29 Brooklyn Avenue,Brooklyn, NY 11216
20 Units
•Built in 1910
•5 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
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Review Summary for 29 Brooklyn Avenue
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Recent tenant reviews for 29 BROOKLYN AVENUE highlight recurring issues with pests, particularly bedbugs, and unresponsive management. Despite being near public transportation and supermarkets, tenants face challenges with cleanliness, heat, and neighbor disturbances. Maintenance issues like leaks and inadequate heating affect the overall living experience negatively. Recommendations include thorough building-wide extermination, improved management responsiveness, and fair treatment of tenants. While the rent stabilization offers affordability, the prevalent pest problems and management shortcomings overshadow the positives, making it challenging for residents to fully enjoy their stay in the building.
Reviews (3)
2.5 stars
9 months ago
Not worth the trouble
Former Tenant
Pros:
Units are rent stabilized. Near the A/C train and the LIRR.
Cons:
The other tenants have made this experience extra horrible. I have experience four different leaks less than four months. There are cockroaches and other maintenance issues. The landlord and property owner are often unresponsive.
Advice to owner:
Be more responsive and compassionate about your tenants
1.75 stars
Over 2 years ago
Bedbugs in whole building 2016-18
Former Tenant
Pros:
Corp management company responds in timely manner.
Cons:
- persistent bedbug problems 2016-18, don’t know how it is now but it was a living nightmare. Most apartments in the building had them, despite extreme eradication measures they came back 2nd year. Exterminator said it was because landlords were only treating one apartment at a time, which just drives them into adjacent units.
- they disclosed only at lease signing that there were bugs in building. Then they gaslighted me about how I had probably brought the bugs into the building.
- terrible layouts, insufficient heat cause by clearly bifurcating apartments into smaller ones without radiators in many rooms
- any claims of having a dedicated or part-time super are false; never got anything but verbal abuse and “not my problem” from him
- insult to injury was, we were paying just as much as the next apartment in our line which had in-unit washer dryer and dishwasher, which we of course didn’t have. Attempted to get the landlord to add these upgrades and even offered to split costs, they wouldn’t talk.
- they disclosed only at lease signing that there were bugs in building. Then they gaslighted me about how I had probably brought the bugs into the building.
- terrible layouts, insufficient heat cause by clearly bifurcating apartments into smaller ones without radiators in many rooms
- any claims of having a dedicated or part-time super are false; never got anything but verbal abuse and “not my problem” from him
- insult to injury was, we were paying just as much as the next apartment in our line which had in-unit washer dryer and dishwasher, which we of course didn’t have. Attempted to get the landlord to add these upgrades and even offered to split costs, they wouldn’t talk.
Advice to owner:
Exterminate. The. Whole. Building. WTF.
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Rents and Deposits
-- of renters received their security deposits back
It dummy text been reported if this building dummy electronic rent payments.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 6 days ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 29 Brooklyn Avenue is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.4 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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
5
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Sep 30, 2025: § 27-2005, 2007 adm code remove all encumbrances consisting of construction materials at public hall, 4th story
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Immediately hazardous
3
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Sep 30, 2025: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 hmc, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( c) mdl and 28 rcny §25-171: replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective frame at vestibule at public hall, 1st story
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Missing information/filings
0
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
R
Ryan Colbert
2.3(3)
Head Officer•
1 Property•20 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
B
29 Brooklyn LLC
2.3(3)
Corporate Owner•
1 Property•20 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
C
Chesky Engel
2.3(3)
Officer•
1 Property•20 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
V
Vito Bellacosa
2.3(3)
Site Manager•
1 Property•20 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
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