178 East 117 Street,
Manhattan, NY 10035

22 Units

Built in 2007

8 Floors

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 4
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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Renters Recommendations

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Reviews (2)

Over 1 year ago
Management sucks and neighborhood sucks
Former Tenant
Pros:
Building is relatively new and the neighbors in the building are for the most part nice and quiet.
The super is pretty amazing
Cons:
We have an F for efficiency rating and the heating/AC units in most if the apartments don't work. Management took over 1 year to take care of 1 of the non working AC units and never addressed the other. Woth the inefficiencies my con Edison bill was literally $1000/months. Outrageous.

There's always homeless people outside shooting up and they get into the building constantly. We even saw one pick the locks to the building and steal out package (we asked the super to see what happened to out stolen package)... guess what nothing was done about it. It's super unsafe because who knows what else they could do roaming the building like that.
Over 3 years ago
Big cheap and cheaply made units
Former Tenant
Pros:
Huge units for low cost
In unit laundry
Dishwasher
Excellent live-in super
Courtyard/garden out back
Kind neighbors in building
Management never raises rent more than $100 because they lost our lease two years in a row
Lots of local coffee shops
Great local food
Cons:
High utilities
Ice maker on refrigerator never fixed for 5 years because part couldn’t be ordered
Shower in secondary bathroom had pipes that were old and made a screeching/shaking noise weekly
Pipes loud; can hear them and a knocking noise in the bathroom
Can hear upstairs neighbors
Terrible management
Cheap finishes (ex. Door handles often loosen)
There are many rehab facilities in the neighborhood so there are a lot of people suffering from addiction or using who hang out by the 116 6 stop or outside the building
New roommates name never added to the lease because management was so unresponsive for 2.5 years
Advice to owner:
Fire everyone in the management office and start over. They’re unbelievably unorganized, unresponsive and incompetent.

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Rents and Deposits

-- of renters received their security deposits back
It dummy text been reported if this building dummy electronic rent payments.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 7 days ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 178 East 117 Street is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.36 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
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class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Hazardous
4
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Dec 03, 2024: § 27-2005 hmc: properly repair or replace the broken or defective door hinges at upper cabinet at south wall in the kitchen located at apt 4c, 4th story, 1st apartment from west at north
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Immediately hazardous
4
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Sep 05, 2025: hmc adm code: § 27-2017.4 abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment located at apt 4c, 4th story
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Missing information/filings
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class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Property Owners and Associates
R
Richard Gizzi
3.3(6)
Corporate Owner
44 Properties198 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 12
S
Santiago Padilla
3.1(2)
Site Manager
1 Property22 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 4
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Unavailable Owner
3.1(2)
Owner
1 Property22 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 4
M
Myron Berman
3.1(2)
Head Officer
5 Properties79 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 12

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