Crown Heights

789 St Marks Avenue,

Brooklyn, NY 11213

3.3(6)

134 Units

Built in 1905

6 Floors

1 Year Bedbug History: No
Landlords in NYC are required to file an annual bedbug report with the city and state whether the building has had a bedbug infestation in the past year. We found no recent bedbug reports from these city filings.
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 5
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
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    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 5 violations which is 0.03 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
    That is better than the city average, which is 0.59 violations per unit.
    Non-hazardous
    0Class A
    Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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    Hazardous
    5Class 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
    There is no record of violation for class A
    Property Owners and Associates
    789 St Marks Realty Corp
    Agent, Corporate Owner
    3.3(6)

    3 Properties

    149 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 5
    Andrew Spodek
    Shareholder
    3.3(6)

    2 Properties

    134 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 5
    Charles Neiss
    Officer
    3.2(8)

    3 Properties

    193 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 11

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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

    Paper thin walls and ceilings, otherwise great

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Neighbors mostly friendly in common areas, nice...
    Cons:
    Neighbor noise is TERRIBLE. Everything my upsta...
    Advice to owner:
    Add extra insulation in walls and floors. Enfor...
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    Not Bad Overall

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Thick walls, trash rooms on each floor emptied ...
    Cons:
    roaches and pest especially bad on first floor,...
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    Pretty good building

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Size of apts
    Cons:
    TERRIBLE HEAT. Elevators and washing machines ...
    Advice to owner:
    Upgrade apts
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    Spacious but not maintained

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    It was a spacious one bedroom Lots of closet sp...
    Cons:
    Not clean Roaches Garbage wasn’t maintained
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    Monitor park apt

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    On the park
    Cons:
    Built out third bedroom - wall is hollow and so...
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    Classic Brooklyn Building

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The building is huge and old, but kept very cle...
    Cons:
    It is old, so even if your apartment is one of ...
    Advice to owner:
    An online system for maintenance requests would...
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