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Matthew Berman

Site Manager

1 Properties

709 Units

Evictions: 10
Litigation History: No
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Review Summary for Matthew Berman
Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.
Recent reviews of buildings managed by Matthew Berman emphasize professionalism and cleanliness, with tenants praising attentive, friendly staff and well-maintained, modern amenities. The buildings are noted for strong pest control and effective maintenance teams. However, renters often address challenges with lease renewals, describing them as inflexible and prone to significant rent increases, especially in market-rate units. Noise can be an issue in some units due to neighbors or nearby infrastructure. Transportation access is a common concern, though shuttle services help mitigate distance from subways. Overall, management is responsive and professional but could improve tenant relations during lease negotiations and address transportation and noise concerns.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 3 days ago.
The average number of violations per unit for this owner/associates across their portfolio is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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class B
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class I
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About Matthew Berman
Matthew Berman is the senior general manager at The Durst Organization, a family-run business dedicated to the principles of innovation, integrity, community, and sustainability. The Organization develops, builds, owns, and manages premier office towers and residential buildings that set new standards in environmental responsibility and user efficiency.
All Properties Associated with Matthew Berman
Hell's Kitchen
625 West 57 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019
Top Rated 709 Units 43 Floors
4.7(25)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Evictions: 10
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No

Reviews (25)

1 month ago
Great building and community
Former Tenant
Pros:
Beautiful river views. Well-staffed. Building is clean and well-managed. Apartments are large and pin drop quiet. Lots of amenities. Neighbors are friendly. Great closet space. Very clean.
Cons:
Bike storage is vertical and a bit of a pain if you’re small or lack strength. It’s a bit of a walk to catch a train at Columbus. Shuttle helps, but it’s only during rush hour during the week.
Advice to owner:
More shuttle bus hours like other properties in the neighborhood.
6 months ago
New Building with best amenities in Manhattan.
Former Tenant
Pros:
Clean
Great Concierge and plumbing services
Newly built
No pest issues
Transportation to the Columbus circle available on limited times
Cons:
Located right next to the Con Ed Power plant, so noisy 24/7
Expect a high rent increase of at least $200 - $2000/month upon lease renewals, depending on various lease terms offered by the management
Advice to owner:
Please try to be reasonable during lease renewals
8 months ago
Pretty nice apt
Former Tenant
Pros:
clean, modern-looking, nice amenities, mgmt fairly responsive
Cons:
appliances not that high-quality
Over 1 year ago
Great building on west side
Former Tenant
Pros:
Attentive staff
Clean
Amazon hub
Cons:
Somewhat isolated on the far west side
Amenity areas are almost always empty ghost towns.
Over 1 year ago
Via 57 West
Former Tenant
Pros:
Nice new building
Good amenities
Nice gym
Cons:
Large student population and loud
Advice to owner:
Keep students under control
Over 2 years ago
Nice building at a cost
Former Tenant
Pros:
Good design of common areas, good amenities. Responsive staff and maintenance teams.
Cons:
Expensive, leasing terms are not as flexible as one would like
Over 2 years ago
Decent place to live
Former Tenant
Pros:
Building is very clean, and the doormen are friendly and always greet you. The facilities were always clean, and rarely used.
Cons:
The apartments are market rate. Come time to renew, our gross rent price increased 10%. If this will be a deal breaker for you, expect to move out once your lease term is up.

