885 Park Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11206

34 Units

Built in 1920

5 Floors

Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 2
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
Building Overview
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In the past three years, this building had:
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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.
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Data last updated 2 days ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
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class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
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Hazardous
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class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
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Immediately hazardous
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class C
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class I
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Property Owners and Associates
T
447-9 16th LLC
3.6(60)
Corporate Owner
32 Properties447 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 8
D
Dsa 885 Park Avenue LLC
3.3(6)
Corporate Owner
3 Properties42 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 2
H
Howard Lifshitz
3.5(52)
Officer
Head Officer
21 Properties325 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 9
R
Rodrigo Lema
3.3(6)
Site Manager
2 Properties34 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 2
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Building Ratings

Cleanliness
1 (unmanaged) to 5 (well managed)
Garbage Management
1 (poorly managed) to 5 (well organized)
Heat
1 (faulty) to 5 (working)
Neighbors
1 (loud / disrespectful) to 5 (friendly and considerate)
Noise Levels
1 (loud) to 5 (quiet)
Owner Responsiveness
1 (slow) to 5 (timely)
Pest Control
1 (lots of pests) to 5 (no pests)
Water Pressure
1 (weak) to 5 (strong)
Cleanliness
Garbage Management
Heat
Neighbors
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Pest Control
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Renter Recommendations

--% of renters recommend this building

--% of renters approve of this owner

Rents and Deposits

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

Reviews (6)

Over 1 year ago
Elevator Bldg in Bed-Stuy, Bushwick adjacent
Former Tenant
Pros:
Elevator. High ceilings, hardwood floors
Cons:
Freezing in winter
Over 1 year ago
Adequate building and attentiveness from owners
Former Tenant
Pros:
Pretty good management.
Cons:
Some of the room layouts don’t particularly make sense.
Over 1 year ago
Its okay, could be better
Former Tenant
Pros:
The units are spacious and alot of great people in the building. Roof access
Cons:
Elevator was always slow and jammed.
Rats often found in the basement and outside the building.
The landlord is a terrible human being.
Advice to owner:
Be more human
Over 2 years ago
Not sure this building is worth it
Former Tenant
Pros:
- super high ceilings
- roof deck
- majority of neighbors are cool
Cons:
- no windows in 2/3 of our bedrooms
- only one window in living area (hardly any natural light)
- at least 3 of the washers/dryers are broken at all times
- LEAKS ! ! !
- The basement floods almost every time it rains
- lobby constantly smells like a dead rat
- some of the neighbors are pretty inconsiderate about noise
- rats in the basement
Advice to owner:
Stop raising the rent… especially if it’s just not worth it
Over 2 years ago
Horrible management !
Former Tenant
Pros:
Nice neighbors for the most part
Cons:
Non responsive and threatening ownership.When my room and window was infested with wasps they refused to even respond. Mice and cockroaches. They constantly threatened neighbors with eviction.
Advice to owner:
Not be a slumlord
Over 2 years ago
Nice place for cost
Former Tenant
Pros:
In building laundry
Cons:
Noisy during the daytime due to overhead flights