Elizabeth Rivera

Head Officer

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Agent

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4 Properties

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311 Units

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3.2(35)

Evictions: 12

Litigation History: Yes

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Review Summary for Elizabeth Rivera

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.

Tenant feedback for buildings managed by Elizabeth Rivera reveals a complex picture. Residents often praise the affordability, spaciousness, and location benefits, along with generally friendly neighbors and helpful superintendents. However, persistent issues include unreliable elevators, ongoing pest infestations (notably bed bugs and rodents), inconsistent heating, cleanliness problems, and security concerns such as loitering and package theft. Management is frequently described as unresponsive or slow to address maintenance and pest control concerns, with a recurrent call for improved communication and better oversight. While some tenants recommend the buildings for their value and community, many caution potential renters about the infrastructure challenges and management responsiveness.

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:

0.16 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:

Aug 25, 2025: § 27-2017.3 hmc: trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... less than 10 sqft at ceiling in the bathroom located at apt 8c, 9th story, 1st apartment from north at east

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Hazardous

class B

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

MOST RECENT:

Oct 13, 2025: § 27-2026, 2027 hmc: properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the 2nd room from north located at apt 23f, 23rd story, 3rd 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:

Oct 15, 2025: § 27-2026, 2027 hmc: properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom located at apt 23f, 23rd story, 3rd apartment from south at west

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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 Elizabeth Rivera

Central Harlem

2437 8 Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10027

Units • Floors

0(0)

Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown

Good Cause Eviction: Yes

Evictions: 0

Litigation History: No

1 Year Bedbug History: No

Central Harlem

412 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10027

Units • Floors

0(0)

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes

Good Cause Eviction: Yes

Evictions: 0

Litigation History: No

1 Year Bedbug History: No

Central Harlem

410 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10027

269 Units • 29 Floors

2.8(33)

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes

Good Cause Eviction: Yes

Evictions: 8

Litigation History: Yes

1 Year Bedbug History: Yes

Central Harlem

301 W 130 St, Manhattan, NY 10027

42 Units • 8 Floors

3.6(2)

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes

Good Cause Eviction: Yes

Evictions: 4

Litigation History: Yes

1 Year Bedbug History: No

Reviews (35)

1 week ago

Decent and Convenient

Former Tenant

Pros:

Laundry and elevator

Cons:

Plumbing issues happening frequently, also gas and heat problems.

4 months ago

Solid place to live

Former Tenant

Pros:

Spacious, good water pressure

Cons:

roaches, poor efficiency/drafty

8 months ago

Mice and bedbugs

Former Tenant

Pros:

Large, spacious, sunny apartments.

Cons:

Bed bugs live in the walls of this building. You can exterminate them all you want, but they won't go away until the whole building gets fumigated.

10 months ago

Its has its ups and downs

Former Tenant

Pros:

Elevator building. They are renovating so things look better. Laundry in building. Neighbors are chill

Cons:

There was some time where the elevator was broken for months at a time. Management dont do well with keeping track of numbers with rent. So stay on top of your receipts.

Advice to owner:

Get a better ledger

Over 1 year ago

Incredibly helpful super; Good space for the money

Former Tenant

Pros:

Affordable building; Central area

Cons:

Cleanliness is so-so

Over 2 years ago

Cheap but Terrible Management

Former Tenant

Pros:

The price is great for the amount of space you get.

Cons:

- Terrible Pest Management: Bed Bugs in the building, Mice in the building
- Elevators always breaking
- Packages get stolen

Over 2 years ago

shitty management + slumlords

Former Tenant

Pros:

The people in this building are overwhelmingly nice! units are pretty big as well.

Cons:

The management sucks and is unresponsive in a crisis. The stairwells are filthy. The washers and dryers in the laundry room break often. One of the elevators has been out of commission for 3 years, the other two break occasionally. I know multiple units with pest problems.

Advice to owner:

Stop raising the rent if you aren’t going to adjust the quality of the units and fix pipes/heat/infrastructure!

Over 2 years ago

Can't beat the price..

Former Tenant

Pros:

Size of unit and price with utilities included is great. Super is a nice enough guy if you can get a hold of him. Tenants are generally very friendly and it's wonderful experiencing the community within the building.

Cons:

Baseboard heat only works in some rooms, and the thermostat is just decorative and controlled by the building. Stairwells are constantly full of piss, the laundry room seems to be on its last legs. And the elevators- as soon as one is fixed the next is out of order. Packages stolen from outside of apartments, not a single person manning the front desk these days and security cameras are out of order.

Over 2 years ago

A swing and a kiss

Former Tenant

Pros:

No positives really

Cons:

2 out of 3 broken elevators ALWAYS…. 28 floors and 1 working elevator? Not okay. Homeless in the stairwell! Called 311 to complain and management of the building said they don’t ask them to leave because they get “aggressive” pee & feces also in stairwell. “Security guard” constantly smoking weed with people in the lobby. Packages constantly being stolen. Heat cranking on in the middle of June.

Over 2 years ago

Great for what it was

Former Tenant

Pros:

Amazing location, the actual apartment has modern appliances

Cons:

The elevators, hallways, entry were all old, somewhat dirty, and chaotic. Packages would be stolen

Over 2 years ago

Run while you can

Former Tenant

Pros:

Very spacious apartments

Cons:

The building is filthy. My unit was infested with roaches, and the building manager Elizabeth would not accomodate us and help us get an exterminator. Also, water would come up through our sick drain and overflow onto the floor. Each unit has a thermostat, but sometimes the heat would not work.

Over 2 years ago

Decent experience living here

Former Tenant

Pros:

Can pay rent online, submit matinence requests online, super was friendly, trash chutes on every floor, laundry was almost always working

Cons:

Mice on almost every floor, lots people hanging out in front of the building, elevator slow

Advice to owner:

eradicate the mice

Over 2 years ago

Great place to live!

Former Tenant

Pros:

Wonderful neighbors and neighborhood! Columbia kids moving in need to actually try to be part of community.

Cons:

Elevators kept breaking down!

Advice to owner:

Fix the elevators! And the fob key!

Over 3 years ago

Terrible environment

Former Tenant

Pros:

The apartments are well laid out and renovated pretty decently. Utilities are included in the rent and many of the unites are rent stabilized. Water pressure is fine. There was more than enough heat in the winter so not only do you not get cold, you might have to sit around in shorts.

Cons:

Huge mouse problem. It took years to get the mouse problem in my apartment under control, but I knew the problem still persisted in other apartments. Lot of loiterers around the building leaving their trash everywhere. Some of the neighbors are not respectful and would leave their trash everywhere, or would hang out playing loud music and talking loudly late at night in the courtyard behind the building, so all the apartments facing the courtyard would be affected by the noise.

Advice to owner:

Hire better security to get rid of all the loiterers and non-residents that would just hang out throughout the building's hallways and non-public courtyard.

Over 3 years ago

Horrible management, broken elevators, & more

Former Tenant

Pros:

The location is great, right across the street from a park and near the trains. The inside of the apartments are decently nice. Great water pressure in the shower too.

Cons:

Terrible building management and unkept building and maintenance. The elevators never work and with so many tenants, you
can wait for up to 20 minutes to get into the elevator and it will be packed with people. Management claims they are fixing the elevators but never do. There were so many times I was late for work because I had to walk down 27 flights of straits since the elevators were out. Not fun. A lot of times they were unsafe to even be in; occasionally dropping multiple floors while you’re in it and getting stuck for several minutes. The laundry is also not good. The machines rarely work or are fixed.

All in all I’d just say the building is janky. And for a building of this size with so many tenants, it should absolutely be given more care. The building manager absolutely needs to be fined.

Advice to owner:

Find a new occupation.

Over 3 years ago

Bedbugs, mice and roach infestation

Former Tenant

Pros:

Nothing is good

Cons:

Elevators don’t work, bed bug and roach and mice infestation
Mold and water leaking from ceiling
Stove don’t work
Section 8 told them to fix it when they did inspection in January 2022 and they never came to fix anything

Over 3 years ago

It Will Do

Former Tenant

Pros:

Not much noise when going to bed, my neighbor is nice, new appliances

Cons:

Had two roaches in my apartment and I screamed like a child. Can’t do bugs. But idk if they have a problem. Also, gotta pay for laundry which is stupid.

Over 3 years ago

Colton Management is a massive slum lord

Former Tenant

Pros:

Great location by the park and subways and 125th street

Cons:

Elizabeth, the building management is useless. Had roaches for months and had to call 311 multiple times. Had a leak in our ceiling into our tub that would took 3 weeks to resolve.

Advice to owner:

Fire Elizabeth she is useless

Over 3 years ago

2021/2022 Apartment Experience

Former Tenant

Pros:

Rent controlled, laundry room, renovated unit, nice views

Cons:

Roaches, broken elevator, no one at the front desk, hard to contact managers

Over 3 years ago

Could be better

Former Tenant

Pros:

Good location to transport

Cons:

Cleanliness and the lack there of

Advice to owner:

Where’s security? We pay rent for it.