Flatbush

500 Ocean Avenue,Brooklyn, NY 11226

64 Units

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Built in 1931

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6 Floors

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3.4(6)
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In the past three years, this building had:
49 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 27 violations which is 0.42 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
2Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
9Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
16Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Dec 04, 2020Section 27-2005 adm code properly secure the loose light fixture at ceiling at vestibule at public hall, 1st storyInvalid certification
Dec 04, 2020Section 27-2005, 2006, 2037 hmc: properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wires at south wall at vestibule at public hall, 1st storyInvalid certification

Property Owners and Associates

1298 David Inc
Site Manager, Head Officer
3(94)

82 Properties

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2810 Units

500 Ocean Apt. Corp
Corporate Owner
3.4(6)

2 Properties

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124 Units

Annmarie Barker
Site Manager, Head Officer
3.4(6)

2 Properties

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124 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

Lived at 500 Ocean for a year
Former Tenant
Pros:
Nice neighbors and well kept (c) openigloo units!
Cons:
Basement is very gross, laundry (c) openigloo i...
Advice to owner:
Clean up common areas
Basic apartments
Former Tenant
Pros:
Super was fairly responsive, some (c) openigloo...
Cons:
Trash and laundry room in (c) openigloo basemen...
Advice to owner:
Be a bit more responsive
Not unliveable but not great.
Former Tenant
Pros:
Good location and close to (c) openigloo prospe...
Cons:
Building security is bad— lots (c) openigloo of...
Advice to owner:
Do more preventative maintenance. Add security ...
Beautiful building, responsive landlord
Former Tenant
Pros:
Very well maintained building. Trash (c) openig...
Cons:
Can be loud if facing (c) openigloo Ocean Ave a...
Review of apartment 3c
Former Tenant
Pros:
Landlord for apartment 3c was (c) openigloo gre...
Cons:
The super, Abraham, has a (c) openigloo huge at...
Advice to owner:
Get security cameras to prevent package theft ...
Big apartments, low rent, some compromises
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location, space, rent
Cons:
Management, maintenance, needs renovation