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248 East 21 Street
Flatbush

248 East 21 Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11226

72 Units

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Built in 1935

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6 Floors

2(4)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 4
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: No
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    Review Summary for 248 East 21 Street
    Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.
    Recent reviews of 248 East 21 Street reveal spacious, rent-stabilized apartments with good natural light and strong water pressure. However, tenants consistently report severe issues with cleanliness, garbage management, and pest infestations, particularly roaches. Noise levels are often high due to disruptive neighbors, with frequent complaints about loud behavior and package theft. Management and building staff are perceived as largely unresponsive, and maintenance problems remain unresolved, contributing to resident dissatisfaction. The lobby, hallways, and common areas are frequently described as filthy and poorly maintained. Renters advise significant improvements in cleaning, pest control, rule enforcement, and management responsiveness to enhance living conditions.

    Reviews (4)

    Over 1 year ago
    Terrible maintenance & management
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Rent stabilized, relatively large apartments (e.g. eat in kitchen), lots of windows/good light, elevators
    Cons:
    Poorly maintained, filthy common spaces, horrendous package theft, pests, unresponsive super & management
    Advice to owner:
    Clean up the building!
    Over 1 year ago
    DO NOT RENT HERE
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Standard renovations in the units, live-in super who is friendly.
    Cons:
    -my bathroom literally collapsing management was unresponsive even after multiple 311 reports. They patched the hole with a cardboard box, refused to seal it.
    -rampant package theft
    -neighbors screaming in hallways year round--adults arguing, yelling, loud music no disregard for neighbors late at night.
    -rampant issues with pests.
    Advice to owner:
    Do the bare minimum to take care of tenants

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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 5 days ago.
    The average number of violations per unit at 248 East 21 Street is better than the city.
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    0.15 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    0.81 violation per unit
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    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
    6
    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
    Sep 02, 2025: § 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor near radiator in the 1st room from north located at apt 3k, 3rd story, 2nd apartment from west at north
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    Immediately hazardous
    5
    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
    MOST RECENT:
    May 01, 2025: 567 (c) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 hmc: abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of rats and all underlying causes creating the pest infestations, by using integrated pest management (ipm), eliminate all burrow entry and passageways, pest nests, holes, gaps or cracks in walls, ceilings, floors, fixing leaks and managing garbage in public areas. evidence found at rats at building front yard
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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
    R
    Rachel Wolf
    2.8(21)
    Head Officer•
    8 Properties•613 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 22
    O
    591 Ocean Realty LLC
    2(4)
    Corporate Owner•
    1 Property•72 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 4
    C
    Crispin Edgehill
    2(4)
    Site Manager•
    1 Property•72 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 4
    R
    Robert Malek
    2(4)
    Agent•
    1 Property•72 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 4

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