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Manhattan Place

630 1st Avenue, NY 100164.5 ★ (79 reviews)
Condominium
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Summary

Manhattan Place is an established 485-home Murray Hill condominium at 630 First Avenue, with rentals listed by individual owners rather than a central leasing office. Resident accounts raise concerns about assessments, board spending and long-running elevator work, while exact apartment condition and costs vary by unit.

485 unitsOpened 1984

Reviews

Building governance and capital work are the clearest resident concerns. A resident describes repeated assessments and delayed elevator improvements, while the recent property record also shows recurring elevator and heat or hot-water issues.

Google
4.5
79 reviews
Yelp
4.0
3 reviews

What residents complain about

Assessments and board spending concern owners

One detailed owner account describes overlapping assessments, a long-term building loan and frustration with how capital work has been managed.

Elevator and heating work affect the building

Elevator improvements have been a long-running concern, alongside a meaningful recent pattern of heat and hot-water complaints.

Amenities

Manhattan Place has a 24-hour attended lobby and shared laundry room, with in-unit laundry in some apartments. Its rooftop health club includes an enclosed pool, jogging track and sundecks, with a garage and resident storage.

In the apartment
In-unit laundry
Some apartments
Central air
Dishwasher
In the building
24-hour doorman
Elevator
Fitness center*
Pool
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: Bike storage · Resident lounge with piano · Playroom · Dry cleaning

Location

Manhattan Place is located at 630 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Manhattan Place is on First Avenue at East 36th Street, near the East River, NYU Langone and the Midtown Tunnel. Grand Central and the 4/5/6/7 trains are walkable, while the immediate avenue is busier and farther from the subway than central Murray Hill blocks.

TransitSupermarketsParks
  • 13 min
    Grand Central-42 St4567S
  • 15 min
    33 St6

Building records

The housing-complaint rate is below that of comparable buildings, with heating, elevators and hot water among the main reports. Nearby exterior work may also bring disruption around the building.

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.

10.5 reports per 100 apartments, versus 28.8 for other comparable apartment buildings in New York.

CategoryReportsLatest
8
Dec 2025
6
Apr 2026
6
Oct 2025

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
1
1 open
1
Closed

6 additional older citations remain open.

Construction nearby

Construction nearby
Construction projects on or near this building with active work permits.
ProjectDistanceLatest permit
150 ftJun 2026

Rent history

One-bedrooms ask about 14% less than the Murray Hill median and are around 5% larger. Two-bedrooms ask about 15% less than the Murray Hill median and are around 6% smaller.

Typical rents

Typical rents
Final asking rents from listings that ended in the past year, compared with the same apartment size across buildings in Murray Hill.
1 bed
$4,500median / mo
−14% vs area
$4,000–$7,500715 sq ft · 5% larger than area
2 beds
$6,500median / mo
−15% vs area
$5,500–$8,0001,000 sq ft · 6% smaller than area
3 beds
$9,000median / mo
$6,900–$18,400

Concessions

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

No free-rent offers appeared in the past year’s listings.

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