285 Hicks Street,Brooklyn, NY 11201

8 Units

Built in 1889

4 Floors

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In the past three years, this building had:
17 complaints
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Open Violations

A violation is issued to a building when a city inspector from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development validates and confirms a complaint made to 311. The violations listed below are open violations that have yet to be addressed or have not been confirmed as resolved by the city.
This building has a total of 3 violations which is 0.37 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
3Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
0Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
0Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Apr 12, 2023Section 26-1103 admin. code: post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agency's housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd.Nov sent out
Apr 12, 2023Section 27-2005 hmc: post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspectedNov sent out
Mar 23, 2023(a) � hmc:file annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpd's website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.Nov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

285 Hicks St LLC
Corporate Owner
4(3)

2 Properties

86 Units

Alan Kurtz
Site Manager
3.7(2)

1 Property

8 Units

Clinton News Owners Corp
Corporate Owner
4.3(16)
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Renter Recommendations

60% of renters recommend this building

60% of renters approve of this owner

Rents and Deposits

95% of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.

Reviews

Cheap for the location
Former Tenant
Pros:
Laundry, location, price
Cons:
A little run down
Advice to owner:
Better maintain entrance, prevent leaks
Homey and cheap
Former Tenant
Pros:
Under market rent, no pests, (c) openigloo frie...
Cons:
Run down, old appliances, disorganized (c) open...
Advice to owner:
No advice to give