Long Island City

The Octagon at 888 Main Street,Manhattan, NY 10044

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In the past three years, this building had:
412 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 0 violations which is 0 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
0Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
0Class 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
There is no record of violation for class A

Property Owners and Associates

Brian Weisberg
Site Manager, Officer
4.2(31)

52 Properties

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916 Units

Coney Island Site 1824 Houses Inc.
Site Manager, Officer
4(41)

159 Properties

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8356 Units

Grc Management
Agent
3.7(39)

99 Properties

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3081 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

Nice staff, recent change of manage company is expected to improve the experienc
Former Tenant
Pros:
Excellent staff. People from maintenance (c) op...
Cons:
My last experience regarding lease (c) openiglo...
Advice to owner:
A more flexible posture when negotiating renewals.
Safety concern for the building.
Former Tenant
Pros:
Clean building. Good maintainance.
Cons:
Since I lived in this (c) openigloo building, I...
Beautiful and relaxing
Former Tenant
Pros:
If you ever wanted a (c) openigloo home away fr...
Cons:
Minimal, very few roaches, but (c) openigloo it...
Advice to owner:
Reframe the windows so no loss of energy (and $...
Great 1st apt in NYC.
Former Tenant
Pros:
Family friendly, clean, quite & (c) openigloo l...
Cons:
Far from public transport- tram/subway.
Great Historic location
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great lobby and pleasant surroundings
Cons:
Real pain to get off (c) openigloo the island f...
Advice to owner:
Get a ferry stop on the island’s northern end
Octagon Apartment review
Former Tenant
Pros:
Maintenance team is always quick (c) openigloo ...
Cons:
Some management and concierge staff (c) openigl...
This is perfect
Former Tenant
Pros:
Everything! This is a great (c) openigloo place
Cons:
It can get very expensive
Great experience, just not my preference
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great building management, very responsive (c) ...
Cons:
Honestly, no complaints. It's a (c) openigloo b...
Great building with an interesting history
Former Tenant
Pros:
1. Newish building 2. Great concierge (c) openi...
Cons:
Nothing really with the building. (c) openigloo...
Advice to owner:
NA, been great thus far
Smoothest and greatest experience we have ever had
Former Tenant
Pros:
The polite and helpful staff, (c) openigloo the...
Cons:
I literally have nothing bad (c) openigloo to s...
Octagon Building Review - great place to be in, with some minor cons to consider
Former Tenant
Pros:
Good neighbors. But it's not (c) openigloo rent...
Cons:
Proximity to a celebratory event (c) openigloo ...
Advice to owner:
Please talk to the Sanctuary
average in nyc
Former Tenant
Pros:
chill environment and large windows (c) openigl...
Cons:
noisy sometimes in the morning (c) openigloo or...
Advice to owner:
too expensive and not worth it at all
Great Roosevelt Island building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Clean, well-maintained building, with friendly ...
Cons:
Our front door was oddly (c) openigloo thin and...
Advice to owner:
The elevator situation was our biggest pain poi...
Suburban Haven
Former Tenant
Pros:
The Octagon is a lovely (c) openigloo building ...
Cons:
The building is fairly expensive (c) openigloo ...
Advice to owner:
While there is a weekend shuttle and The Octago...
Good building , a little expensive
Former Tenant
Pros:
amenities , service , cleanliness
Cons:
heating, electricity, price
Decent community in a decent neighborhood
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location, amenities, red bus
Cons:
Far from everywhere actually
Manhattan Living on RI
Former Tenant
Pros:
Concegerie staff is great, wonderful (c) openig...
Cons:
Neighbors can be loud and (c) openigloo entitle...