218 Boerum Street,Brooklyn, NY 11206
6 Units
•Built in 1931
•3 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: No
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Review Summary for 218 Boerum Street
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Recent reviews for 218 Boerum Street highlight its convenient location near transit and local eateries, along with amenities like central air, a small backyard, and basement laundry. However, persistent issues with cleanliness, garbage management, and pest control—specifically roach and rat infestations—are frequent complaints. Noise, especially on lower floors facing the street, and lax building security also detract from tenant comfort. While heating and water pressure receive positive notes, maintenance responsiveness and management communication are inconsistent, causing frustration. Tenants advise significant improvements in pest control, cleaning, security, and upkeep to enhance livability and safety in this non-rent-stabilized building.
Reviews (3)
2.88 stars
3 months ago
Not the worst but a lot of issues
Former Tenant
Pros:
2 blocks from train station, near some of the cute restaurants here, landlord is decently responsive, central AC, basement available for storage / as studio space (I am on the ground floor), small cute backyard for bbq, working washer dryer in basement
Cons:
I live on the ground floor, my window faces the street. This should not be a bedroom
Noise
Can hear every single word / step on the street outside my bedroom window, late night street racing, etc. Can also hear what happens from the opening of the front door through the hallway and up the stairs. Have been woken up multiple times from this.
Pests
The building next to us had a roach infestation that is overflowing into our apartment. Exterminator comes but it helps minimally. I can count on seeing 1-3 roaches daily. Potential rat problem in the basement laundry area. Neighbors apparently had a worse roach problem when moving in that the landlord did not help with.
Cleanliness
I’ve come back many times to see the same dirt for several days in a row, or from a friend’s place to notice the place smells like toilet water or wet cardboard. I sometimes see cleaners here but they should come more often.
Security
Security is lax. I asked for bars on my windows (I live on the ground floor, my window faces the street, I don’t open the blinds for this reason). Landlord refused though its easy to come in. Augmented by the fact that the security cameras will often not work and the door is frequently left open because it can be hard to close.
Oven doesn’t work well. No daylight in the living space.
Noise
Can hear every single word / step on the street outside my bedroom window, late night street racing, etc. Can also hear what happens from the opening of the front door through the hallway and up the stairs. Have been woken up multiple times from this.
Pests
The building next to us had a roach infestation that is overflowing into our apartment. Exterminator comes but it helps minimally. I can count on seeing 1-3 roaches daily. Potential rat problem in the basement laundry area. Neighbors apparently had a worse roach problem when moving in that the landlord did not help with.
Cleanliness
I’ve come back many times to see the same dirt for several days in a row, or from a friend’s place to notice the place smells like toilet water or wet cardboard. I sometimes see cleaners here but they should come more often.
Security
Security is lax. I asked for bars on my windows (I live on the ground floor, my window faces the street, I don’t open the blinds for this reason). Landlord refused though its easy to come in. Augmented by the fact that the security cameras will often not work and the door is frequently left open because it can be hard to close.
Oven doesn’t work well. No daylight in the living space.
Advice to owner:
Invest serious time into cleaning up the place and making it safer. Hallway should be deep cleaned daily. And possibly needs the pipe changed. Change the door so it’s easy to close. Replace the oven(s). Make the laundry area in the basement safer and more useable.
1.62 stars
Over 3 years ago
Awful place to live
Former Tenant
Pros:
The building had central air and heat and was renovated in 2015
Cons:
Rats lived in the walls. Despite the recent renovation the building was filthy. It was gross when I moved in and then management had the audacity to deduct a cleaning fee when I moved out. Way too expensive for what it is. They have laundry in the basement you have to pay for and the machines never worked. Constant issues with management throughout my tenancy. Stuff was always breaking and never getting fixed
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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 17 hours ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 218 Boerum Street is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0 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
0
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Immediately hazardous
0
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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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
Joel Fekete
2.9(69)
Site Manager•
35 Properties•291 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 14
R
1046 Realty LLC
3.1(6)
Corporate Owner•
2 Properties•10 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
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