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116 John Street

Financial District, Manhattan, NY 10038

416 units·35 floors·Built in 1931
4.2

27 reviews

Rent-stabilized apartments

This building has apartments that entitle you to a renewal and limited rent increases.

Good cause building

This building guarantees a renewal and capped rent increases, if you follow your lease terms.

Highlights

9
Evictions
105
Open violations
4
Litigation cases
No
Bedbug history
Pet friendly

Renter recommendations

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Renters recommend this building

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Renters approve of the building's owners

Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Reviews for 116 John Street, Manhattan reveal a well-maintained building with attentive, friendly staff and clean, spacious apartments featuring natural light and attractive finishes. Residents value the convenient location in FiDi, rooftop, gym, and doormen who foster a community feel. However, many expressed concerns about the building sharing floors and amenities with Sonder, a short-term rental operator that brings noise, pest problems, and security issues. Rent hikes and limited tenant communication, especially regarding policies and fees, have caused frustration. Elevator reliability and occasional maintenance delays also detract. Despite some management shortcomings, many still recommend this building for its staff, amenities, and central location.

Reviews

Former tenant·3 weeks ago

Overall great building, if on the pricey side

Pros

Management was pretty responsive, excellent staff Apartment was quite nice, although it was annoying to not have a full oven in the kitchen Very clean

Cons

Rent was very expensive for a relatively small 1BR, and the YoY increase was way too much

Former tenant·3 months ago

Beware this place is falsely advertised and mis represented

Pros

If you know your legal rights you’ll live happily and stress free if you don’t then prepare for a bunch of misconstrued facts and finger pointing despite whether you’re right or wrong in this building the only respectful people are the main front desk, maintenance staff, Super, and doorman everyone else is always frustrated and doesn’t want to be bothered

Cons

Sonder is an airbnb copycat operating as a hotel from floors 2-14 and they dont pay rent to the building owner either but they collect rent from the short and long term tenants in cash upfront which is selfish and unprofessional. Silverstein Properties blames Sonder and Sonder blames Silverstein Properties it’s a circle of confusion just know the roots are with Michael Levy “The Landlord” if you need to accomplish something write or call and ask to speak to him if you really want to get anything accomplished otherwise forget about it

Advice to the owners

“Michael Levy” do your job please, that’s all we’re asking nothing more nothing less. Get involved with what is going on in YOUR BUILDING

Building ratings

Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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Water pressure

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Heat

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Neighbors

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Noise levels

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Owner responsiveness

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Rents and deposits

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Renters received their security deposits back

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Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 6 days ago

Average violations per unit in this building is better than the city average.

Building average0.25Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
13Class C
Immediately hazardous

Rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

70Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

22Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

0Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

Building owners and associates

Change of ownership/management in 1999

Renter Q&A

Is that true they changed management recently? How's the new one?

Over 2 years ago

Silverstein Properties LLC remains the current management since December 2021 when building was sold and metroloft (prior management left) although something seems like metroloft and the former owner Nathan Berman actually are still majority owners of the property when looking on open records available by FOIL Request or going to view accessible records that are public information

Over 2 years ago

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Over 1 year ago

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Over 1 year ago

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Over 1 year ago

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What kind of amenities are included?

Over 2 years ago

Hi! Thanks for asking. Amenities include a beautiful rooftop deck, a fitness center, a lounge and a concierge. There is also access to the Inspire app.

Over 2 years ago

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