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226 4 Avenue
Gowanus

226 4 Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11215

4 Units

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Built in 1920

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4 Floors

1.9(4)
Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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    Review Summary for 226 4 Avenue
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    Recent reviews for 226 4 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY depict a building with significant maintenance and management issues. Tenants cite persistent problems with cleanliness, pest infestations (notably roaches), leaking ceilings, and malfunctioning heating and ventilation systems. Residents report safety concerns due to poor lighting and loitering near entrances. Noise disturbance from nearby businesses adds to discomfort. Criticism heavily targets unresponsive, neglectful management and landlord hostility, with several tenants highlighting costly repairs they had to address themselves. Despite its convenient location near transit and some large unit sizes, the building's persistent infrastructure and safety shortcomings, combined with poor management, make it a difficult place to live.

    Reviews (4)

    2 days ago
    My worst rental experience after living in NYC for 20 years
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    It’s kinda convenient. Right above the downtown entrance to the Union stop on the R.
    Cons:
    The management company/guy is absolutely non-responsive. When I moved in, I wasn’t given a key to the mailbox. After emailing and calling with no response, I had to call a handy person to come and drill a hole in the lock to the mailbox in order to access my mail. Also had a window that fell out of the track, couldn’t get it back in, called the landlord, no response, so had to pay a window repair person to put it back in place.
    Over 1 year ago
    Overpriced, dirty, loud
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    I liked the location and the back patio.
    Cons:
    The ceiling leaked when it rained, the pizza shop downstairs played loud music and made the apartment hot, roaches were everywhere throughout the whole year, homeless people would hang out in the front doorway and block entry, dryer caught on fire and burned clothes and left the laundry room covered in soot with plastic partitions and HEPA air filters and the heat and gas were turned off for weeks afterward (this was in the winter). The landlord raised rent 40% despite all these issues and generally seemed to care more about money than the well-being and safety of his tenants. Since moving out the landlord has “renovated” the apartment but a fresh coat of paint and new kitchen cabinets are not a solution. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this apartment or this landlord to anybody.
    Advice to owner:
    Charge a fair price, fix things when they’re broken

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    Rents and Deposits

    -- of renters received their security deposits back
    It dummy text been reported if this building dummy electronic rent payments.
    Open Violations
    Only open violations from the last 10 years.
    Data last updated a day ago.
    The average number of violations per unit at 226 4 Avenue is worse than the city .
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    5.5 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    0.81 violation per unit
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    Non-hazardous
    9
    class A
    i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
    MOST RECENT:
    Jun 05, 2025: (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 hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.
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    Hazardous
    0
    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
    No violation found...
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    Immediately hazardous
    1
    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
    MOST RECENT:
    Sep 11, 2022: § 27-2033 adm code post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system missing info at public hall, 1st story
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    Missing information/filings
    12
    class I
    Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
    MOST RECENT:
    Nov 19, 2025: §27-2107 adm code owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.
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    Property Owners and Associates
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    Jesse Marales
    1.9(4)
    Officer•
    1 Property•4 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 0
    A
    Antonio Santana
    1.9(4)
    Agent•
    1 Property•4 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 0
    I
    Israel Zipes
    1.9(4)
    Head Officer•
    1 Property•4 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 0

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