985 Ocean Avenue,Brooklyn, NY 11226

36 Units

Built in 1961

6 Floors

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In the past three years, this building had:
91 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 14 violations which is 0.38 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
0Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
5Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
9Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
There is no record of violation for class A

Property Owners and Associates

Andrew Spodek
Officer
3.3(4)

3 Properties

213 Units

Cheryl Smith
Owner, Corporate Owner, Agent
2.7(78)

86 Properties

3315 Units

Lennox Pope
Site Manager
2.9(2)

1 Property

36 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

Nice surrounding neighborhood
Former Tenant
Pros:
Beautiful and interesting surrounding neighborh...
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Loud neighbors next door. Issues (c) openigloo ...
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Better pest control and building management needed
Current Bed Bug Infestation
Former Tenant
Pros:
Lovely neighborhood, neighbors are nice (c) ope...
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Lease stated that there was (c) openigloo no hi...