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879 Dekalb Avenue
Stuyvesant Heights

879 Dekalb Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11206

Claimed
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20 Units

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Built in 1931

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5 Floors

2.7(3)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 3
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
    Available Listings In 879 Dekalb Avenue
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    Stuyvesant Heights
    879 Dekalb Avenue #4
    $2,695
    1 bed•1 bath•Est. Oct 2024
    Future
    Hey smart renter!
    In the past three years, this building had:
    26 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.
    Duration in the past 10 years.
    Data last updated 2 months ago.
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    0.05 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    0.81 violation per unit
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    Non-hazardous
    0
    class A
    i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
    MOST RECENT:
    No violation found...
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    Hazardous
    1
    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
    Nov 13, 2020: section 53,187,231 m/d law & dept rules & reg. provide means of egress from yard to street by fireproof passageway for which application must be filed for approval,or by unlocked door or gate in fence to adjoining premises with consent of adjacent owner. yard at north
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    Immediately hazardous
    0
    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
    MOST RECENT:
    No violation found...
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    Missing information/filings
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    class I
    Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
    MOST RECENT:
    No violation found...
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    Property Owners and Associates
    D
    879 Dekalb Owner LLC
    3.1(23)
    Corporate Owner•
    23 Properties•225 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 16
    M
    814 Macon Owner LLC
    2.9(5)
    Corporate Owner•
    2 Properties•26 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3
    M
    419 Marcus Garvey Owner LLC
    2.5(4)
    Corporate Owner•
    2 Properties•28 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3
    S
    Summit 637 Sterling Place LLC
    3(4)
    Corporate Owner•
    2 Properties•26 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3
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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 (3)

    Over 2 years ago
    879 Dekalb Ehh 😕
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    This apartment building was decent for my first apartment love that it has a virtual keypad to get in the building love that my apartment came with a washer dryer dishwasher nice bathroom good lighting from all windows. Very convenient lots of stores on the block supermarket on one corner a 99 cent store and Family dollar next door dominoes across the street. 38 bus stop steps away from the building 15 & 43 bus stop on the corners of the block G M & J train few blocks away 10 min walk to all trains.
    Cons:
    Nice but lots of cons when I viewed my apartment everything looked great when I moved in there was a large hole in my ceiling from water damage it took the Landlord 5 months to fix. Over the course of the 5 months the water damage got worse and moved to the bedrooms. When we needed any maintenance it took weeks to get a response. In the winter don’t expect heat. It’s currently winter and I haven’t had any heat. The whole building doesn’t have heat. The hot water in my apartment goes out once in a blue but my neighbors have had different experiences some have had little to no hot water at all. As far as space if your looking for a spacious apartment this isn’t the building for you. The rooms are small no closet space and barely any living room space. I opted out of buying a couch since I don’t have much living room space or plan on staying here for another year. Pest control sucks I’m on the 5 floor and there are many little rodents. I’ve had 1 or 2 and thanks to my dog she catches and kills them but my neighbors have worse experiences. There’s big rats on the first floor the garbage sits right in front the building which brings them into the building. Speaking of garbage the garbage maintenance was terrible at first the building was getting fine after fine but over the past few months they’ve gotten it together and try to maintain the garbage more than once a week. Overall I wouldn’t recommend this building to anyone the apartments are not worth the price people are paying 2000 - 3000 for BS. My contract says that after 1 year my rent will go up to 3300 and my apartment isn’t even worth that. Theres a lot the landlord needs to work on. 10 out of 10 DON’T RECOMMEND
    Advice to owner:
    Do Better
    Over 2 years ago
    Like the area and the building
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    I guess I got lucky I haven’t had a single issue. Very quiet. Thick walls. Neighbors cook me food every once in a while lol
    Cons:
    Everything is fine. The owner Alex seems nice and the property manager answered all my emails when I was moving in. Haven’t talked to them Since
    Advice to owner:
    Please renew my lease in June :)
    Over 2 years ago
    Worst landlord in NYC (Choice NY Management)
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Moving out of the building.
    Cons:
    - rats everywhere - no heat; boiler would constantly stop working and it would take weeks for the landlord to acknowledge it - neighbors smoke cigarettes and weed in the hallways all day - poor windows that so little to trap street lose. Dekalb is an extremely busy street - overall awful response from landlord with everything. They barely lift a finger to fix the most mundane issue, and essentially ignore you when something serious occurs. Look at their Yelp reviews vs their Google review (which make them look better than what they are! They must give free rent or other concessions for positive Google reviews)
    Advice to owner:
    Choice NY Management....Sell the building and let a decent company run it. Take your title as Slumlords and go.
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