209 West 109 Street,
Manhattan, NY 10025

16 Units

Built in 1900

5 Floors

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 2
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
Building Overview
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In the past three years, this building had:
237 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 2 days ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
3.93 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
4
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Oct 01, 2024: § 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 3rd room from north, the bathroom located at apt 1w, 1st story, 1st apartment from south at west
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Hazardous
22
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Sep 27, 2024: § 27-2005 adm code properly secure the loose door knob in the entrance located at apt 1w, 1st story, 2nd apartment from south at west
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Immediately hazardous
37
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Sep 27, 2024: § 27-2043.1 hmc install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 0; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 1; in the entire apartment located at apt 1w, 1st story, 2nd apartment from south at west
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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
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Joshua Gotlib
2.8(65)
Head Officer
21 Properties356 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 18
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109th Affordable Housing LLC
2.8(65)
Corporate Owner
21 Properties354 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 19
N
Naftoli Leiner
2.7(4)
Site Manager
1 Property16 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
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Nieuw Amsterdam Property Management
2.9(207)
Agent
207 Properties3287 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 212
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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)
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Garbage Management
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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 (4)

3 months ago
Responsive building but ongoing pest problem
Former Tenant
Pros:
Good location, size and pricing. Relatively responsive management.
Cons:
Ongoing problem with cockroaches. While management would send pest control when requested, the problem would often reoccur every fee months as it seemed to be a building wide problem.
Advice to owner:
Maintain cleaner building and address pest issue more thoroughly
6 months ago
Good Location, OKAY Building
Former Tenant
Pros:
- Amazing location, 1 block from subway
- Cheap eats
- Located next to three parks
- Classic NYC apartment look
- Friendly handyman and garbage man
- Pet friendly
Cons:
- Super was generally irresponsive
- Multiple low level violations in apartment
- Sometimes had small cockroaches
Over 2 years ago
2BR + office on W 109th
Former Tenant
Pros:
Conveniently located by Columbia's campus
Cons:
Roaches and Rats. The building has an exterminator come once a month to deal with the roaches but we still get 1-2 a week at least. At night the street outside from the apartment is always littered with rats
Advice to owner:
Pester the city about the rats
Over 2 years ago
209 109th street
Former Tenant
Pros:
My apartment location , it’s near Columbia University , centrally located , amenities nearby, good transportation, safe neighborhood
Cons:
Corridors are filthy , walls not painted , steps are slippery people fall often , no response at all from super intended
Loud and abusive neighbor , always fighting high, abusive neighbor. Lots of yelling and loud music on first . G neurally nice residents
Too Many rats all over even on the walls , a high number of large rats outside , there are dead ones lying on the pavement, even people who walk past this building scream and run away from rats infestations .
The staff argue when reporting damages , harass tenants. The management stands outside the building to harass tenants.
They don’t fix even when begging them , writing to the management yield no positive results .
Tom is lazy and acting so VIP? What is his job?
Alexis is an abuser period, why is he always outside the building, does he ever work ? Always harassing people outside the building , manipulating HPD inspectors. This guy will cost the landlord millions from just litigation alone.

Management like to open doors for strangers into the building without even a tenant knowing . There is no sense of ownership.
Advice to owner:
His or her staff is lazy , due to their laziness , repairs are not done in time causing violations. They dismiss tenants and highly disrespectful towards clients. If the management did their job well. When clients ask you to fix something just fix it before the involvement of the courts . The tenants are treated like students in a boarding school.




He must speak with Alexis about being professional, respectful or fire this abuser . Why does Alexis must accompanies that do repairs , all he does is to record tenants with his camera. What’s do you do with the recorded content that he has on his personal phone. Is it even allowed to record us in our apartments? Train your staff professionalism, he don’t do any work and don’t respect clients , he verbally abuses clients , accuses clients for things he should be doing .

Make sure clients throw trash accordingly , put more signs if you have to .
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