312 West 53 Street,Manhattan, NY 10019
4 Units
•Built in 1964
•6 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
Building Overview
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In the past three years, this building had:
26 complaints
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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 3 weeks ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.5 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
2
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Mar 25, 2019: section 27-2005 adm code refit the upper and lower window sash in the 1st room from east located at apt 4c, 4th story, 3rd apartment from south at west
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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
F
Foster Lowe
2.4(2)
Head Officer•
2 Properties•5 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
S
Stefam Rezea
2.4(2)
Site Manager•
2 Properties•5 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
E
East West Realty
2.4(2)
Agent•
2 Properties•5 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
M
310-318 Midtown Equities LLC
2.4(2)
Corporate Owner•
2 Properties•5 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
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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
Noise Levels
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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 (2)
2.875 stars
Over 1 year ago
Mismanaged,, lack of concern, nice outdoor space
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location, the actually apartment, the light, the square footage
Cons:
This building management company is a nightmare, first of all they actually don’t have anyone mangmsning the building. It’s simply the construction companies responsibility to keep us content. If there is ever a problem in your unit or the building itself the “Constantine” will not answer your calls, read texts and not respond for days. So you take it to the higher level my speaking with foster. I’ve never met foster but by the sound of his voice he sounds like an older gentleman who is pretty incompetent. I would call everyday for a week to remind
them my Air Con was not working during the summer. I woukd call him and leave messages everyday for one week and then he wouke accidentally call me Al back asking if I was his girlfriend and only then would I have the opportunity to explain to him that for example my oven has not worked in over one month.
The walls and door to the hallway are very thin, I can hear my neighbors fighting, snoring and even peeing in the middle of the night from my bed. I never felt like I could relax because I felt I need to whisper or keep the music very low.
When they send someone to come fix or replace something .., it’s never a good experience. In the end I would hire my own people to put up light fixtures or light plumbing on the unit because whenever the bike king staff would come, I would need to ask them to come back and it just wasn’t worth the head ache.
For example- they come to replace my aircon unit for the 2nd in less than a year. They put in a smaller sized unit and then needed to paint all around it to match the wall. They then did some touch up painting around all the fight fixtures I had replaced. Looks great and then the paint drys, and it a differnt shade of white, so now I have spots all of my ceilings and walls for the 2 years I lived there. Found a plant to put infront to hide but the ceiling was unable to hide.
them my Air Con was not working during the summer. I woukd call him and leave messages everyday for one week and then he wouke accidentally call me Al back asking if I was his girlfriend and only then would I have the opportunity to explain to him that for example my oven has not worked in over one month.
The walls and door to the hallway are very thin, I can hear my neighbors fighting, snoring and even peeing in the middle of the night from my bed. I never felt like I could relax because I felt I need to whisper or keep the music very low.
When they send someone to come fix or replace something .., it’s never a good experience. In the end I would hire my own people to put up light fixtures or light plumbing on the unit because whenever the bike king staff would come, I would need to ask them to come back and it just wasn’t worth the head ache.
For example- they come to replace my aircon unit for the 2nd in less than a year. They put in a smaller sized unit and then needed to paint all around it to match the wall. They then did some touch up painting around all the fight fixtures I had replaced. Looks great and then the paint drys, and it a differnt shade of white, so now I have spots all of my ceilings and walls for the 2 years I lived there. Found a plant to put infront to hide but the ceiling was unable to hide.
Advice to owner:
Hire a proper management company, when paying kore than 3,600 for a 1980’s style finished apartment in midtown. One would except to atleast get atleast a complaint about the heat not working during the winter respondes to in a timely manner, 2 days…?
Invest in your building, it has a great frame but everything is dated, you want to charge luxury prices? Treat your tenants like they are worthy not living in a rent stabilized building.
Invest in your building, it has a great frame but everything is dated, you want to charge luxury prices? Treat your tenants like they are worthy not living in a rent stabilized building.
2 stars
Over 2 years ago
Go absolutely ANYWHERE ELSE PLEASE
Former Tenant
Pros:
I could not think of one single thing.
Cons:
Management is an absolute disaster
Crime is high in the area
Tenants and neighbors are sketchy at best
If you want to feel unsafe both in and out of your apartment look no further than this building.
Crime is high in the area
Tenants and neighbors are sketchy at best
If you want to feel unsafe both in and out of your apartment look no further than this building.
Advice to owner:
I truly don’t think there is enough advice that would be able to fix this management company.