331 East 14 Street,
Manhattan, NY 10003

20 Units

Built in 1910

7 Floors

Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
Building Overview
Building Report
Open Violations
A violation is issued to a building when a city inspector from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development validates and confirms a complaint made to 311. The violations listed below are open violations that have yet to be addressed or have not been confirmed as resolved by the city.
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 5 days ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
3.15 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
10
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Oct 08, 2023: § 27-2026 adm code repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen located at apt 2a, 2nd story, 2nd apartment from north at east
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Hazardous
30
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Nov 18, 2024: § 27-2005 hmc: properly repair or replace the broken or defective nailed shut upper and lower window sashes in the bathroom located at apt 2a, 2nd story, 2nd apartment from north at east
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Immediately hazardous
22
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Nov 18, 2024: § 27-2026 adm code replace the broken or defective radiator air valve emitting steam and or water in the 1st room from east located at apt 2a, 2nd story, 2nd apartment from north at east
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Missing information/filings
1
class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
Jan 31, 2024: §27-2153 adm code the premises has been selected to participate in the alternative enforcement program which may result in building-wide inspections, fees, and extensive repair work to correct violations and underlying conditions. charges for repair work done pursuant to this order, if not paid, will become liens on the property
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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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Liberty Ventures LLC
1.7(9)
Owner
Corporate Owner
3 Properties57 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 1
H
Highpoint Associates Vi, LLC
2.3(21)
Owner
Corporate Owner
17 Properties223 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 5
J
Johnathan Santana
2.3(21)
Worst Landlord
Agent
Head Officer
17 Properties223 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 5
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Building Ratings

Cleanliness
1 (unmanaged) to 5 (well managed)
Garbage Management
1 (poorly managed) to 5 (well organized)
Heat
1 (faulty) to 5 (working)
Neighbors
1 (loud / disrespectful) to 5 (friendly and considerate)
Noise Levels
1 (loud) to 5 (quiet)
Owner Responsiveness
1 (slow) to 5 (timely)
Pest Control
1 (lots of pests) to 5 (no pests)
Water Pressure
1 (weak) to 5 (strong)
Cleanliness
Garbage Management
Heat
Neighbors
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Renter Recommendations

--% of renters recommend this building

--% of renters approve of this owner

Rents and Deposits

-- of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.

Reviews (7)

Over 1 year ago
Why is it so bad?
Former Tenant
Pros:
The location is great
Cons:
Filthy, run down, entrance door not secure, no intercom, elevator broken for months, vermin, boiler just broke down, no super, lots of violations
Advice to owner:
Provide maintenance and repairs and super
Over 1 year ago
Tenants beware of Liberty Ventures/Keystone Management!
Former Tenant
Pros:
- Location
- Neighbors
- Proximity to transit
Cons:
- Keystone Management/Liberty Ventures is the worst I've ever seen. Daniel Ohebshalom and Robin Ignico are some of the most neglectful managing agents ever. They should have no control over anyone's housing situation.
- Management's services are nonexistent despite the expensive rent.
Advice to owner:
Give up your buildings!
Over 2 years ago
We Have a Literal Slum Lord as Management - Daniel Ohebshalom
Former Tenant
Pros:
Absolutely nothing. Like I literally cannot think of one thing. Actually, there's a mirror in the lobby so I can see clearly see the face of disappointment I make on a daily basis when I come home and can remind myself never to make a mistake like this again.
Cons:
1. Management is a slumlord. They will literally scream and curse at you on the phone when you ask for repairs. Robin Ignico, a representative for the landlord has told several tenants to "shut up" and called them slurs.
2. There is no super. Multiple ceilings have collapsed. Poop water everywhere. It took almost 4 days to fix. No NYC location; management is based in California. The apartment door broke on a tenant and the guy management sent to fix it forced the tenant to go to an ATM and give him $375 in cash. Several tenants were without heat and hot water with no emergency number to call. Several fake super numbers have been posted.
3. Filthy. Floors covered in dirt. Garbage overflowing. Cigarettes, urine, and FECES in the vestibule. Dead roaches. Mice inside apartments.
4. No lock on the outside door. Broke months ago and they never fixed it.
5. Mailboxes were vandalized. Never fixed. Been without mail for months.
6. Elevator is not up to code and breaks often. People were carrying their laundry up 6 flights of stairs.
7. Walls are crumbling and unpainted. Holes in the floor.
8. People were breaking into the building to do drugs. No security of any kind. A tenant had valuables stolen from their apartment. Police were coming to the building every day.
9. They appear to be renting rent-regulated apartments at market value.
Advice to owner:
Grow a conscience. Acknowledge that you are intentionally hurting vulnerable people. That is wrong.
Over 2 years ago
Notorious Slumlord Daniel Ohebshalom
Former Tenant
Pros:
I like our tenant association as we are fighting back against the landlord's and management's neglect of the building and tenants.
Cons:
Hiding behind a litany of LLCs like Keystone Management, Highpoint Associates, Liberty Ventures, and Belmont Ventures, tenants believe the purported landlord and his property manager Robin Ignico have engaged in intentional neglect and harassment, including towards residents who speak up about the obscene and dangerous conditions in their homes. Common sights at the 14th Street building (and others in the landlord’s portfolio) include: trash piled high, a broken-down elevator and intercom system, smashed mailboxes and stolen mail, graffiti across the walls, human feces, drug paraphernalia, ceiling collapses, broken doors to empty units, and more. Adding to the crumbling building infrastructure, unmaintained entryways have also created the difficult situation of unwanted intruders regularly breaching doors and windows to use common areas and abandoned apartments, often engaging in unaccountable and dangerous behavior like vandalism, littering, and theft of personal belongings.
Tenants have been forced to creep through their own building with caution, unsure of who or what might be around the corner. Tenants’ best efforts to have this issue resolved by management, elected representatives, and even the local precinct have not been fundamentally successful—the latter advised tenants to simply navigate the hallways with mace in one hand, and a phone recording video in the other. Tenants maintain that the inherent problem in their building is not people looking for shelter during cold winter nights in New York, but rather management’s carelessly unmaintained security infrastructure that causes these unsafe conditions. Seeing this problem replicated across their landlord’s other buildings, tenants feel that the lack of a real response from their management company has even served as a silent endorsement of the danger and vandalism contributing to the deterioration of their home.
Advice to owner:
Stop being such a horrible person.
Over 2 years ago
SLUMLORD SLUMLORD SLUMLORD
Former Tenant
Pros:
LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
Cons:
THE OWER DILBERATLY IGNORES PROBLEMS AND IS SLOW AND INEPT IN ADDRESSING THEM FROM LOS ANGELES
Advice to owner:
MOVE A SUPERINTENDENT INTO THE BUILDING AS THE LAW SPECIFIES !
Over 2 years ago
Glad to be gone
Former Tenant
Pros:
Loved living in east village
Cons:
Worst property management I’ve ever experienced
Insane rent hikes
Instead of fixing things, they like to cover up issues
Advice to owner:
You need a better property manager who responds to tenants’ concerns like water leaks in the ceiling
Over 2 years ago
Was fine when I lived there
Former Tenant
Pros:
Elevator worked, relatively clean halls, mostly quiet in the apartment.
Cons:
Dreary, could often hear upstairs neighbor, generally felt it’s age
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