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102 Albemarle Rd

Kensington, Brooklyn, NY 11218

45 units·6 floors·Built in 1939
3.1

11 reviews

Rent-stabilized apartments

This building has apartments that entitle you to a renewal and limited rent increases.

Good cause building

This building guarantees a renewal and capped rent increases, if you follow your lease terms.

Highlights

No
Evictions
48
Open violations
2
Litigation cases
No
Bedbug history
Pet friendly

Renter recommendations

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Renters recommend this building

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Renters approve of the building's owners

Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Tenant reviews for 102 Albemarle Rd, Brooklyn reveal a building with great location, charming architecture, and roomy apartments with good natural light. Residents appreciate proximity to the subway, friendly neighbors, and some maintenance features like laundry and elevators. However, management is widely criticized for slow responses, inadequate repairs, pest issues, and building neglect. There are frequent complaints about mold, leaks, elevator malfunctions, and poor garbage handling. Rent increases and destabilization concerns add to tenant unease. While the building has strong potential, renters advise management to invest properly in upkeep, enhance communication, and treat tenants with respect to improve living conditions.

Reviews

Former tenant·10 minutes ago

102 albemarle review

Pros

beautiful apartments, exterminator comes often, great location

Cons

steep rent increases each year

Advice to the owners

stop raising the rent so much and kicking out loyal tenants

Former tenant·3 months ago

Slumlord ruins nice building

Pros

The people who live here are nice

Cons

The owners are cheap, they’ll avoid spending money on the building if at all possible, they are stingy with their employees and mean to their tenants

Advice to the owners

It could be a nice building, you seem determined to ruin it

Building ratings

Cleanliness

-

Trash management

-

Pest control

-

Water pressure

-

Heat

-

Neighbors

-

Noise levels

-

Owner responsiveness

-

Rents and deposits

-

Renters received their security deposits back

-

Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 4 days ago

Average violations per unit in this building is worse than the city average.

Building average1.06Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
18Class C
Immediately hazardous

Rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

25Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

5Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

0Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

Building owners and associates

  • N

    Neera Raj

    3.1(11)
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    1 building

  • 1

    102 Albemarle Associates Llc

    3.1(11)
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    1 building

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