Bedford-Stuyvesant

896 Lafayette Avenue,

Brooklyn, NY 11221

3 Units

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Built in 1931

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4 Floors

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2.7(3)
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In the past three years, this building had:
12 complaints
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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.
This building has a total of 13 violations which is 4.33 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
1Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
10Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
2Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Sep 07, 2018Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling at public hall, 4th storyNot complied with

Property Owners and Associates

325 Melrose LLC
Corporate Owner
2.5(7)

3 Properties

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27 Units

Joel Goldberger
Site Manager, Agent, Head Officer
2.5(7)

3 Properties

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27 Units

New Harbour Realty LLC
Corporate Owner
2.8(4)

2 Properties

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11 Units

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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

not the best not the worst
Former Tenant
Pros:
close to trains
Cons:
mercury spillage, lasted way too (c) openigloo ...
Beautiful natural light, horrible management
Former Tenant
Pros:
We loved high ceilings, windows (c) openigloo i...
Cons:
The buildings is old and (c) openigloo is extre...
Advice to owner:
Take better care of your building abs tenants.
158 Lewis Ave
Former Tenant
Pros:
No pros to share
Cons:
Not updated, dirty hallway, unresponsive (c) op...
Advice to owner:
Please get an email to contact management and d...