229 East 53 Street,Manhattan, NY 10022
13 Units
•Built in 1904
•5 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Pet Friendly: Unknown
Building Overview
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Reviews (2)
3.88 stars
Over 2 years ago
Fantastic Location, Building Needs Some Work.
Former Tenant
Pros:
- Neighbors are quiet and mostly young professionals.
- Walls and windows are nearly soundproof making it easy to get a good night’s sleep.
- Units are clean and mostly well kept, and some have been recently renovated with brand new finishes.
- Prime location with tons of bars, restaurants, gyms, salons, and much more.
- E, M, 6 subway stops are a minute away from the building, and conveniently located near many other transit options, including citibikes.
- Very walkable and nearby beautiful parks such as Central Park.
- No carpeting and only tiles in public areas and stairs of the building, which is a plus.
- Walls and windows are nearly soundproof making it easy to get a good night’s sleep.
- Units are clean and mostly well kept, and some have been recently renovated with brand new finishes.
- Prime location with tons of bars, restaurants, gyms, salons, and much more.
- E, M, 6 subway stops are a minute away from the building, and conveniently located near many other transit options, including citibikes.
- Very walkable and nearby beautiful parks such as Central Park.
- No carpeting and only tiles in public areas and stairs of the building, which is a plus.
Cons:
- Building is right next to a homeless shelter called Samaritan Village, which can sometimes become unruly and sketchy.
- Building and certain apartment units are quite old and needs major renovations.
- the entrance area is shared with two commercial spaces: a bar (Strangelove) and a food shop (Kati roll), thus it is common to see people loitering, smoking, and speaking loudly on the building’s stoop.
- The apartment units don’t get a lot of light, except certain rooms that are street facing.
- Very narrow and long walkways makes it challenging to move furniture or bulky items in and out of the building.
- Garbage area feels dangerous as it is not at the ground level and feels like you can easily fall in the stairs leading up to the trash site.
- Trash area often overflows, causing many residents to dump their trash bags and other waste items by the mail area.
- No live-in super, which makes it difficult to get maintenance issues resolved on time or for proper upkeep of the building.
- Public areas and walkways are rarely cleaned, thus the accumulation of dust.
- Building and certain apartment units are quite old and needs major renovations.
- the entrance area is shared with two commercial spaces: a bar (Strangelove) and a food shop (Kati roll), thus it is common to see people loitering, smoking, and speaking loudly on the building’s stoop.
- The apartment units don’t get a lot of light, except certain rooms that are street facing.
- Very narrow and long walkways makes it challenging to move furniture or bulky items in and out of the building.
- Garbage area feels dangerous as it is not at the ground level and feels like you can easily fall in the stairs leading up to the trash site.
- Trash area often overflows, causing many residents to dump their trash bags and other waste items by the mail area.
- No live-in super, which makes it difficult to get maintenance issues resolved on time or for proper upkeep of the building.
- Public areas and walkways are rarely cleaned, thus the accumulation of dust.
Advice to owner:
- Regularly maintain the building and replace worn out amenities.
- Frequently clean the walkways and other public spaces around the building.
- Trash area needs to be rethought and kept cleaned without overflowing into the building’s mailroom.
- Assign a live-in super to manage this specific building.
- Frequently clean the walkways and other public spaces around the building.
- Trash area needs to be rethought and kept cleaned without overflowing into the building’s mailroom.
- Assign a live-in super to manage this specific building.
2.5 stars
Over 2 years ago
Sponsored by Home Depot
Former Tenant
Pros:
Back patio and accessibility to subway
Cons:
Saw mice and cockroaches far too often. Thank god for Home Depot around the corner to get an electric mouse trap. Additionally, we had major heat issues.
Advice to owner:
Be more responsive and fix the heat
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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 229 East 53 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
E
Elk 525 East 81ST LLC
3.3(15)
Head Officer•
4 Properties•116 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
E
Elliot Mossanen
3.2(7)
Head Officer•
2 Properties•57 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
M
Mossanen Group
3.5(18)
Agent•
3 Properties•100 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
M
Michael Conteduca
3.5(7)
Site Manager•
Officer•
2 Properties•52 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
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