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490 West 187 Street
Fort George

490 West 187 Street,
Manhattan, NY 10033

58 Units

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Built in 1938

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6 Floors

2.5(1)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Pet Friendly: Unknown
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    Reviews (1)

    Over 2 years ago
    Home, with unsolved problems
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Price.
    Apartment is basic, but nice and maintained. Kitchen replaced when moved in, bathtub.
    Cons:
    Super is a nice guy, but super slow. Some issues took more than a year to repair. Garbage cabinet and chute were filthy, neighbors constantly left stinky garbage in open bags on cabinet floor.
    This led to roaches everywhere, all the time, and occasional mice.

    The worst part as violently loud noise from the compressors of a bodega on the street level, 24/7. They shook the building and created terrible noise.

    Condescending landlord refused to do anything about any of these issues.
    Advice to owner:
    Remember your obligations and responsibilities as landlord.
    - Fix noise issue with sound isolation. Easy and cheap.
    - Monitor cameras to find tenants that leave trash on floor.

    It's easy to make your tenants life much much better. Take action instead of giving arrogant answers that don't solve anything but your power trip

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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 490 West 187 Street is worse than the city .
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    0 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    Less than 0.01 violation per unit
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    Non-hazardous
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Alert:
    One of owners and associates from this building was on the Worst Landlord Watchlist
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    Richard Scharf
    3.6(69)
    Officer•
    43 Properties•2405 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 5
    R
    490 Realty LLC
    2.8(2)
    Corporate Owner•
    Agent•
    2 Properties•238 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 0
    C
    Ceaser Jimenez
    2.5(1)
    Site Manager•
    1 Property•58 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 0
    M
    Martin Scharf
    3.6(80)
    Worst Landlord•
    Head Officer•
    45 Properties•2548 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 5

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