350 EAST 50 STREET, Manhattan, NY, 10022

Not recommended

Security problems, rotating crew of new doormen (not knowing who lives here & who doesn t One resident reported that a man was given a key to an apartment without her permission. see post) Koppell has allowed the garbage inside & outside of the building to pile up to the point of attracting rats, mice & maggots (yes, maggots. see post here & here). There has been one confirmed & 2 additional complaints of bedbugs in building which Koepell has failed to disclose to unsuspecting new tenants which is need to by law. Bill Koepell has spent many hours trying to publicly humiliate the striking workers (see examples here). In August, tenants held a press conference with several elected officials, including State Senator Liz Krueger and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio & Assemblyman Dan Quart, calling for an end to the deteriorating conditions. With the assistance of these public officials and the law firm of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, tenant Kirk Swanson uncovered that William Koeppel has been breaking the law by illegally destabilizing apartments while receiving tax abatements. A class action suit has been filed by tenants of the building. The influx of new employees included a new building super who was introduced by Koeppel in a letter dated July 25th which was distributed to tenants as well as taped to a column wall in the lobby and in the elevator hallway. The new super s name is Tom and he resides in apartment #2D at 350 East 52nd Street. see http://350e52ndstreet.wordpress.com/ for more!

Mice infested and creepy neighbors

location is solid, close to train. I lived here for a year and could not get the radiator to heat my bedroom. The super came to take a look at it multiple times and nothing was ever wrong with it, but the room was always freezing. The neighbors are psychotic and also creepy. The apartment was infested with multiple mice and the exterminators were not successful in getting rid of them. If you’re willing to live along side with mice, this is the spot for you. The laundry machine washed my white linen with grimy brown water and everything turned yellow. mgmt didn’t take responsibility and the laundry machine company Hercules didn’t take responsibility. Machines consistently are my money. Don’t do your laundry in the building. They raised the prices $1400 in a year and the listing agent told us we had to pay the broker free to stay here. The doormen don’t open doors except for 1 or 2. The super is so rude. The turnover of supers in this building is wild though. Pay your handymen and staff correctly. Maybe they’ll become more friendly, helpful and actually do their jobs.

Landlord with Criminal Past

Everthing you want to know about 350 East 52nd Street, Whitehouse Estates and the horrible landlord can b read at www.east52ndstreet.com don't move there!

Terrible building owner

Staff is great and works really hard with what they have to keep the place as nice as possible. Large floor plans especially for studios. dog friendly. No response when you submit work orders. Trash compactor keeps breaking leading to trash mgmt issues. Laundry is $8/load. Heat is inconsistent.

Mgmt ignores smokers. Jacks up rent as high as possible

Doormen nice but have lost packages they signed for. Be aware you are sharing with many rent stabilized tenants. Some like the person whose apt opens onto a communal roof, openly violate rules like smoking on the roof and leaving personal furniture there making you feel like an intruder for using communal property. They will raise your rent 50 or 75% if they believe they can get it they have zero concerns about tenant retention and won’t negotiate. The smoking tenant on roof needs to move his personal furniture off roof and stop intimidating other tenants. mgmt should consider quality if tenants instead of bilkimg them for every last buck by raising rents in run down building. That money clearly doesn’t go to hard working porters who are only paid minimum wage.

350 E 52

The older doormen and the porters are wonderful. They are responsive, helpful, and friendly. The apartments are a good size and clean. The heat is controlled by the building and the apartments turn into an ice box in the winter. The younger doormen don’t seem to care about doing their jobs.

Current renter, tenant for three years?

location's amazing, classic pre-war city Bacility, concrete walls so barely hear neighbors and they don’t hear me. Toor owners who don’t maintain the Bacility, currently in current lawsuit as owner was overcharging rent stabilized apartments and major class action lawsuit that they lost. Consequently, they hike up the rent price every year in tenants like me who are in rent stabilized Anit. Owners care more about short term renters rather than long-term renters. Why can you let such a nice Bacility become dilapidated and neglected? You seem to care more about making quick money than providing decent housing for people at a reasonable rates Without outrageously hyping up rent prices every year.

Horrible. Landlord Ieems a real pig. Mean, grimy law breaker. don't move here if you want pea e in your life. grimy, unsafe and litigious. Carefully research landlord before moving and you will stay far away!

Don't get involved!

The neighbors are great and so is the location. The landlord is one of the cruelest and litigious con men in NY. Building is in foreclosure, landlord claimed bankruptcy multiple times, is suing his own mother and being sued by many other people. The gaslighting is endless and he gets away with breaking laws andruining lives. Stay away Try speaking one true sentence. Just once.

July & August sublet.