Midtown South

Avalon Midtown West at 250 West 50 Street,

Manhattan, NY 10019

550 Units

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Built in 1998

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40 Floors

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4.1(17)
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In the past three years, this building had:
358 complaints
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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 3 violations which is less than 0.01 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
2Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
1Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
0Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Jul 18, 2023§ 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at south wall in the kitchen located at apt 22c, 22nd story, 3rd apartment from north at eastCiv14 mailed
Aug 02, 2017§ 27-2026 adm code repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen located at apt 8u, 8th story, 3rd apartment from north at eastFirst no access to re- inspect violation

Property Owners and Associates

Asn 50 Street LLC
Corporate Owner
4.1(17)

2 Properties

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550 Units

Avalonbay Communities, Inc.
Agent
4.2(48)

8 Properties

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2139 Units

Jarred Silverman
Site Manager
4.1(17)

2 Properties

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550 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

rude management great otherwise
Former Tenant
Pros:
the apartment was fine. clean, (c) openigloo gr...
Cons:
avalon management is unwilling to (c) openigloo...
Advice to owner:
n/a
Good building
Former Tenant
Pros:
The doorman and people who (c) openigloo works ...
Cons:
Some neighbors are very noisy. (c) openigloo T...
Decent for the price.
Former Tenant
Pros:
I love the gym, the (c) openigloo pool, the sta...
Cons:
Elevators are broken like alll (c) openigloo th...
Advice to owner:
Fix the elevators
Well maintain building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Building is well maintain Nice (c) openigloo d...
Cons:
Expensive and keep raising rent
Great neighborhood building needs work
Former Tenant
Pros:
The amenities are fantastic and (c) openigloo c...
Cons:
Management and maintenance are not (c) openiglo...
Advice to owner:
Be more responsive and considerate of residents
Don't Rent Here!
Former Tenant
Pros:
Nothing good to say.
Cons:
Mold, Noise, Elevators Don't Work, (c) openiglo...
Advice to owner:
Get your act together! You were found guilty o...
Don't Live Here
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location is convenient to subways, (c) openiglo...
Cons:
Location is annoying (So many (c) openigloo tou...
Advice to owner:
Make yourselves available by phone, fix things ...
Good building full amenity
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great doormen. Clean and good (c) openigloo ame...
Cons:
Terrible location and overpriced. Amenity (c) o...
Apartment review for Avalon West
Former Tenant
Pros:
clean, doorman and co are (c) openigloo friendly
Cons:
loud neighbors and broken elevators
Great Management
Former Tenant
Pros:
- Doormen very nice - Clean - (c) openigloo Fas...
Cons:
- Expensive mandatory amenities fee
Advice to owner:
- Rethink expensive monthly amenities fee
Avalon Midtown West
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great, clean luxury building. Affordable (c) op...
Cons:
Amenities fee being mandatory
Great building, awful management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great building, amenities, neighbors, doormen, ...
Cons:
Management lies and only cares (c) openigloo ab...
Advice to owner:
Don’t lie, be sneaky, deceive.
Great Location , Great Building, Bad Elevators
Former Tenant
Pros:
Next to metro station Spacious Amenities GYM Do...
Cons:
Elevators ( had always been (c) openigloo an is...
Advice to owner:
Please get the new elevators. Fixing these won'...
Current resident review
Former Tenant
Pros:
Pretty quiet but mix of (c) openigloo neighbors...
Cons:
Sometimes the laundry room is (c) openigloo dis...
Advice to owner:
Fix elevator and laundry room
Solid 90s Building
Former Tenant
Pros:
This is a solid, well-built (c) openigloo build...
Cons:
Elevators break down frequently and (c) openigl...
Advice to owner:
Spend the money to fix the elevators and update...
Clean and comfortable
Former Tenant
Pros:
Everyone that works there has (c) openigloo alw...
Cons:
Problems with elevators at time. (c) openigloo ...
Advice to owner:
Nothing!
Well-Kept Building with Large Units Available
Former Tenant
Pros:
Large units available, public spaces (c) openig...
Cons:
Amenities on 2nd floor rather (c) openigloo tha...
Advice to owner:
Keep amenity hours the same as when tenants sig...