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Howard Lifshitz

Head Officer·17 buildings·261 units
3.5

56 reviews

Highlights

10
Evictions
6
Litigation cases

About Howard Lifshitz

Howard Lifshitz is a mixed-profile head officer. Across their buildings, tenants rate them 3.5/5 across 56 reviews, with 59% recommending their buildings and 65% approving of them as an owner or associate. Their portfolio records 10 evictions, 62 open violations, and 6 litigation cases. Data last updated September 6, 2026. Howard Lifshitz is a Head Officer associated with 17 buildings and 261 units across Manhattan and Brooklyn. The portfolio spans multiple neighborhoods including Turtle Bay, East Village, Park Slope, Financial District, Murray Hill, Stuyvesant Heights, and Astoria. The buildings were built primarily in the 1920s, showcasing a range of architectural styles from earlier and mid-20th century developments. The portfolio consists mostly of mid-rise buildings. About 82% of the associated buildings have rent-stabilized apartments.

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Renters recommend associated buildings

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Renters approve of this owner or associate

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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Recent reviews for properties managed by Howard Lifshitz reveal a mixed bag of experiences. While some buildings offer clean environments, attentive staff, and responsive management, others are criticized for poor maintenance, cleanliness, and responsiveness issues. Common tenant concerns include inadequate heat, pest control problems, and malfunctioning facilities like elevators and laundry machines. Additionally, the management's communication appears lacking, contributing to tenant frustrations. Prospective renters might appreciate convenient locations and decent community vibes, but should be prepared for potential maintenance challenges and mixed management quality throughout the portfolio.

Reviews

Former tenant·1 minute ago

Hardly worth the money

Pros

most of the things outside of it: transit access, this low in FiDi is generally quiet outside of EMS, laundry in-building is definitely a pro (more cons, however), high ceilings, good lighting in varied units (higher floors)

Cons

Continued AI streeteasy renderings are really alarming in an age of higher than ever rents and this building and its ownership especially not living up to the prices that they charge. Many issues from 8-10 years ago documented on this building are still present, most recently the largest elevator in the building going down (1 of 2) after repeated non-union jobs to fix it after the past few years of tenancy here. All tenants have been evicted from a secure mail room (which we were given a key for initially, but is now useless except to hike up the stairs when elevators are down). Mail is left unorganized and easily up for taking in the lobby. Building serviced by a newer, much ruder cleaner than his former who speaks condescendingly to tenants, misplaces mail/rips off mailers, refuses to separate recycling properly (its his job?) or properly participate in composting. 311 has been notified about this. Water pressure environmentally sensitive (temperature) + scam-Hercules machines.

Advice to the owners

actually speak to your tenants - everyone here is a grown adult and deserves the right to know how long something may be down and not be in a constant guessing game until something breaks. rent is far too high for the quality of building and issues that tenants are facing, which is clearly a much largely symptom of financial mismanagement. in a heads down culture this benefits the building ownership which has probably never felt a sustained pressure for real quality of life improvements.

Former tenant·48 seconds ago

Good walk up

Pros

I don’t have bugs. Overall a good apartment for a walk up.

Cons

Super owl shower that hasn’t been updated. Management isn’t always responsive.

Buildings associated with HOWARD LIFSHITZ

  • 889 Park Avenue

    889 Park Avenue

    Stuyvesant Heights

  • 412 Rear East 50 Street
    Rent-stabilized

    412 Rear East 50 Street

    Turtle Bay

  • 11 Maiden Lane
    Good cause

    11 Maiden Lane

    4.0(23)

    Financial District

  • 50 Avenue B
    Rent-stabilized

    50 Avenue B

    3.8(1)

    East Village

889 Park Avenue

889 Park Avenue

Stuyvesant Heights

412 Rear East 50 Street
Rent-stabilized

412 Rear East 50 Street

Turtle Bay

11 Maiden Lane
Good cause

11 Maiden Lane

4.0(23)

Financial District

50 Avenue B
Rent-stabilized

50 Avenue B

3.8(1)

East Village

Building ratings

Cleanliness

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Trash management

-

Pest control

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Water pressure

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Heat

-

Neighbors

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Noise levels

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Owner responsiveness

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Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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Water pressure

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Heat

-

Neighbors

-

Noise levels

-

Owner responsiveness

-

Rents and deposits

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Renters received their security deposits back

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Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 5 days ago

Average violations per unit for this owner or associate is better than the city average.

Owner average0.23Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
11Class C
Immediately hazardous

Rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

37Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

14Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

0Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

FAQs

Howard Lifshitz has an average tenant rating of 3.5 out of 5 across 56 reviews.

Buildings managed by Howard Lifshitz average 0.23 open violations per unit, fewer than the citywide average of 0.81.

59% of tenants who reviewed buildings managed by Howard Lifshitz would recommend living there.

Howard Lifshitz has not appeared on the NYC worst landlords list.

Howard Lifshitz owns or manages 17 buildings totalling 261 units.

Howard Lifshitz has 6 housing court litigation cases across their portfolio.

Howard Lifshitz has 10 recorded evictions across their portfolio.

65% of tenants who reviewed a building managed by Howard Lifshitz approve of how it is run.

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Howard Lifshitz

Head Officer·17 buildings·261 units
3.5

56 reviews

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