531 W 159 St,Manhattan, NY 10032
36 Units
•Built in 2017
•7 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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Review Summary for 531 W 159 St
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Recent reviews of 531 West 159 Street paint a mixed picture for renters. The building benefits from a great location with easy subway access, spacious apartments with modern interiors, a nice back courtyard, and generally good neighbors. However, persistent issues include poor management responsiveness, frequent elevator and laundry room outages, basement flooding with mold smells, and security concerns with package theft and non-residents accessing common areas. Pest problems ranging from rats to bugs have been reported. Renters emphasize the need for improved maintenance, better management communication, and enhanced building security to significantly improve living conditions.
Reviews (9)
2.25 stars
3 months ago
Nice, but beware
Former Tenant
Pros:
- Back yard (but not furnished
- Elevator (sometimes it breaks down)
- Laundry (but sometimes out of service for weeks) Laundry room has not functioned since Mid-January 2025
- Nice interiors
- Great location to subway
- Elevator (sometimes it breaks down)
- Laundry (but sometimes out of service for weeks) Laundry room has not functioned since Mid-January 2025
- Nice interiors
- Great location to subway
Cons:
- Rat infestation in basement
- The basement has gym that is unusable because its has a musty mold smell
- The laundry room doesn't work sometimes
- Packages often times get stollen
- Storage area is unusable because its covered in mold / musty smell
- basement floods when huge rainstorms
- The basement has gym that is unusable because its has a musty mold smell
- The laundry room doesn't work sometimes
- Packages often times get stollen
- Storage area is unusable because its covered in mold / musty smell
- basement floods when huge rainstorms
4.25 stars
7 months ago
Nice building Terrible management
Former Tenant
Pros:
No pests and new finishes
Cons:
Terrible management! The central AC was broken and they didn’t fix it for a month during, all this during a heat advisory.
The “gym” has never worked, it is moldy and flooded
All the washers and dryers are broken, when functional only one washer or dryer works
If you have a problem don’t expect management to help anytime soon, this includes if you lock yourself out of the apartment
The elevator breaks around once a month
Also, unless you’re Dominican this area might not be for you, it’s
Mostly older people around, not many good restaurants either.
The “gym” has never worked, it is moldy and flooded
All the washers and dryers are broken, when functional only one washer or dryer works
If you have a problem don’t expect management to help anytime soon, this includes if you lock yourself out of the apartment
The elevator breaks around once a month
Also, unless you’re Dominican this area might not be for you, it’s
Mostly older people around, not many good restaurants either.
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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 6 days ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 531 W 159 St is worse than the city .
BUILDING AVERAGE:
1.66 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
41
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Aug 26, 2025: § 27-2017.3 hmc: trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... greater than 10 square feet at ceiling, north and east walls at cellar at laundry room
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Hazardous
12
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Aug 22, 2025: § 27-2010, 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the ... at compactor closet, 3rd story
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Immediately hazardous
6
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Apr 30, 2024: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 hmc, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( c) mdl and 28 rcny §25-171: replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at building front entrance door , 1st story
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Missing information/filings
1
class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
Nov 17, 2025: §27-2107 adm code owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.
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Property Owners and Associates
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Residential Industries Ii LLC
3.6(9)
Corporate Owner•
1 Property•36 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
A
Anthony Castillo
3.6(9)
Site Manager•
1 Property•36 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
A
Alex Bronzo
3.6(9)
Agent•
1 Property•36 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
J
Jeremy Markowitz
3.6(9)
Head Officer•
1 Property•36 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
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