166 ORCHARD STREET is a prewar 1920 building, 6 floors, 26 units in Lower East Side, NYC. Owned by SMILLOWITZ HOLDING C. Public records show 1 311 complaint on file. Tenant-impact history includes 1 eviction. Lucid Rents has 6 verified tenant reviews on this building.
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Manhattan · March 2026
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Unit 5A Pros: Affordable, big windows Cons: -Dirty common hallway/ stair area -no super
Pros: Location relative to east village. Cons: The smell of the hallway, there is an awful smell every summer by the mailboxes that is probably a dead rat in the walls as you can hear them scurrying. Also this past year…
Pros: Very quiet given location, high ceilings, workable layout for such a small unit Cons: 3rd floor unit was very dark. Front door lock regularly had problems and you couldn't get out of the building! Packages were re…
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The Lower East Side still carries the grit and hustle of its immigrant roots, now layered with cocktail bars, vintage shops, and some of the city's best dumplings. Weekend nights get rowdy along Orchard and Ludlow, but weekday mornings belong to the old-timers at the corner bodegas.
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