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80 Woodruff Avenue
Prospect Park South

80 Woodruff Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11226

42 Units

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Built in 1931

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6 Floors

2.2(4)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 3
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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    Review Summary for 80 Woodruff Avenue
    Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.
    Recent reviews for 80 Woodruff Avenue in Brooklyn highlight severe issues such as pest infestations, unresponsive management, and maintenance delays. Tenants face challenges with roaches, rats, leaks, and poor building upkeep. Management's neglect towards long-term tenants and rent-stabilized units is concerning, leading to recommendations of superficial renovations for higher rents. Despite a good location and friendly neighbors, the overall consensus points to a building in need of significant improvements in cleanliness, responsiveness, and overall care for residents' well-being.
    Open Violations
    Only open violations from the last 10 years.
    Data last updated 39 minutes ago.
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    13.61 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    0.81 violation per unit
    The average number of violations per unit at 80 Woodruff Avenue is worse than the city .
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    Non-hazardous
    72
    class A
    i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
    MOST RECENT:
    Mar 19, 2025: § 27-2011 adm code cleanse to the satisfaction of this department the floors and all walls at public hall stairs all stories
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    Hazardous
    368
    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
    Feb 25, 2025: § 27-2005 hmc: properly repair or replace the broken or defective intercom system
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    Immediately hazardous
    130
    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
    MOST RECENT:
    Mar 01, 2025: hmc adm code: § 27-2017.4 abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment located at apt 1a, 1st story, 1st apartment from north at east
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    Missing information/filings
    2
    class I
    Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
    MOST RECENT:
    Feb 27, 2025: § 27-2091(c) adm code the property has been issued an order to identify and address underlying conditions and violations related to the order. failure to comply may result in extensive repair work to correct underlying conditions and related violations by hpd. charges for repair work done pursuant to this order, if not paid, will become tax liens on the property
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    Property Owners and Associates
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    Alert:
    One of owners and associates from this building was on the Worst Landlord Watchlist
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    Brian Garland
    2.2(4)
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    1 Property•42 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3
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    Margaret Brunn
    2.8(10)
    Worst Landlord•
    Head Officer•
    5 Properties•201 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3
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    --% of renters recommend this building

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    Rents and Deposits

    -- of renters received their security deposits back
    It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.

    Reviews (4)

    6 months ago
    Worst apartment I’ve ever had in my life, nightmarish
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    The room is large and nice and SHOULD be a pleasant stay but the cons are too much
    Cons:
    Roach infestation, rat infestation, broken unfixed dishwasher, and the landlord/management are unresponsive and horrible. They intentionally ghost residents to force them to move out. I complained about a cockroach infestation that’s affecting the whole building and they told us to sign up for a pest control sheet for a company they quit paying for months ago. Joke of a landlord and human being
    Advice to owner:
    Fix your shitty ass apartment
    11 months ago
    Cockroaches, Mice, Shower Ceiling Hole
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Neighbors are nice and friendly
    Elevator that works/doesn’t trap you in it sometimes
    Nice location
    Cons:
    Cockroaches are going to be present in the building in every unit until they gut it. Totally unfixable without major intervention.
    Mice! (:
    Upstairs neighbor’s shower had a hole in the tiles (which they had tried to get management to fix for months, to no avail) and we first reported leaking in January, in June the ceiling ruptured and a giant hole of mold and dripping water went unresolved for months. They do not care about you in this building. We couldn’t shower there without having mold rain down on us for months. Super and management did not care whatsoever.
    Clearly preying on rent stabilized tenants who are stuck in the units due to the affordability, and using this as an excuse to be negligent in taking care of the property.
    This building is owned by A&E which is a HUGE company with a team of lawyers, if you try to take them to small claims they will send their attorneys.
    Advice to owner:
    Do you understand that human beings, just like you, are trying to live safely in this building? Do you care?
    Over 1 year ago
    Great location; sucky building
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Pretty outside, some nice original architectural details in lobby. Street is tree lined and attractive. Relatively quiet except 1 neighbor; good closet space; bamboo flooring is new
    Cons:
    Roach issues; elevator breaks down frequently; door buzzer has never worked and they will not fix it; leaky pipes all over building causing frequent leak issues; took them months to respond to our leak reports, then months to fill in the 3 giant holes left by repairs with anything other than cardboard. Mushrooms were growing from the ceiling. Major leak damage evident in laundry room. Ceiling patches in my apartment from water damage are flaking from continuing leak issues. Building is supposed to have 3 clothes washers but one was removed 1.5 years ago and the other 2 break down frequently; lobby musty and gross smelling probably from water damage; our bathroom is also musty and gross smelling; our toilet seat is so old it’s peeling but I doubt they’ll replace it so haven’t asked. They appear to be pushing long time tenants out and doing superficial renovations then bringing in new tenants for more rent.
    Advice to owner:
    Get a soul and take care of this once beautiful building. It and the tenants deserve better
    Over 2 years ago
    Management is shady
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Proximity to park, size of apartments
    Cons:
    Dirty, poorly maintained. Management clearly wants all the long term rent stabilized apartments out so they can raise rents. Cockroaches everywhere.
    Advice to owner:
    Get a conscience. People live in your buildings.
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