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222 East 8 Street
Kensington

222 East 8 Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11218

91 Units

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Built in 1960

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6 Floors

1(2)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 3
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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    Reviews (2)

    2 months ago
    Harassment and Filth
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Absolutely nothing at all.
    Cons:
    Super and mgmt allow and seem to encourage harassment of the tenants who pay less rent. Maintenance is non-existent; fire-safe doors do not latch, knobs are falling off, broken tiles and holes in the walls. Super doesn’t clean; years of built up dirt and trash. Garbage area and backyard are covered in filth, pests, and feces; compost bins are kept indoors and unlatched making the laundry room smell like a sewer and spreading roaches everywhere. Just look at the reviews and HPD stats of this building and Jonas as a whole before you think about moving here. They push native residents/businesses out of Brooklyn and rack up plenty of lawsuits and violations in the meantime. It’s been covered in the news it’s so bad. The neighboring buildings and owners have nowhere near as many complaints as 222/Jonas. STAY FAR AWAY.
    8 months ago
    Harrasment. Enter lease with caution.
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    There is non.
    Cons:
    Viciously harassed by a retired elder neighbor for an entire year with no assistance from Jonas Equitiy Management.
    Expect to be hyper surveillanced by the super of this building.
    Pests on premises -MICE, WATER BUGS, ROACHES, FERAL CATS
    Advice to owner:
    Pay back security deposit! It's against the law to withhold!

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    Rents and Deposits

    -- of renters received their security deposits back
    It dummy text been reported if this building dummy electronic rent payments.
    Open Violations
    Only open violations from the last 10 years.
    Data last updated 17 hours ago.
    The average number of violations per unit at 222 East 8 Street is better than the city.
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    0.29 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    0.81 violation per unit
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    Non-hazardous
    2
    class A
    i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
    MOST RECENT:
    Jun 12, 2023: § 27-2042 adm code provide a mirror in self-service elevator arranged so as to enable a person entering, to view inside of elevator number chain guard in the entrance located at apt 5, 5th story, 6th apartment from south at west
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    Hazardous
    6
    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
    Sep 22, 2025: § 27-2021 adm code provide sufficient, proper and separate metal receptacles for the deposit of garbage, rubbish and other waste material and arrange for collection and disposal of such material.
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    Immediately hazardous
    19
    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
    MOST RECENT:
    Sep 22, 2025: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 hmc, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( c) mdl and 28 rcny §25-171: replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch at 2nd fire door from east at south (stairwell ''a'') at public hall
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    Missing information/filings
    0
    class I
    Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
    MOST RECENT:
    No violation found...
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    Property Owners and Associates
    J
    Jonas Equities, Inc.
    3.3(23)
    Corporate Owner•
    13 Properties•924 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 25
    M
    Moshe Rhine
    1(2)
    Agent•
    1 Property•91 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3
    E
    222 E 8 St LLC
    1(2)
    Corporate Owner•
    1 Property•91 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3
    L
    Lawrence Bernstein
    3.2(31)
    Officer•
    14 Properties•1060 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 27

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