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61 Hope St
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61 Hope St,
Brooklyn, NY 11211

117 Units

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Built in 1907

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6 Floors

4.3(9)
Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 2
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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    In the past three years, this building had:
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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:
    Less than 0.01 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    0.81 violation per unit
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    Non-hazardous
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    class A
    i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
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    Hazardous
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    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
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    Immediately hazardous
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    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
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    Missing information/filings
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    class I
    Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
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    Property Owners and Associates
    C
    C. Gershon Company
    4.3(9)
    Agent•
    1 Property•117 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 2
    R
    Robert Gershon
    4.3(9)
    Head Officer•
    1 Property•117 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 2
    M
    Melvin Gershon
    4.1(24)
    Officer•
    10 Properties•493 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 5
    H
    53 Hope Street LLC
    4.3(9)
    Corporate Owner•
    1 Property•117 Units
    Litigation History: No
    Evictions: 2
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    Rents and Deposits

    -- of renters received their security deposits back
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    Reviews (9)

    just now
    The best building just too pricey
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Great rooftop, nice location, clean gym, high ceilings, spacious apartments
    Cons:
    Rent is getting too high
    2 months ago
    Great building, cruel management
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The location is amazing - close to L, G, J, M lines. Right off of Metropolitan but still on a quiet street. Some apartments are very chic (east and west facing ones get a lot of natural light). The apartment walls are thick and the loft-like details are very nice - I believe the building used to be a pencil factory. Much better than the cookie cutter stuff in the neighborhood. Nice rooftop, small gym but gets the job done.
    Cons:
    The building was sold from Gershon to Gaia in 2022. We went from a friendly management firm with personal connections and minimal rent increases to a cruel private equity firm masquerading as a landlord pushing double digit % rent increases every year. The new management is unsympathetic and unreasonable in negotiations. Many old-timers were pushed out. But hey at least we now get some spartan event with free jungle juice every 3 months! One of Williamsburg's rare gems ruined.
    Advice to owner:
    Relax
    5 months ago
    Great stay for 3.5 years
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The super is very attentive to the building and responsive to maintenance requests. Building is very clean and well maintained.
    Cons:
    Increase in rent.
    11 months ago
    Big white building with green trim
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The location is great
    Cons:
    Sometimes the area can be noisy, it is next to BQE
    Advice to owner:
    Maybe stronger windows?
    Over 1 year ago
    Great building. New ownership, not so great.
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Variety of apartment layouts and noise cancelling windows. Majority of neighbors are friendly making it feel like a small community but many are leaving due to high rent.
    Cons:
    Appliances are small, a/c and heater makes a lot of noise and overheats the room in the winter. Windows do not have screens so flies enter the apartment when they are open for fresh air.
    Advice to owner:
    Apartments should be renovated to be considered luxury rental.
    Over 1 year ago
    One Bedroom
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Excellent super. Keeps the building safe and clean. Love the location. The gym is decent. The rooftop was a savior during covid lock down but could be much nicer
    Cons:
    They raised our rent from $3200 to $5750, forcing us to move out. Absolutely egregious and they don't negotiate much at all so we didn't bother. We bought a house in VT and we're out of here. We have a view of a graffiti brick wall--no other view from our unit. Very low on natural light. Constant construction and bugs make it impossible to keep the windows open. it's actually hard to breathe right now from all the concrete dust coming in from the building under construction.
    Advice to owner:
    Be realistic about the value of your property. Your greed is ruining people's lives! For us, this was a godsend though...you made us realize that we were wasting our hard earned money here. This unit isn't worth $3200 let alone $5750. I'm excited to watch this sit until you're forced to lower rent for the next unsuspecting victim.
    Over 1 year ago
    Beware of new owners in 2022.
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Nice building clean
    Cons:
    No grill on the roof. New owners renewed everyone up 30% or more in 2022. They are unresponsive and allow their employees to rent at a reasonable rate.
    Advice to owner:
    Be reasonable. You are messing people's lives up.
    Over 2 years ago
    nice building
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    nice recognizable building, clean, updated interiors, not so much noise from outside
    Cons:
    cant open the windows any wider than a crack
    Advice to owner:
    allow windows to be opened
    Over 2 years ago
    Great Building Great Area
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Location, super, natural light
    Cons:
    Loud AC, lack of overhead light
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