Pros: location, price, elevator Cons: lobby staff, laundry room hours, illegal sublets Advice to landlord: lobby staff training, awareness of illegal sublets
479 1 AVENUE is a late-20th-century 1972 building, 20 floors, 210 units in Gramercy Park, NYC. Owned by HENRY PHIPPS PLAZA EIN. Public records show 53 open violations, 18 311 complaints on file. Risk signals: 2 bedbug reports. Lucid Rents has 2 verified tenant reviews on this building.
Manhattan · March 2026
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(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.
§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTIES, PROHIBITED FROM CERTIFYING VIOLATIONS, AND DENIED THE RIGHT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF PREMISES FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT UNTIL A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS FILED.
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 11th APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 11th APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Pros: location, price, elevator Cons: lobby staff, laundry room hours, illegal sublets Advice to landlord: lobby staff training, awareness of illegal sublets
Pros: Clean n nice views of midtown Cons: Racist management against white people. /. Unsafe with robberies / no security at night time this is the time we need security most and do not have it. It’s disgusting the way…
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ACRIS deeds and regulatory filings
HPD Class A Violation — (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR
HPD Class I Violation — §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-20
HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
HPD Class C Violation — § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM N
HPD Class C Violation — § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND EAST W
UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD