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Lenox Terrace

470 Lenox Avenue, NY 100374.0 ★ (505 reviews)
Rental complex with 6 buildings
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Summary

Lenox Terrace offers larger Harlem apartments, many with terraces, across six buildings with doormen and landscaped grounds. Renovated interiors are part of the appeal. Residents describe a less consistent experience with common-area upkeep and getting repairs or administrative issues resolved.

1,716 unitsBuilt 1958Managed by Hampton Management

Reviews

Apartment size and terraces attract positive comments. The more detailed resident accounts focus on slow maintenance follow-through and uneven upkeep.

Google
4.0
505 reviews
Openigloo
3.4
8 reviews
ApartmentRatings
2.5
28 reviews
Yelp
2.1
7 reviews

What residents praise

Room size and terraces

Residents value the larger rooms and outdoor space available in many apartments.

What residents complain about

Getting repairs resolved can take effort

Residents describe missed appointments, unanswered calls and repeated follow-up on apartment problems.

Shared areas show their age

Accounts describe dated hallways and pest problems, even where individual apartments have been updated.

Amenities

Lenox Terrace is a six-tower Harlem complex with 24-hour doormen, laundry rooms in every building, landscaped private grounds and assigned on-site parking. Apartments use individually controlled AC units; there is no gym or pool.

In the apartment
Air conditioning
Dishwasher
Some apartments
In the building
24-hour doorman
Elevator
Fitness center
Not available
Pool
Not available
Shared outdoor space
On-site parking*
Package service
Resident storage
Shared laundry

* Fees apply to marked amenities. See Costs in the Availability tab.

Also here: Pet-friendly with size limits · On-site retail and pharmacy · 24-hour emergency maintenance · Online maintenance portal

Location

Lenox Terrace is located at 470 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10037. The community spans Fifth to Lenox avenues near 135th Street, with subway access and Harlem shopping nearby. Walking times depend on the particular building.

TransitSupermarketsParks
  • 3 min
    135 St23
  • 9 min
    125 St23
  • 12 min
    135 StBC
  • 12 min
    145 St3

Building records

Housing complaints are much more common than at comparable buildings, particularly concerning heat, plumbing and noise. Numerous open violations involving leaks, damaged surfaces, detectors and self-closing doors make repair quality and safety-equipment upkeep important to check.

Reported housing complaintsPast 3 years

Reported housing complaints
Housing-related reports submitted to NYC 311 by residents or the public. A report describes a reported issue, not a confirmed violation.

120 reports per 100 apartments, versus 27.7 for other comparable apartment buildings in New York.

CategoryReportsLatest
479
May 2026
179
Aug 2026
176
Sep 2026

HPD housing-code violationsPast 3 years

HPD housing-code violations
Housing-code violations issued by NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development after an inspection. Routine administrative filings and notices are excluded.
ConditionCitationsStatus
198
150 open
122
78 open
81
66 open

181 additional older citations remain open.

Rent history

Recent one-bedrooms are around 780 square feet and two-bedrooms around 1,030. Renovation and terrace availability can matter as much as the advertised bedroom count.

Typical rents

Typical rents
Final asking rents from listings that ended in the past year.
Studio
$2,225median / mo
$2,035–$2,305446 sq ft median
1 bed
$2,880median / mo
$2,665–$3,200777 sq ft median
2 beds
$3,925median / mo
$3,900–$4,2151,028 sq ft median

Concessions

Historical concessions
Free-rent offers on listings that ended in the past year, including listings with no offer.
AllStudio1 bed2 beds

41% of listings offered free rent, most commonly one month. If the apartment you like doesn’t include an offer, it’s worth asking whether leasing can extend one.

No free rent recorded: 59%1 month: 41%
41%of listings offered free rent
No free rent recorded
59%(19 of 32)
1 month
41%(13 of 32)

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