Bed-Stuy

561 Gates Avenue,

Brooklyn, NY 11221

2.7(2)

15 Units

Built in 1910

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: 2
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 0 violations which is 0 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
    That is better than the city average, which is 0.59 violations per unit.
    Non-hazardous
    0Class A
    Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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    Hazardous
    0Class B
    Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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    Immediately-hazardous
    0Class C
    Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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    Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
    There is no record of violation for class A
    Property Owners and Associates
    555 & 561 Gates Llc.
    Corporate Owner
    2.7(2)

    2 Properties

    23 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 2
    68 Maujer Street, LLC
    Corporate Owner
    3.4(9)

    20 Properties

    130 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3
    Aaron Schwartz
    Site Manager
    2.7(2)

    1 Property

    15 Units

    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 2

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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

    Pre-renovation, paid to leave

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    They paid us to leave because they wanted to re...
    Cons:
    The place was honestly pretty gross, a lot of m...
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    Good value for Brooklyn

    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Well built building with high ceilings, lots of...
    Cons:
    The building is close to dangerous stretches of...
    Advice to owner:
    Upgrade the plumbing, heating and resolve stole...
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