776 Crown Street,Brooklyn, NY 11213
46 Units
•Built in 1926
•4 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 10
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
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Review Summary for 776 Crown Street
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Recent reviews for 776 CROWN STREET in Brooklyn, NY, highlight significant concerns. Tenants express distress over issues like unresponsive and negligent management, severe pest problems including rodents and roaches, ongoing cleanliness issues, and subpar building maintenance. The inability to reach management easily compounds the challenges faced by residents. Despite some positives such as a convenient location and access to amenities, the prevalent theme revolves around unsatisfactory living conditions due to persistent pest infestations and maintenance delays. Improvements in management responsiveness, pest control, and overall upkeep are crucial for enhancing the building's livability.
Reviews (7)
2 stars
Over 2 years ago
Can’t trust Super
Former Tenant
Pros:
- Good location and access to amenities
Cons:
- Super is sleeping with the tenants and covering for crimes like theft and harassment in the building.
Advice to owner:
Get rid of the super! He’s allowing persons who were evicted to live there!
1.88 stars
Over 2 years ago
Beware at your own risk
Former Tenant
Pros:
Laundry Literally half of block from apartment building.
Rent stabilize units
3& 4 express trains 7 minute walk
-Good Transportation
Rent stabilize units
3& 4 express trains 7 minute walk
-Good Transportation
Cons:
-Roaches
-Small Roaches Crawling Everywhere.
-Big cockroaches in building hallways & stairs.
-A Dead cockroach killed on steps but not pick up or move in 8+ days but everyone sees it.
-Flying roaches aka “Water bugs”.
-Big Cockroaches crawling out of your heater.
-Yes Ik I said roaches 6 times it is THAT bad unless you clean everyday.
- Plumbing Issues
-Be Prepared to catch at least 9 mice randomly one night in the summer time.
-Catch your own mice
-Keep your fire escape window close a rat can come inside your unit.
-Make sure to culk your own stuff. (Ex: bathroom, floors, cracks,door, window)
-Mostly cracks everywhere be prepared to do it all yourself even move in.
-Door knobs besides the front apartment door will fall off all.*just grab it and twist it back on it’s old *
-Exterminator doesn’t come regularly.
-If your package is stolen be prepared to not get it.
*You could ask your super to see if they have it*
-Prepare to do your OWN extermination.
-Prepare for the buzzer to not work or the door lock to be twisted up so bad that it doesn’t turn.
-Sometimes the lock door that tenets use a key to enter the building is sometimes open.
-Prepare to not get SERIOUS issues you may have in your unit NOT fixed. (Ex: A Fire Escape Window Not Opening At All for 5+ Months)
-Can’t use kitchen to full capacity, to store food because of roach infestation.(Ex:Kitchen cabinets,drawers etc.)
-Serious Mold in the bathroom that tenets complained about to management (before they switched management companies in 2022). Now In our lease agreement (since March 2022) we are require to clean up our own SERIOUS BLACK mold.
-Management doesn’t care about his Tenants
-No direct address to send a letter to management
-Superintendent is never punctual to fix any issues.
(Ex: I need my super to fix my sink we make an appointment with him via text at 3pm, he doesn’t show up until 5:30pm that day OR doesn’t Pick up any calls or text until the very NEXT day.)
-Superintendent doesn’t respect people time and randomly text a tenant at 8 or 9pm to come fix an issue the super was suppose to fix at an already schedule time earlier in the day.
-Small Roaches Crawling Everywhere.
-Big cockroaches in building hallways & stairs.
-A Dead cockroach killed on steps but not pick up or move in 8+ days but everyone sees it.
-Flying roaches aka “Water bugs”.
-Big Cockroaches crawling out of your heater.
-Yes Ik I said roaches 6 times it is THAT bad unless you clean everyday.
- Plumbing Issues
-Be Prepared to catch at least 9 mice randomly one night in the summer time.
-Catch your own mice
-Keep your fire escape window close a rat can come inside your unit.
-Make sure to culk your own stuff. (Ex: bathroom, floors, cracks,door, window)
-Mostly cracks everywhere be prepared to do it all yourself even move in.
-Door knobs besides the front apartment door will fall off all.*just grab it and twist it back on it’s old *
-Exterminator doesn’t come regularly.
-If your package is stolen be prepared to not get it.
*You could ask your super to see if they have it*
-Prepare to do your OWN extermination.
-Prepare for the buzzer to not work or the door lock to be twisted up so bad that it doesn’t turn.
-Sometimes the lock door that tenets use a key to enter the building is sometimes open.
-Prepare to not get SERIOUS issues you may have in your unit NOT fixed. (Ex: A Fire Escape Window Not Opening At All for 5+ Months)
-Can’t use kitchen to full capacity, to store food because of roach infestation.(Ex:Kitchen cabinets,drawers etc.)
-Serious Mold in the bathroom that tenets complained about to management (before they switched management companies in 2022). Now In our lease agreement (since March 2022) we are require to clean up our own SERIOUS BLACK mold.
-Management doesn’t care about his Tenants
-No direct address to send a letter to management
-Superintendent is never punctual to fix any issues.
(Ex: I need my super to fix my sink we make an appointment with him via text at 3pm, he doesn’t show up until 5:30pm that day OR doesn’t Pick up any calls or text until the very NEXT day.)
-Superintendent doesn’t respect people time and randomly text a tenant at 8 or 9pm to come fix an issue the super was suppose to fix at an already schedule time earlier in the day.
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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 776 Crown Street is worse than the city .
BUILDING AVERAGE:
6.21 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
46
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Nov 13, 2025: § 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom located at apt a24, 4th story, 1st apartment from south at west , section ''east''
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Hazardous
137
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Nov 13, 2025: § 27-2005 hmc: properly repair or replace the broken or defective knob at, radiator , shut off valve, south wall, in the 2nd room from north at east located at apt a24, 4th story, 1st apartment from south at west , section ''east''
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Immediately hazardous
102
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Nov 13, 2025: § 27-2043.1 hmc install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 2, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 0 in the entire apartment located at apt a24, 4th story, 1st apartment from south at west , section ''east''
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Missing information/filings
1
class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
Sep 15, 2025: § 27-2091(c) adm code the property has been issued an order to identify and address underlying conditions and violations related to the order. failure to comply may result in extensive repair work to correct underlying conditions and related violations by hpd. charges for repair work done pursuant to this order, if not paid, will become tax liens on the property
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Property Owners and Associates
Alert:
One of owners and associates from this building was on the Worst Landlord Watchlist
C
776 C LLC
1.9(7)
Corporate Owner•
3 Properties•46 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 10
D
David Tennenbaum
1.9(7)
Head Officer•
3 Properties•46 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 10
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