
no amenities
dirty
landlord couldnt care less

lock the routes to the trashcans to stop the drug dealers from coming in and care about your tenants' accessibility by fixing the intercom

Nice neighbors and the units are well-kept.

The lock on the front door was unlocked for nine months until I took Perry Agiovlasitis, the landlord, to Manhattan housing court because he wouldn't fix it. He wouldn't respond to 311 complaints and the violations the city sent. He often took weeks to respond to emails and phone calls to him about it from October to February. I let him know that there were people coming into the building who didn't live there, sometimes who were coming in to use intravenous drugs or were intoxicated. It took two and a half months after the initial court date in early March, and an emergency petition with the HPD courts during the pandemic to get him to fix the lock. When I got approval of the emergency petition from the court, Perry called me and told me I was a "spoiled brat" and he didn't want me as a tenant anymore and I had to find a new place to live. It was only after the courts got a hold of him for the virtual court case, because he was a no-show - and told him he had to show up to the virtual hearing that he finally fixed the issue. The alley behind the building is private property that is Perry's responsibility, and it's is filled with hypodermic needles and often people withdrawing from drugs. I called the police who told me it was the landlord's issue. I called city agencies and non-profits to try and get it cleaned up to no avail because it wasn't a public street.

Have empathy for your tenants.