Pros: Clean building, amazing doormen, large bright apartments Cons: Terrible management, laundry room only open until 11pm, washer/dryers always broken, lots of dogs that pee in the elevators and lobby, unnecessary MCI…
989 1 AVENUE is a prewar 1928 building, 16 floors, 162 units in Midtown East, NYC. Owned by 360 EAST 55TH STREET CORPORATION. Public records show 21 open violations, 24 311 complaints on file. Rent stabilization on file covers 55 units (registered 2024). Lucid Rents has 3 verified tenant reviews on this building.
Manhattan · March 2026
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§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 15F, 15th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 15F, 15th STORY, 1st 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 BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 15F, 15th STORY, 1st 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 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 15F, 15th STORY, 1st 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 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 15F, 15th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Pros: Clean building, amazing doormen, large bright apartments Cons: Terrible management, laundry room only open until 11pm, washer/dryers always broken, lots of dogs that pee in the elevators and lobby, unnecessary MCI…
Pros: great management, lovely furnishing Cons: was hard to open front door at times, it is very close to the queensboro bridge so it was loud often.
Pros: Building staff is fantastic, and one of the few buildings in NYC where the apartments seem bigger than the listings claim Cons: Management is sort of disorganized; it took 4 months to get our counter-signed renewa…
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PAINT/PLASTER — WINDOW/FRAME
PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
PAINT/PLASTER — DOOR/FRAME
UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD