518 East 5 Street,Manhattan, NY 10009
19 Units
•Built in 1900
•5 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Pet Friendly: Unknown
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Renters Recommendations
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-- of renters approve of this owner
Reviews (2)
1.62 stars
Over 3 years ago
Cheaply made and bad management
Former Tenant
Pros:
It was cheap
Cons:
It was cheaply built. Could hear EVERYTHING from your neighbors. Ceilings leaked. Bad windows. Management was beyond incompetent. Gas was out for nearly a year.
Advice to owner:
Fix your cheap building so it can be livable.
2.88 stars
Over 3 years ago
Management would always send someone but never resolve
Former Tenant
Pros:
Seems nice at first
Cons:
-Raised rent 67% percent after first year which is effectively an eviction as no ones salary gets raised close to that amount
-apartment flooded with three feet of water due to no drainage did nothing except send someone with a mop
-no heat down stairs they just gave us space heater but that drove up
Our electricity bill
-whenever we had an issue they would send someone quickly but that person would just tell us there is nothing they can do
-ceiling Definetly not seven feet in basement
-occassional of roaches (water bugs) including finding one in our mail box (it didnt always close properly!)
-ceiling would leak
-management had weird quiet hour rules
-apartment flooded with three feet of water due to no drainage did nothing except send someone with a mop
-no heat down stairs they just gave us space heater but that drove up
Our electricity bill
-whenever we had an issue they would send someone quickly but that person would just tell us there is nothing they can do
-ceiling Definetly not seven feet in basement
-occassional of roaches (water bugs) including finding one in our mail box (it didnt always close properly!)
-ceiling would leak
-management had weird quiet hour rules
Advice to owner:
Nothing—continue being slumlords and exploiting folks by enforcing an almost 70 percent increase
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Rents and Deposits
-- of renters received their security deposits back
It dummy text been reported if this building dummy electronic rent payments.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
The average number of violations per unit at 518 East 5 Street is worse than the city .
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
Less than 0.01 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
0
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
0
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Immediately hazardous
0
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
0
class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Property Owners and Associates
T
Thomas Jakobson
3.3(71)
Officer•
0 Property•0 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
T
512-518 5TH Street Associates, LLC
3.2(67)
Corporate Owner•
0 Property•0 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
T
Tammy Rice
2.3(2)
Site Manager•
0 Property•0 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
P
Peter Jakobson Jr.
3.3(69)
Head Officer•
0 Property•0 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
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