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Recent tenant reviews for 383 Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Brooklyn highlight issues with heating, maintenance delays, and pest control. Despite clean common areas and friendly neighbors, concerns about insulation, rodents,mold, and inadequate heating stand out. Tenants appreciate access to the roof and responsive maintenance staff but criticize the landlord's rent variability and safety hazards like broken stairs. Suggestions include transparency in work orders, cessation of Airbnb rentals, and improved building care. While some approve of the owner, most do not recommend staying here due to severe maintenance and safety issues, making it vital for management to address these concerns promptly.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 1 month ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
1.16 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
1
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Mar 20, 2018: § 53, 187, 231 m/d law and department rules and regulations. provide a shoe properly secured to bottom of string of dropladder at south stack fire escape from extenison court at building front
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Hazardous
6
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Jul 30, 2024: § 27-2005, 2007 adm code and dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes flower pots 2nd story balcony building front at fire escape, 2nd story
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Immediately hazardous
0
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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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
B
Blake Gurevitch
3.3(3)
Site Manager•
2 Properties•6 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
D
Dg 399 Chauncey LLC
3.2(59)
Agent•
Corporate Owner•
65 Properties•568 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 30
H
Howard Wasserman
3.3(3)
Head Officer•
3 Properties•17 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
M
383 Marcus Realty LLC
3.3(3)
Agent•
Corporate Owner•
3 Properties•12 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
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Renter Recommendations
--% of renters recommend this building
--% of renters approve of this owner
Rents and Deposits
-- of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.
Reviews (3)
4.12 stars
9 months ago
Safe quiet building and block
Former Tenant
Pros:
Nice neighbors and clean building, big windows with lots of light
Cons:
We haven’t had any major maintenance issues, but management is slow to respond about small ones
Advice to owner:
Create a more transparent work order system
3.12 stars
10 months ago
Could be a lot better
Former Tenant
Pros:
Big windows, lots of natural light. Good location.
Cons:
Terribly insulated. Freezing cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Energy bills are crazy. Mice in the apartment and rats in the basement.
2.75 stars
Over 3 years ago
Somebody send a miracle, please!
Former Tenant
Pros:
There is roof access, the building mates are generally pleasant and maintenance is responsive.
Cons:
Where to start.. There is a constant influx of people coming in and out of the building after management began to illegally participate in AirBNB.
There is definitely mold in the building of which you can smell it the moment you walk in. My next neighbor/friend had black mold growing in her walls and they insisted that it wasn’t even after sending a “professional” who was employed by them to test.. 👀 she moved and since her departure there has been a new tentant every year.
The landlord is selective about the rent value based on tenant (how they decide this is a mystery of which I have inquired about multiple times) although all of the apartments look exactly the same rent ranges from $2625 - $2400.
The maintenance man is kind and responsive, but they continuously put bandaids on large issue (for example: painting over the mold, half-asses patching over leaky roof that obviously needs a new cap sheet and I’m no professional).
There is no heat in the building, so have inserted commercial space heated in the wall of which they advertise as “central heating” This results in insanely high electricity bill.
Speaking of electric bills, we had to manually send in out meter reading. This isn’t the worst part, they wanted us to go into the basement where there were missing, broken, and molded stairs. After notifying them about how dangerous this monthly operation was they said they would get meter reading, of which they didn’t, I then for fined by my electric provider, Con Edison, on top of a cumulative $2500 bill for all the months they didn’t send in the reading.
I could go on but this is not where I have plans to publish my first novel.
Advice to owner:
Do better!
Get rid of the Airbnb, for the safe of your consistent tenants.
Add 1% of humanity into your company ethos.
And at least PRETEND to care about the building and the people in it.
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