203 17 Street,Brooklyn, NY 11215
29 Units
•Built in 1920
•5 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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Review Summary for 203 17 Street
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Recent reviews for 203 17 Street, Brooklyn emphasize a mixed experience. Residents appreciate the building’s solid, older construction, proximity to parks and transit, and some nice neighbors. Cleanliness inside and water pressure are often rated positively, with few praising occasional renovations and exposed brick aesthetics. However, severe downsides include poor garbage management causing rodent infestations, unresponsive and unfriendly management, unresolved maintenance issues, frequent noisy surroundings near the highway, and aggressive rent hikes. Many tenants report harassment, lack of pest control, and withheld security deposits. While some recommend the building for location and spacious units, widespread dissatisfaction with management and building upkeep is prominent.
Reviews (14)
2.75 stars
1 month ago
Slumlords, but they mostly leave you alone
Former Tenant
Pros:
Inside the building is very clean and maintained. Management company is pretty quiet except when trying to exploit you for money.
Cons:
Garbage is horrible. There are rats everywhere - no one wants to step out there so they just throw trash from the door instead of in a can-- causing an endless cycle. The garbage even blocks the bike parking. Laundry never works.
Somehow everything comes with a fee. When I locked myself out by accident on my first week, landlords charged me $100 and made me wait 4 hours in the middle of July to unlock the door. Have a leak? $500 fee. Go on the roof? $500 fee. Don't have two brackets under your AC? $500 fee.
However, the worst has been trying to get my security deposit back. It has been two months of blatant violation of the law. Landlords must provide receipts for any part of deposit withheld; they refuse to provide this. They must also return within 14 days; I'm now at 2+ months trying to get it. They simply do not respond to emails or even certified mail, and now I am forced to go through the courts.
Most landlords suck, so my best advice to prospective renters is you can go for it, but know your rights and cite them OFTEN.
Somehow everything comes with a fee. When I locked myself out by accident on my first week, landlords charged me $100 and made me wait 4 hours in the middle of July to unlock the door. Have a leak? $500 fee. Go on the roof? $500 fee. Don't have two brackets under your AC? $500 fee.
However, the worst has been trying to get my security deposit back. It has been two months of blatant violation of the law. Landlords must provide receipts for any part of deposit withheld; they refuse to provide this. They must also return within 14 days; I'm now at 2+ months trying to get it. They simply do not respond to emails or even certified mail, and now I am forced to go through the courts.
Most landlords suck, so my best advice to prospective renters is you can go for it, but know your rights and cite them OFTEN.
2.12 stars
8 months ago
Landlord owns a ton of buildings and doesn't care about tenants
Former Tenant
Pros:
The people who live in this building are mostly great neighbors and the neighborhood is so lovely.
Cons:
The loveliness of the area and the other tenants is completely overshadowed by how awful the landlord is. They do not care if you have pests, if you have leaks, if you have any kind of issue. They are quick to blame tenants and slow to provide solutions. The building is old and they would rather repaint all the doors and put in new ugly chandeliers than pay for pest control or proper gargbage management so the trash alley is overtaken by rats the size of yorkies.
Advice to owner:
figure your management team out or continue to lose tenants.
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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 7 days ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 203 17 Street is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.31 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
1
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Aug 14, 2022: § 27-2005 adm code properly repair the broken or defective door frame in the bathroom located at apt 1, 1st story, 1st apartment from north at east
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Hazardous
7
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
May 31, 2025: § 27-2017.3 hmc: trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... less than 10 sq ft at ceiling and north wall in the bathroom located at apt 27, 5th story, 1st apartment from west at north original violation 17658280 issued 29-jan-25 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).
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Immediately hazardous
1
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Apr 23, 2024: hmc adm code: § 27-2017.4 abate the infestation consisting of rodents rats at front east sections inner court
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Missing information/filings
0
class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Property Owners and Associates
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203 17 Associates LLC
2.7(14)
Corporate Owner•
2 Properties•29 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
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Neera Raj
2.7(14)
Site Manager•
2 Properties•29 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
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