860 9 Avenue,Manhattan, NY 10019
16 Units
•Built in 1910
•5 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Pet Friendly: No
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Reviews (1)
2.12 stars
Over 1 year ago
Get What You Pay For
Former Tenant
Pros:
- Cheap. The studio was $1800 and only increased by $100 at renewal
- High ceilings in apartments
- Good water pressure
- Management company is pretty responsive and very kind. They replaced my fridge ASAP when the exterminator said roaches may be living in it.
- Decently sized units, some of which had two closets
- Returned entire deposit quickly
- High ceilings in apartments
- Good water pressure
- Management company is pretty responsive and very kind. They replaced my fridge ASAP when the exterminator said roaches may be living in it.
- Decently sized units, some of which had two closets
- Returned entire deposit quickly
Cons:
Where to even begin:
- While the management company is pretty decent, the landlord himself was/is terrible. Very passive aggressive and, at times, retaliatory.
- No heat for two winters. Multiple units complained, the landlord gave us space heaters (the ones that cause fires, especially in old buildings with old electric wiring) and we spent 1 winter with only space heaters (frost gathered on the INSIDE of the windows), and 1 winter with inconsistent heat until, later, heat was piped in from a govt emergency vehicle parked out front
- Inconsistent hot water. The landlord would accuse tenants of lying about the water problems and request pictures of the temperature. Management company was better about this
- Roaches everywhere. Spent an entire month cleaning and re-cleaning my apartment just for the roaches to keep coming back (I even removed all food and stayed at my partner's place for a week with roach spray/power down and still roaches). Landlord sent the exterminator who admitted that an infestation of this level wouldn't be affected by his spray
- Random pee smell in the closet. Never identified what it could be, possibly rotting wood. It disappeared when I finally moved, so confirmed it was the closet.
- Windows are old and drafty. Front-facing units may as well sleep directly on 9th avenue
- Walls are painfully thin. I could hear my neighbor burp, even if I had the TV on.
- Charges a 15% broker's fee and the broker pushes tenants toward the front-facing and/or unrenovated units
- Garbage is housed in the basement, which is fine. However, the thai restaurant next door also uses the basement to store fresh food, which felt a little gross at times.
- While the management company is pretty decent, the landlord himself was/is terrible. Very passive aggressive and, at times, retaliatory.
- No heat for two winters. Multiple units complained, the landlord gave us space heaters (the ones that cause fires, especially in old buildings with old electric wiring) and we spent 1 winter with only space heaters (frost gathered on the INSIDE of the windows), and 1 winter with inconsistent heat until, later, heat was piped in from a govt emergency vehicle parked out front
- Inconsistent hot water. The landlord would accuse tenants of lying about the water problems and request pictures of the temperature. Management company was better about this
- Roaches everywhere. Spent an entire month cleaning and re-cleaning my apartment just for the roaches to keep coming back (I even removed all food and stayed at my partner's place for a week with roach spray/power down and still roaches). Landlord sent the exterminator who admitted that an infestation of this level wouldn't be affected by his spray
- Random pee smell in the closet. Never identified what it could be, possibly rotting wood. It disappeared when I finally moved, so confirmed it was the closet.
- Windows are old and drafty. Front-facing units may as well sleep directly on 9th avenue
- Walls are painfully thin. I could hear my neighbor burp, even if I had the TV on.
- Charges a 15% broker's fee and the broker pushes tenants toward the front-facing and/or unrenovated units
- Garbage is housed in the basement, which is fine. However, the thai restaurant next door also uses the basement to store fresh food, which felt a little gross at times.
Advice to owner:
Renovate all the units, do a proper extermination. Keep the current management company and do not ever have landlord interact with tenants
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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 860 9 Avenue 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
C
Chin-min Yen Trustee
2.1(1)
Owner•
1 Property•16 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
Y
Yu-chen Lin
2.1(1)
Joint Owner•
1 Property•16 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
T
Tze-hao Yen
2.1(1)
Joint Owner•
Site Manager•
Agent•
1 Property•16 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
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