Eka 150 West 47TH Street LLC

Corporate Owner

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1 Properties

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103 Units

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4(14)

Evictions: 0

Litigation History: No

Review Summary for Eka 150 West 47TH Street LLC

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.

Tenants renting from EKA 150 WEST 47TH STREET LLC consistently praise the building's cleanliness, well-maintained amenities, and friendly, helpful staff including doormen and superintendents. The property's location near Times Square offers convenience and great transit access, though it brings persistent noise challenges due to heavy tourism, ongoing construction, and neighborhood activity. While the owner and management are generally responsive and attentive, some renters report occasional slow responses and maintenance inconveniences, such as prolonged elevator outages and issues during move-in/move-out. Despite noise and some management quirks, the building is valued for security, lack of pest problems, and a welcoming community vibe.

Open Violations

Only open violations from the last 10 years.

Data last updated 7 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

Non-hazardous

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

class B

i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

MOST RECENT:

No violation found...

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Immediately hazardous

class C

i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

MOST RECENT:

No violation found...

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Missing information/filings

class I

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

MOST RECENT:

No violation found...

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All Properties Associated with Eka 150 West 47TH Street LLC

Midtown

150 West 47 Street, Manhattan, NY 10036

103 Units • 13 Floors

4(14)

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes

Good Cause Eviction: Yes

Evictions: 0

Litigation History: No

1 Year Bedbug History: Yes

Reviews (14)

2 months ago

friendly staff and community vibe

Former Tenant

Pros:

the staff are always very warm and ready to help

Cons:

there are always tourists sitting in front of the building

6 months ago

Clean Rental Building

Former Tenant

Pros:

Clean, well-maintained, new amenities

Cons:

Noise, small rooms, thin walls

6 months ago

Location is tough but otherwise good

Former Tenant

Pros:

Helpful maintenance, well priced, close to midtown

Cons:

Loud area and neighborhood, but should be obvious.

9 months ago

Good first apartment

Former Tenant

Pros:

Great staff, doormen and super.

Cons:

Noisy, next to Times Square, not a lot of light

Over 1 year ago

Just okay, good 1st yr apt

Former Tenant

Pros:

Despite being literally in Times Square, I had a pretty okay time here (lived there right when I got to NYC for 1 year). The doormen were all nice and I never experienced bugs or apartment issues. Felt safe and secure and laundry, gym all were nice

Cons:

Did not have the best experience with the super, ESPECIALLY when moving in/moving out. Don’t get on his bad side. He quite literally made moving out a nightmare

Advice to owner:

For the price, not worth it unless with roommates.

Over 2 years ago

Great little apartment

Former Tenant

Pros:

Responsive building manager

Cons:

Small and also the airflow is not great

Over 2 years ago

Decent except the location

Former Tenant

Pros:

Building itself is managed decently. Responsive super, nice doorman, easy access to multiple subway lines

Cons:

One elevator is consistently broken. In times square so lots of tourists and business which gets old very quick.

Over 2 years ago

Great but in a bad location

Former Tenant

Pros:

Very clean, no bugs, there is a doorman, apartments sizes are big

Cons:

Loud construction, outlets do not work, tiny gym

Over 2 years ago

Went from terrible to approaching okay

Former Tenant

Pros:

- Day to day building staff are great, no issues there
- Super is quite responsive
- Apartments, hallways, etc. are clean
- No pests in the time I've lived here

Cons:

- Previous management was horrible. Blocked off the laundry *and* gym for 6+ months, nearly a year and had bad customer service.
- The new management is quite new.
- They are raising rents quite fast relative to the market.
- There's been a boiler sitting on the street instead of the in-building boiler. No notification has been provided to the tenants as to why or how long this will be the case. There were disruptions in the heat within the winter.

Over 3 years ago

The Somerset Residential

Former Tenant

Pros:

Centrally located to tourist sites & transportation

Cons:

Super is lazy & more concerned with tenets’ personal lives than keeping up with maintenance & repairs

Advice to owner:

Get more involved, learn what your tenets want/expect directly from them. Why has the call box outside the building been deliberately disconnected when it has video capture & recording capabilities??

Over 3 years ago

Convenient and centrally located in Manhattan

Former Tenant

Pros:

Centrally located, convenient to multiple subway lines, 2 grocery stores options and drugstore options

Cons:

The relentless noise from next door building endless construction that can be as early as 7am and as late as 11pm, both weekdays and weekends. This will not be over soon, since it’s a landmark building so it will take forever to finish whatever project they have in mind. The occasional weekly foul odor from the jewelry manufacturer on 46th street is noxious and it usually happens after 8pm.

Advice to owner:

Please fix one out of the two elevators in the building. It has been out for almost 1 year now (we are nearing end of March 2022). It is unfair to let tenants pay full amount of rent when some amenities are not working for an extended period of time.

Over 3 years ago

First Year Here

Former Tenant

Pros:

Building is very well maintained and has great amenities. The door staff is very friendly. The apartments are cozy and by great transit options. The bathrooms have all been renovated and are really nice.

Cons:

There is very loud construction round the clock next door. This is not rent stabilized, so if it goes up to market value, I will most likely have to move. One elevator has not been working for almost 2 months.

Over 3 years ago

Clean Building, Terrible Landlord

Former Tenant

Pros:

They keep it clean and the door staff is pretty nice.

Cons:

This is the loudest building you will ever live in. There is constant jack hammering happening at all hours of the day and night. Not kidding. The building landlord or glorified maintenance guy? Is a giant prick and very invasive. Basically treats the whole place like a dorm.

Advice to owner:

Treat your tenants better, because there is nothing special about this building. It’s so loud you want to rip your head off and you’re rude.

Over 4 years ago

All around good option (if you don’t mind the craziness of times sq!)

Former Tenant

Pros:

- All things considered, an overall good option (elevator, doorman, laundry in building, decently sized units)
- Generally convenient (BDFM, NQR immediately outside the building)
- To my surprise, we had zero bugs / pests during our 3 years there
- Friendly doorman & helpful live-in super

Cons:

- Noise level given location; during my time there were significant levels of construction in the area which added to the noise
- Management company is not always the most responsive / tends to operate fairly old school / manual