256 Seaman Avenue,Manhattan, NY 10034
20 Units
•Built in 1926
•5 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
Building Overview
Building Report
Available Listings In 256 Seaman Avenue
Inwood
256 Seaman Avenue #3D
$2,494
1 bed•1 bath•Est. Feb 2025
Future
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 days ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.1 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
1
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Feb 01, 2017: § 27-2005 adm code replace with new the missing escutcheon plate at ceiling at steam pipe in the bathroom located at apt 2b, 2nd story, 2nd apartment from north at east
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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
1
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Jun 27, 2019: § 27-2005, 2007 adm code arrange and make self-closing the doors .. in the entrance located at apt 5b, 5th story, 2nd apartment from north at east
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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
L
Lauren Whitehead
3.6(1)
Site Manager•
1 Property•20 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
S
759 St. Nicholas Residences, LLC
3.4(36)
Owner•
Corporate Owner•
35 Properties•551 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 26
S
256 Seaman Residences, LLC
3.7(3)
Owner•
Corporate Owner•
2 Properties•29 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 3
T
Trihill Management LLC
2.9(118)
Agent•
96 Properties•1536 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 70
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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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Pest Control
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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 (1)
3.62 stars
Over 2 years ago
What they did was illegal
Former Tenant
Pros:
Quiet, beautiful area. Clean and secure building with a live-in super who is more responsive than most (even though the people at the leasing office had an average response time that ranged from two weeks to never).
Cons:
The folks at the leasing office refused to give me a copy of the lease or let me sign it, and refused to give me my own set of keys. (My roommates had the same experience with them regarding their keys). I paid full price for rent every month (well, 1/3 of the rent, the same as my two roommates) but was not treated like an actual renter. And it was not a sublet situation - I completed a renter’s application and went through the same process as my roommates, both of whom had been given actual lease agreements to sign.
In addition, the landlord and leasing office were impossible to get ahold of throughout my time living there, and made my roommates and I pay for things that were essential to living in the apartment which were their responsibility to fix/pay for, without reimbursing us.
Some backstory regarding not receiving a copy of the actual lease agreement:
After I sent in my application for the apartment, without me having signed anything at all, they were like ‘okay great! You’re on the lease now :) thanks for applying!’ - I told them that not only did I never sign a lease agreement, but I needed to have a copy of the lease. They kept telling me ‘trust me, you’re on the lease. You don’t need a copy of it.’
After not being listened to over email (and receiving incredibly slow responses, when I did get them), I went to their leasing office in person to ask for a copy of the lease agreement. They told me they ‘couldn’t make a copy of the lease right now’ without giving me a reason, and told me to just photocopy my roommates’ copy of the lease document. But I had never actually signed a lease agreement, and wasn’t sure I was actually on the lease to begin with. I never found out if this was the case or not, for the entire year I lived there.
Regarding the keys: I had to make duplicates of my roommate’s keys to be able to get into the apartment, because they did not give me my own. I paid for this out of my own pocket and was never reimbursed. The same thing happened to my roommates.
In addition, the landlord and leasing office were impossible to get ahold of throughout my time living there, and made my roommates and I pay for things that were essential to living in the apartment which were their responsibility to fix/pay for, without reimbursing us.
Some backstory regarding not receiving a copy of the actual lease agreement:
After I sent in my application for the apartment, without me having signed anything at all, they were like ‘okay great! You’re on the lease now :) thanks for applying!’ - I told them that not only did I never sign a lease agreement, but I needed to have a copy of the lease. They kept telling me ‘trust me, you’re on the lease. You don’t need a copy of it.’
After not being listened to over email (and receiving incredibly slow responses, when I did get them), I went to their leasing office in person to ask for a copy of the lease agreement. They told me they ‘couldn’t make a copy of the lease right now’ without giving me a reason, and told me to just photocopy my roommates’ copy of the lease document. But I had never actually signed a lease agreement, and wasn’t sure I was actually on the lease to begin with. I never found out if this was the case or not, for the entire year I lived there.
Regarding the keys: I had to make duplicates of my roommate’s keys to be able to get into the apartment, because they did not give me my own. I paid for this out of my own pocket and was never reimbursed. The same thing happened to my roommates.
Advice to owner:
Do the bare minimum. Do not do illegal stuff to your renters. You have no right to refuse to let a renter sign an actual lease agreement, or to refuse to give them a copy of the lease. Give renters keys to their own apartments. Actually respond to emails.
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