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487 Clinton Avenue
Clinton Hill

487 Clinton Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11238

20 Units

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Built in 1931

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5 Floors

2.2(2)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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    Reviews (2)

    Over 1 year ago
    Cute Building, Horrible Landlord
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Affordable rent, historical building, the renovated units are chic.
    Cons:
    The management is offensively unresponsive and calloused. Consider this building effectively unmanaged. Heat unlikely to ever come on on time, etc.
    Advice to owner:
    Care about your tenants. Stop looking at us as strictly cash cows to be milked. Inhumane treatment and disregard.
    Over 2 years ago
    If you enjoy calling 311 every day then this is the place for you!
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    (Most ) neighbors are lovely and consistently communicate about building issues/property management issues. Everyone is on board will constantly reporting the landlords and management to 311. Most of the apartments are newly renovated and have tons of built-in storage. The location is AMAZING.
    Cons:
    So many! Where to start. First off, good luck getting any maintenance or repairs done. The property manager won’t respond and the landlords are completely MIA. The building doesn’t have a super either. The buildings front door consistently breaks which means you can be completely locked out at any time. Good luck getting packages delivered because the intercom is always down. If they do get delivered, prepare for them to be stolen because when the door DOES open, it doesn’t close behind you leaving complete access to package thieves. To help with package theft, there is an Amazon locker in the building lobby BUT it has never worked for anyone…not once. There is laundry in the building but have fun sharing one washer and one dryer with all the other tenants because one dryer is broken (management won’t fix it) and the other washer is filled with sewage water (management won’t fix it). Sometimes you get an extra little fun surprise when the water from the machine backwashes and the floor is covered in nasty sewage. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a great neighbor living next to you but if you’re not, I hope you’re a smoker because your whole apartment might smell like cigarettes and you’ll be able to feel the bass from the music blasting in the apartment below you. If you need any repairs done, too bad! You better be handy enough to fix it yourself because no one else will, despite you calling and texting 3 separate property managers constantly. If you’re just moving in, you can be rest assured no one has painted, cleaned or patched up the apartment prior to your arrival so when you sign that lease you really are accepting the place “as is”. And if you renew your lease, have fun paying a 20% increase on your rent every. single. year. you want to live there.
    Advice to owner:
    Get your shit together

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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 4 days ago.
    The average number of violations per unit at 487 Clinton Avenue is worse than the city .
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    1.9 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    0.81 violation per unit
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    Non-hazardous
    7
    class A
    i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
    MOST RECENT:
    May 22, 2025: § 27-2005 adm code replace with new the missing door knob at vestibule at public hall, 1st story
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    Hazardous
    15
    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
    May 10, 2025: § 27-2005 hmc: properly repair or replace the broken or defective unopenable 1st window from west in the 1st room from north located at apt 1a, 1st story, 2nd apartment from east at south
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    Immediately hazardous
    16
    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
    MOST RECENT:
    Nov 16, 2023: hmc adm code: § 27-2017.4 abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment located at apt 2a, 2nd story, 1st apartment from south at west
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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
    J
    Jason Greenberg
    2.2(2)
    Head Officer•
    1 Property•20 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 0
    J
    Judith Drive LLC
    3.1(76)
    Corporate Owner•
    77 Properties•684 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 18
    D
    David Cohen
    2.4(4)
    Site Manager•
    9 Properties•59 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 0
    Z
    Zg Clinton LLC
    2.2(2)
    Corporate Owner•
    2 Properties•20 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 0

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