Bedford-Stuyvesant

1050 Lafayette Avenue,

Brooklyn, NY 11221

4.3(3)

16 Units

Built in 1931

4 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: 0
Eviction information is pulled from NYC housing court records. There are no legally registered evictions associated with this property.
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 10 violations which is 0.62 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
    That is worse than the city average, which is 0.59 violations per unit.
    Non-hazardous
    2Class A
    Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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    Hazardous
    6Class 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
    2021-08-19Section 27-2104 adm code post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st storyNot complied with
    2020-08-08Section 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st riser at east in the bathroom located at apt 6, 2nd story, 1st apartment from north at eastNot complied with
    Property Owners and Associates
    879 Dekalb Owner LLC
    Corporate Owner
    2.9(16)

    23 Properties

    225 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 14
    Alexander Horn
    Site Manager, Head Officer
    2.8(15)

    21 Properties

    218 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 9
    Av Lafayette Owner LLC
    Corporate Owner
    3.5(6)

    2 Properties

    36 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3

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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

    Good starter apartment

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Some units have in unit washer and dryers, reno...
    Cons:
    It’s a little hit or miss with some units
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    Bedstuy Life They Say

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The Super is amazing
    Cons:
    The rent is too high
    Advice to owner:
    Lower the rent
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    Nice clean building

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Landlords are attentive and respond quickly, th...
    Cons:
    Supers turn around was high. They were all atte...
    Advice to owner:
    Revamp the heating system in the building
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