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114 Albemarle Road

Kensington, Brooklyn, NY 11218

65 units·6 floors·Built in 1927
3.2

5 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

1
Evictions
91
Open violations
8
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.

Recent tenants at 114 ALBEMARLE ROAD in Brooklyn appreciate the convenient location near the subway and supermarket, spacious units, and good water pressure. However, concerns arise regarding poor management responsiveness, pest control issues, inconsistent heating, frequent elevator breakdowns, and lack of cleanliness in common areas. Renters suggest addressing the pest problem, improving maintenance responsiveness, and enhancing building amenities. Despite some drawbacks, the general consensus is split on recommending the building, with some tenants valuing the rent-stabilized status.

Reviews

Former tenant·1 month ago

Loved it, until new management and super took over

Pros

Great location right by the train, great neighborhood, pretty good amount of space for the cost, friendly neighbors (tenants' union), pretty quiet in the evening, pet friendly. A good place to be for a couple lease terms if you can ignore enough of the issues

Cons

Unresponsive super/management, poor pest control (and poor garbage management leading to exacerbated pest problems), elevators break down almost weekly, frequent package theft (no resolution despite cameras being installed). Heat is ON when it's on but also inconsistent, and radiators leak heavily (super never responds to our multiple asks to fix). Laundry in basement is rarely usable—facilities are rarely cleaned or overseen for pests, machines break often, super usually keeps large dogs down there too or just outside so expect to be barked at. Back courtyard area and basement has slowly turned into a dog kennel, lots of waste left uncleaned. Sometimes building ownership does not pay the gas bill so we all get warnings from National Grid about shut-offs

Advice to the owners

Clean the building more often (the whole building, not just the lobby). Respond to tenant complaints. Pay the building's National Grid bill on time so all of us tenants can stop getting shut-off warnings.

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

Beautiful building but

Pros

Very close to express subway stop, very easy to get into city as long as the F is running, really beautiful building, the unit I lived in had parquet wood floors , plaster details and lots of closet space

Cons

At some point the whole front area of building became a dog run, any vegetation out front was wiped out by dog waste, sometimes you would have to step over it in entryway

Advice to the owners

Crack down on the the people who are letting their dogs crap all over this beautiful building

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 5 days ago

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

Building average1.40Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
41Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

30Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

20Class 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

One of the owners or associates of this building is on the worst landlord watchlist.

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