Kensington

102 Albemarle Road,Brooklyn, NY 11218

45 Units

•

Built in 1939

•

6 Floors

•
3.1(8)
lock
Once you submit an anonymous review for this building (or any other) you will gain access to the entire openigloo platform
Do you own or manage this building?
Hey smart renter!
In the past three years, this building had:
145 complaints
See all complaints about this building in a rental report

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 36 violations which is 0.8 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
5Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
Learn More
Hazardous
13Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
Learn More
Immediately-hazardous
18Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
Learn More
Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Sep 15, 2015Section 27-2065 adm code provide ventilation for water closet compartment and/or bathroom and file application for approval before doing work .. in the bathroom located at apt a4, 1st story, 1st apartment from west at northNot complied with
Sep 15, 2015Section 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration plywood covered 1 st north door at west wall in the 1st room from east located at apt a4, 1st story, 1st apartment from west at northNot complied with
Sep 15, 2015Section 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration plywood covered door at east wall in the 1st room from east located at apt a4, 1st story, 1st apartment from west at northNot complied with
Sep 15, 2015Section 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration plywood covered wood door at east wall in the foyer located at apt a4, 1st story, 1st apartment from west at northNot complied with
Nov 05, 2014Section 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration patition wall erected to subdivide the room in the 4th room from east located at apt f4, 6th story, 2nd apartment from west at northNot complied with

Property Owners and Associates

102 Albemarle Associates LLC
Agent, Corporate Owner
3(11)

2 Properties

•

53 Units

149 4 Ave LLC
Agent, Corporate Owner
3(60)

17 Properties

•

243 Units

Neera Raj
Site Manager, Head Officer
3(11)

2 Properties

•

53 Units

Frequently Asked Questions

Renter Q&A

ask-question
Be the first to ask a question!

Building Ratings

Water Pressure
Cleanliness
Pest Control
Heat
Noise Levels
Owner Responsiveness
Neighbors
Garbage Management

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

2014- 2017 Review
Former Tenant
Pros:
Excellent location! Charming lobby space.
Cons:
We had issues with water (c) openigloo leaking ...
Great building, bad landlord
Former Tenant
Pros:
The building and apartment are (c) openigloo ve...
Cons:
Landlord takes forever to respond (c) openigloo...
Advice to owner:
Be more responsive
Beautiful building, slumlord management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Building itself has great bones (c) openigloo a...
Cons:
The management is atrocious. Greedy, (c) openig...
Advice to owner:
Don't be a landlord if you're not prepared to t...
Worst Landlord Ever
Former Tenant
Pros:
Beautiful old building with some (c) openigloo ...
Cons:
The landlord, Neera Raj, is (c) openigloo not a...
Advice to owner:
Get back in touch with your humanity.
un managed building
Former Tenant
Pros:
location, bedroom size
Cons:
roaches, shoddy repairs, owners couldn’t (c) op...
Decent apartment living
Former Tenant
Pros:
Elevator, laundry in basement, great (c) openig...
Cons:
Everything is very old but (c) openigloo apartm...
Advice to owner:
For the amount of rent you charge you should ta...
Nice Building with Sketchy Owner
Former Tenant
Pros:
-Great neighbors -Directly on top of (c) openig...
Cons:
-Illegally destabilized units -Illegal conversi...
Advice to owner:
Do not try and squeeze money out of your tenant...
Not the best
Former Tenant
Pros:
Distance to the train, one (c) openigloo of the...
Cons:
Landlord mean, black mold shower, (c) openigloo...
Advice to owner:
Be nicer to your renters