W 116-125 Portfolio LLC

Corporate Owner

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5 Properties

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55 Units

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2.2(6)

Evictions: 4

Litigation History: Yes

Review Summary for W 116-125 Portfolio LLC

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.

Recent tenant reviews highlight buildings owned by W 116-125 PORTFOLIO LLC are plagued by cleanliness issues, pest infestations, and neglectful management. Residents reported encountering bedbugs, rats, mice, and cockroaches, along with unsanitary common areas. The management's lack of responsiveness and maintenance delays have led to dissatisfaction among tenants. Suggestions include improving pest control measures, addressing maintenance issues promptly, and enhancing overall cleanliness standards. Despite some positive aspects like location and apartment features, the prevalent issues with management and maintenance detract from the overall living experience, leading to a lack of recommendation from residents.

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 worse than the city .

BUILDING AVERAGE:

2.8 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:

Jun 04, 2025: (a) § hmc:file annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.

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Hazardous

class B

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

MOST RECENT:

Mar 12, 2025: § 27-2026 adm code repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at wash/basin in the bathroom located at apt 2w, 2nd story, 1st apartment from south at west

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Immediately hazardous

class C

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

MOST RECENT:

Mar 11, 2025: § 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 vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

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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 W 116-125 Portfolio LLC

West Harlem

449 Dr M L King Jr Boulevard, Manhattan, NY 10027

17 Units • 6 Floors

2.1(1)

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes

Good Cause Eviction: Yes

Evictions: 0

Litigation History: Yes

1 Year Bedbug History: No

South Harlem

220 West 116 Street, Manhattan, NY 10026

10 Units • 5 Floors

2.4(2)

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes

Good Cause Eviction: Yes

Evictions: 2

Litigation History: Yes

1 Year Bedbug History: No

South Harlem

226 West 116 Street, Manhattan, NY 10026

10 Units • 5 Floors

2.1(1)

Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown

Good Cause Eviction: Yes

Evictions: 1

Litigation History: Yes

1 Year Bedbug History: No

South Harlem

224 West 116 Street, Manhattan, NY 10026

10 Units • 5 Floors

2.1(2)

Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown

Good Cause Eviction: Yes

Evictions: 0

Litigation History: Yes

1 Year Bedbug History: No

Reviews (6)

5 months ago

Very unsanitary building, neglectful management

Former Tenant

Pros:

Great location, very close to the train, close to 2 parks and cute neighborhoods. The heat is pretty good.

Cons:

The building is unsanitary. Over the course of living here for a year, I have encountered bedbugs, rats, mice, and an unending parade of cockroaches despite constant professional and DYI pest control measures. Other units in the building have reported the same infestations. Every week, the trash room -which is open to the street- overflows onto the sidewalk and smells horrible as you enter the building. The hallways and stairwells are dingy, narrow, and smell unpleasant. The management is a large corporate management company which takes no interest in tenants besides getting their names on a lease and collecting checks. It's like pulling teeth to get any sort of response from them.

Over 2 years ago

Never live here

Former Tenant

Pros:

Renovated apartments (although very poorly renovated they looked nice at move in)

Cons:

Building is dirty. Landlord doesn’t answer the phone. Brown water. No hot water. Mice. Roaches. Garbage everywhere. Insecure front door. Painted over sprinkler system and they’ve received constant violations for fire systems not working.

Over 3 years ago

we won in housing court

Former Tenant

Pros:

Nature outside the back window

Cons:

this building is in disarray. pest control rarely comes to spray and the landlord is irresponsible. I would not recommend this property to anyone.

Advice to owner:

don’t be a property owner.

Over 3 years ago

It’s not terrible

Former Tenant

Pros:

Apartments are spacious and things function well

Cons:

Neighbors sometimes leave a mess in the stairwell

Advice to owner:

Be more responsive

Over 4 years ago

Disgusting, Badly Maintained

Former Tenant

Pros:

The area is ok but it’s close to Frederick Douglas, near a lot of good restaurants.

Cons:

The block the building is on is dirty and loud. Men sit outside the building all day and into the night. If you are a woman, be careful if you are alone.
There are multiple maintenance issues throughout the building that have not been resolved. Mailboxes are not up to code and often do not receive mail, the lobby and stairways are disgusting, the buzzer has been broken for over three months. The main entrance once had blood throughout the hallway and it took three days for it to be cleaned. The cleanliness issue is completely unacceptable during covid.

Advice to owner:

Clean the building, hire another property manager to assist in maintenance requests. There are too many problems in the building for one person to handle.

Over 4 years ago

Scumbags :)

Former Tenant

Pros:

The apartment was spacious and gorgeous for the area and the monthly rate. Friendly neighbors. Lovely community.

Cons:

Rats in the lobby. Roaches. Human blood in the lobby. Pre-move in repairs ignored. Problematic windows not opening. Super will not make repairs. Management company has never meet the tenants and attempts to fix problems exclusively over the phone and provides bullshit excuses. I moved out of my apartment due to neglect of important repairs during a pandemic. Where we are supposed to stay home. Its awfully scummy of a landlord to allow this to go on for so long. Lots of unanswered questions.

Advice to owner:

Do better. Keep a log of tenants and their history. Get a better super or a better way of addressing maintenance issues. Provide a copy of the lease to the tenants. Give real instructions on who to contact when something needs addressed. Too many things were accepted as “fine” during normal time, but in the situation of the pandemic, your tenants who pay rent on time deserve to be heard and have requests attended to. There was also no options about how to ensure there was an acceptable living condition during the pandemic. The office phone number stated it was CLOSED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. EXCUSE ME. THIS MANAGER HAS MULTIPLE PROPERTIES WITH MULTIPLE TENANTS.