289 East 53 Street,Brooklyn, NY 11203

22 Units

Built in 1931

3 Floors

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In the past three years, this building had:
90 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 18 violations which is 0.81 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
1Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
10Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
7Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Jun 21, 2023§ 27-2014 adm code and dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint all parts all story balconies stacks at the rear of the building at fire escapeNot complied with

Property Owners and Associates

1730 Pit LLC
Agent, Corporate Owner
2.6(13)

35 Properties

169 Units

281 Plaza LLC
Agent, Corporate Owner
1.9(1)

2 Properties

24 Units

Abe Betesh
Shareholder, Officer, Head Officer
2(4)

17 Properties

77 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

Every man for themselves
Former Tenant
Pros:
Cheap rent compared to market
Cons:
Slum lords. Rent to unruly (c) openigloo tenant...
Advice to owner:
Invest in your building with the money from ten...