Flatbush

538 East 21 Street,Brooklyn, NY 11226

53 Units

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Built in 1931

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6 Floors

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2.5(3)
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In the past three years, this building had:
78 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 21 violations which is 0.39 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
8Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
12Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Sep 14, 2023§ 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective porcelain enamel finish at bathtub by method of reglazing in the bathroom located at apt f7, 6th story, 2nd apartment from north at eastNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

Alan Shamah
Head Officer
3(39)

33 Properties

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1170 Units

Carl Zekaria
Site Manager, Officer
3.1(35)

30 Properties

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1085 Units

Crystal Ridge Associates LLC
Corporate Owner
2.9(34)

31 Properties

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1165 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

Ok but overpriced
Former Tenant
Pros:
Super is really responsive Certain renovations ...
Cons:
You can hear everything above (c) openigloo you...
Advice to owner:
Please work on the flooring in the apartments
Nice Super, but peculiar management
Former Tenant
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The super was always super (c) openigloo friend...
Cons:
It seemed like the level (c) openigloo of atten...
Affordable but not the best
Former Tenant
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It’s very affordable to live (c) openigloo here...
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Unfortunately the building is quite (c) openigl...
Advice to owner:
It’s an affordable building so I think a lot of...