Remsen Village

285 East 91 Street,Brooklyn, NY 11212

38 Units

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Built in 1920

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4 Floors

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1.7(2)
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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 33 violations which is 0.86 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is worse than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
5Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
23Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
5Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Mar 21, 2024§ 27-2017.3 hmc: trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... at east wall approximately 3 sq ft and ceiling approximately 2 sq ft. in the bathroom located at apt 2a, 1st story, 1st apartment from east at south , section ''south''Civ14 mailed
Feb 11, 2024§ 27-2005 hmc: properly repair or replace the broken or defective wood base cabinets drawers at wall in the kitchen located at apt 5f, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from north at east , section ''north''Civ14 mailed
Feb 11, 2024§ 27-2005 adm code repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the kitchen located at apt 5f, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from north at east , section ''north''Civ14 mailed
Feb 11, 2024§ 27-2005 adm code repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the bathroom located at apt 5f, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from north at east , section ''north''Civ14 mailed
Feb 11, 2024§ 27-2005 adm code repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 1st room from east located at apt 5f, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from north at east , section ''north''Civ14 mailed

Property Owners and Associates

285 Realty LLC
Agent, Corporate Owner
1.7(2)

2 Properties

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53 Units

Cheryl Smith
Agent, Corporate Owner
2.7(78)

86 Properties

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3315 Units

Michael Malek
Shareholder, Head Officer
2.7(45)

50 Properties

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1726 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.

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Former Tenant
Pros:
Trash management and recycleables
Cons:
No security cameras, loitering inside (c) openi...
Advice to owner:
Stop running these apartments like low income h...
I would give it a C
Former Tenant
Pros:
It’s in a fairly decent (c) openigloo neighborh...
Cons:
The Super and his friends (c) openigloo cooking...
Advice to owner:
They should come out and check whatever is goin...