425 Grand Avenue,Brooklyn, NY 11238

38 Units

Built in 1900

5 Floors

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In the past three years, this building had:
113 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.
This building has a total of 39 violations which is 1.02 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
6Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
21Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
12Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Jul 27, 2022Section 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration wood floor pierced creating spiral metal stairs case from 1st story to cellar, creating illegal duplex apartment with cellar rear in the 3rd room from east located at apt a5, 1st story, 1st apartment from north at east , section at eastNot complied with
Jul 25, 2022Section 27-2005 adm code paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the radiator at south wall in the 2nd room from east located at apt c3, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from east at south , section at westFirst no access to re- inspect violation
Dec 02, 2019Section 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling and walls in the bathroom located at apt b3, 2nd story, 2nd apartment from east at south , section at westFirst no access to re- inspect violation
Sep 03, 2017Section 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tiles in the kitchen located at apt c3, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from east at southFirst no access to re- inspect violation
Jun 14, 2017Section 27-2005 adm code properly repair the broken or defective window lock in the 1st room from east located at apt b3, 2nd storyFirst no access to re- inspect violation
Jun 14, 2017Section 27-2005 adm code properly repair the broken or defective broken window lock in the 2nd room from east located at apt b3, 2nd storyFirst no access to re- inspect violation

Property Owners and Associates

423 Grand Ave LP
Owner, Corporate Owner, Agent
3.5(5)

2 Properties

58 Units

Arnaldo Alvarado
Site Manager
3.6(4)

1 Property

38 Units

Ds Brooklyn Portfolio Owner LLC
Owner, Corporate Owner, Agent
2.8(44)

35 Properties

276 Units

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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 Building and Neighbors; poor management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Good Neighbors Good location Clean
Cons:
Unresponsive Management -No heat and hot (c) op...
2 year tenant
Former Tenant
Pros:
Relatively quiet building
Cons:
Management company not responsive
Decent Place but Noisy
Former Tenant
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Great super, awesome area in (c) openigloo the ...
Cons:
Lots of rodent problems throughout (c) openiglo...
Not worth the money. Thin veneer of fools gold covers…mostly shit
Former Tenant
Pros:
Relatively quietly building. Nice neighbors. O...
Cons:
Electricity goes out every 1-2 (c) openigloo we...
Advice to owner:
You CANNOT advertise this is a “luxury” unit (a...