We also had a terrible upstairs neighbor who would run on their treadmill at very early hours, btwn 4-6am. Building management didn't do anything.
Over 2 years ago
Great place to live
Former Tenant
Pros:
Enjoyed the 5 years I have lived here.
Cons:
Prices have gone up substantially
Advice to owner:
Don't make the courtyard an amenity
Over 2 years ago
Great modern building
Former Tenant
Pros:
very modern
great handymans
clean & new
super friendly staff
great amenities
Cons:
lots of students
have to pay for amenities
far out (near 12th ave), however they provide a shuttle to columbus circle
Over 3 years ago
Love living here
Former Tenant
Pros:
I cannot think of a bad thing to say about this building. It is managed very professionally, the apartment was spotless and well maintained when I moved in and the front desk staff are amazing. Wonderful amenities too!
Cons:
I never want to leave! The shuttle bus was only Monday to Friday which was a pain but now they’ve extended it to weekends too which is great.
People whine about the distance to the subway but the M57 crosstown bus is right outside the door and takes you to Columbus Circle where you can catch the subway - the free shuttle takes you right there too!
Advice to owner:
The rents are a little on the high side especially for studios and one bedrooms but you get what you pay for!
Please please do something about the tenants that stick crap on their front doors - I’m talking about decorations which are tacky and detract from the building.
Over 3 years ago
Good place for a short stay
Former Tenant
Pros:
New and relatively clean, close to Riverside Park
Cons:
Oddly shaped layout. Not on the most interesting block and a bit far to the subway.
Over 3 years ago
Expensive but great building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Amenities, staff are too notch.
Cons:
Great building but a renewals are hard to work with.
Over 3 years ago
Trendy, nice place
Former Tenant
Pros:
great location! just steps away from the border entrance to Hudson River and Riverside Parks. This building has very nice common areas and is well-designed. Apartment sound-proofing was solid. Neighbors keep to themselves and are respectful. Doormen team are friendly and helpful.
Cons:
Twelve minute walk to the subway.
Over 3 years ago
Outstanding amenities and very responsive landlord.
Former Tenant
Pros:
Amenities are top notch and well maintained. Landlord was very responsive. Building is brand new and always kept clean. Building staff is great!
Cons:
Location, very far from everything.
Over 4 years ago
15minute+ wait for elevators
Former Tenant
Pros:
Modern, beautiful building
Cons:
Elevators are awful!!!
Advice to owner:
Use all of the elevators you have, ALL OF THEM...not just a select few. You have 4 in the main lobby but only 2 are ever on..There are ALWAYS lines getting on the elevator. And when there are not, the elevator takes FOREVER to arrive, sometimes skipping my floor altogether leaving me waiting around for another elevator...it’s maddening and with covid, this makes it IMPOSSIBLE to distance because people are so fed up with waiting 15minutes +, we all pile into the next available elevator....
Over 4 years ago
Nice Building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Clean, friendly staff, nice finished
Cons:
Far from Subway
Advice to owner:
Be more communicative about repairs
Over 4 years ago
Great place to live
Former Tenant
Pros:
Lovely apartments, great views, quiet and peaceful, great view over the Hudson, good gym (and rarely busy), friendly and professional staff.
Cons:
The leasing office is awful when renewing. They definitely couldn’t care less if existing tenants renew or not. I didn’t want to move out but they were unwilling to be reasonable upon renewing in the middle of Covid, when rents had collapsed everywhere. They ended up leasing my apartment for much less than I was willing to pay and about 3 months after I moved out.
Advice to owner:
Incentivize the leasing office to renew existing tenants.
Over 4 years ago
The future is here
Former Tenant
Pros:
Design, neighborhood, quiet, great amenities, responsive maintenance team, composting!
Cons:
Rents should have been lowered during covid - as an overall policy!
Advice to owner:
Allow us to buy or rent to own
Over 4 years ago
No complaints so far
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great front desk staff, apartments are well maintained, good communication about issues
Cons:
Amentities are overpriced
Blinds are terrible and do not block out sunshine!
Runners can take long to deliver food (policy, not their fault)
Advice to owner:
Some residents treat the hallways like their person space- very frustrating
New blinds- current ones are useless
Over 4 years ago
Well Thought Out
Former Tenant
Pros:
Really great noise insulation from neighbors, everything in the building is kept clean and well put together, lots of amenities (that I haven’t seen most of due to COVID) and responsive management team with super friendly staff throughout the place!
Cons:
There are a ton of flys constantly all summer long, it’d be nice to have screens on the window to avoid them
Advice to owner:
Screens, or other tools to mitigate the severity of bugs flying in, we couldn’t leave the windows open for too long without a big fly coming in. Otherwise keep up the lovey building, staff have been amazing and all so friendly/helpful