Christopher Alker

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Creator: Openigloo

Officer·1 building·228 units

4.2

8 reviews

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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Tenants generally find Christopher Alker's buildings well-staffed with friendly, responsive doormen and management. Buildings are clean and quiet with good heating and water pressure, although some apartments have old amenities and varying conditions due to individual ownership. Pest control frequently emerges as a concern, especially recurring cockroach issues, with some recommendations for more comprehensive building-wide treatments. Residents appreciate the location and organized common areas, but note occasional noise and smell intrusion between units. Overall, management responsiveness is good, though some tenants urge quicker repairs and better upkeep, especially for outdated appliances and infrastructure, ensuring a decent living experience despite minor drawbacks.

Reviews

Former tenant·34 minutes ago

Mid in Midtown

Pros

Building is nice overall. Building staff are friendly and kind. I don’t worry about getting mice or rats. Depending on location good view and good sunlight.

Cons

Building has a pretty massive cockroach problem and because each unit is owned separately there is no building-wide solution - it is quite literally every unit for themselves. There are at least 4 breeds of cockroaches and they are all the way up to even the top floors. For how expensive the building is this pretty ridiculous. Walls are thin and noise and smell transfer between units on your floor and above/below - pretty annoying to smell what your downstairs neighbors are burning ever night for dinner. Also because of the individual ownership the condition overall and appliances vary unit to unit.

Advice to the owners

You need to just bug bomb this whole building or you’ll never fix the roaches.

Former tenant·11 months ago

Building was not bad

Pros

Most doormen were really nice; super was pretty responsive; neighbors were cordial

Cons

pest control was not the best (none in unit, but found roaches in basement and on floor's elevator / common area)

Advice to the owners

fix pest control issues

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Building ratings

Cleanliness

Trash management

Pest control

Water pressure

Heat

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Owner responsiveness

Cleanliness

Trash management

Pest control

Water pressure

Heat

Neighbors

Noise levels

Owner responsiveness

Rents and deposits

Renters received their security deposits back

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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 average0.01Violations per unit

NYC average0.81Violations per unit

0Class C

Immediately hazardous

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

2Class B

Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

1Class 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