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The Crossing at 1940 1st Avenue

1940 1st Avenue, NY 10029
3.7 ★ (72 reviews)
Rental complex
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Summary

The Crossing is a large East Harlem rental community with renovated apartments, coworking, indoor and outdoor fitness, an urban farm, dog run, playground and two landscaped courtyards. Residents value the space, neighborhood convenience and community events; management follow-through, smoke and noise, pests and shared-building upkeep are recurring concerns.

700 unitsBuilt 1973Managed by C+C Management

Reviews

The Crossing offers more outdoor and community space than many East Harlem rentals, but experience varies across its several buildings and addresses. Positive feedback highlights events and practical convenience, while the recurring problems center on management response and building upkeep.

Google
3.7
72 reviews
Openigloo
3.2
34 reviews

What residents praise

Community events bring residents together

Residents repeatedly praise lounge activities and themed events as a fun, social part of living at The Crossing.

Apartments can feel spacious and peaceful

Positive accounts mention clean renovated homes, useful layouts and a calm apartment experience.

Daily conveniences are close

Residents value the supermarket, neighborhood stores, shared laundry and broad amenity program within or near the community.

What residents complain about

Management and repairs can be hard to move forward

Residents describe unanswered messages, repeated maintenance visits without resolution and poor coordination around scheduled work or move-outs.

Smoke and noise affect some buildings

Cigarette or marijuana smoke, thin walls and repeated household noise appear across resident accounts and the broader community complaint pattern.

Pests and shared-building upkeep recur

Residents report mice or roaches, broken laundry rooms and package theft, with pest complaints also recurring across the multi-address community.

Amenities

The Crossing has attended lobbies, shared laundry rooms and indoor and outdoor fitness areas. Residents have landscaped courtyards, play areas and an urban farm, with garage parking, storage and package lockers.

In the apartment
Air conditioning
Some apartments
Dishwasher
Some apartments
In the building
24-hour doorman
Elevator
Fitness center
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: Bike storage · Resident lounge and co-working space · Media room · Dog run and dog wash · Amazon Hub lockers · Live-in super

Location

The Crossing at 1940 1st Avenue is located at 1940 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10029. The Crossing spans several addresses around First Avenue and East 102nd Street, close to the East River Greenway and neighborhood groceries. The 6 at 103rd Street is the nearest subway, while the Q and M15 Select Bus provide additional east-side options.

TransitSupermarketsParks
  • 9 min
    96 StQ
  • 10 min
    103 St6
  • 14 min
    96 St6

Building records

Housing complaints are much more common than at comparable buildings, with noise, mold and heating prominent in the reports. Numerous open mold, pest and plumbing violations make apartment condition and maintenance follow-through 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.

199.1 reports per 100 apartments, versus 27.8 for other comparable apartment buildings in New York.

CategoryReportsLatest
510
Sep 2026
102
Aug 2026
87
Apr 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
113
34 open
36
17 open
48
16 open

83 additional older citations remain open.

Rent history

Typical rents

Typical rents
Final asking rents from listings that ended in the past year.
Studio
$2,635median / mo
$2,525–$2,840
1 bed
$2,945median / mo
$2,825–$3,310
2 beds
$3,375median / mo
$3,025–$3,925735 sq ft median
3 beds
$4,297median / mo
$3,800–$4,450940 sq ft median
4 beds
$4,995median / mo
$4,050–$5,050

Concessions

Historical concessions
Free-rent offers on listings that ended in the past year, including listings with no offer.
AllStudio1 bed2 beds3 beds4+ beds

57% 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: 43%0.5 months: 12%1 month: 27%1.5 months: 11%2 months: 7%
57%of listings offered free rent
No free rent recorded
43%(32 of 74)
0.5 months
12%(9 of 74)
1 month
27%(20 of 74)
1.5 months
11%(8 of 74)
2 months
7%(5 of 74)

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