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The Heritage at 1295 5th Avenue

1295 5th Avenue, NY 100293.2 ★ (81 reviews)
Rental complex with 3 buildings
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Summary

The Heritage is a renovated three-building East Harlem rental collection beside Central Park, with attended lobbies, coworking space, a fitness center and Amazon package lockers. Residents like the location, community events and updated apartments, while recurring heat, hot-water, elevator and pest problems are the clearest drawbacks across the property.

600 unitsBuilt 1974Managed by C+C Management

Reviews

Residents value being across from Central Park and describe community events as a real social benefit. The largest concern is building reliability: heating and hot-water interruptions, elevator outages and persistent pests appear across both resident accounts and the wider property record.

Google
3.2
81 reviews
Openigloo
3.0
18 reviews

What residents praise

Community events bring residents together

Residents repeatedly praise the lounge events and the staff members who organize them, describing a stronger sense of community than the building's size might suggest.

Central Park and transit are close

The location beside the park and near subway service is a consistent advantage, with daily shopping and neighborhood services nearby.

Renovated homes have useful modern features

Residents like the updated finishes, views in higher apartments and package lockers, though exact layouts and private outdoor space vary by address and unit.

What residents complain about

Heat and hot water can be unreliable

Residents report periods without adequate heat or hot water, and the problem appears often enough across the property to be a central concern.

Elevator outages disrupt high-floor living

Multiple elevators serve the collection, but residents describe repeated failures and, in one case, climbing 27 floors during outages.

Pests and maintenance follow-through are uneven

Roach complaints recur even in renovated apartments, alongside reports of leaks, ventilation problems and slow management responses.

Amenities

The Heritage has an attended lobby, shared laundry rooms and in-unit laundry in some apartments. Shared spaces include a fitness center, landscaped plaza, dog park and playground, with garage parking and package lockers.

In the apartment
In-unit laundry*
Some apartments
Air conditioning
Dishwasher
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 · Coworking space · Media room · On-site grocery

Location

The Heritage at 1295 5th Avenue is located at 1295 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029. The Heritage sits along Fifth Avenue at the northeast corner of Central Park, close to the 2/3 and 6 trains, neighborhood groceries and East Harlem services. The collection spans multiple addresses, so the exact entrance and walk should be checked for the apartment being considered.

TransitSupermarketsParks
  • 5 min
    110 St-Malcolm X Plaza23
  • 6 min
    110 St6
  • 9 min
    116 St23
  • 11 min
    116 St6
  • 11 min
    Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)BC
  • 12 min
    103 St6

Building records

Housing complaints most often concern hot water, noise and heating. Open roach, mold and damaged-surface violations make pest control, indoor conditions 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.

215.5 reports per 100 apartments, versus 28 for other comparable apartment buildings in New York.

CategoryReportsLatest
214
Jun 2026
179
Aug 2026
161
May 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
146
8 open
41
8 open
45
6 open

14 additional older citations remain open.

Rent history

Typical rents

Typical rents
Final asking rents from listings that ended in the past year.
Studio
$3,042median / mo
$2,650–$3,300
1 bed
$3,465median / mo
$3,080–$3,750
2 beds
$3,915median / mo
$3,400–$4,690
3 beds
$5,022median / mo
$3,795–$5,700

Concessions

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

78% 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: 22%0.5 months: 15%1 month: 42%1.5 months: 3%2 months: 17%
78%of listings offered free rent
No free rent recorded
22%(13 of 59)
0.5 months
15%(9 of 59)
1 month
42%(25 of 59)
1.5 months
3%(2 of 59)
2 months
17%(10 of 59)

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