253 West 16th Street

Manhattan · Chelsea-Hudson Yards, NY 10011

Managed by Vanderbilt NYC Apt INC

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The City’s record below shows what inspectors found. It can’t tell anyone whether the heat actually works, how long the super takes, or whether management picks up the phone. Only someone who lived here can.

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Units
53
Year built
1930
Borough
Manhattan

This building’s record with the City

Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.

1.8/5Worse than most nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating — nobody who lived here said this.

443tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 113 the year before

Typically closed in 20 days · neighborhood median is 4

74open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 1.4 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
17
Hazardous
45
Non-hazardous
12

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings20
  • Doors, windows and locks14
  • Smoke and CO alarms13
  • Pests10
  • Other repairs6
  • Heat or hot water4

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Aug 2026

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