687 Driggs Avenue,Brooklyn, NY 11211

41 Units

Built in 2009

5 Floors

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In the past three years, this building had:
63 complaints
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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 9 violations which is 0.21 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
4Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
1Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
4Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Oct 18, 2022Section 329, m/d law and dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Oct 18, 2022Section 26-1103 admin. code: post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agency's housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Oct 18, 2022Section 27-2104 adm code post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out
Oct 18, 2022Section 27-2005 hmc: post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall, 1st storyNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

Evan Cohen
Site Manager, Agent, Officer
3.1(5)

1 Property

41 Units

Grand Living LLC
Corporate Owner
3.1(5)

1 Property

41 Units

Michael Lichtenstein
Head Officer
3.1(5)

1 Property

41 Units

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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

Good location, old building, terrible finishings
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great location, pretty reasonable floor (c) ope...
Cons:
Awful unit finishing, the unit (c) openigloo we...
Advice to owner:
Maintain the units and do reasonable work befor...
Under new owners -- TERRIBLE, falling into disrepair
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great location, but that's about (c) openigloo it.
Cons:
New management is letting building (c) openiglo...
Great Spot prime Williamsburg
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location is the best
Cons:
The time to repair things
You get what you pay for
Former Tenant
Pros:
Probably the most affordable elevator (c) openi...
Cons:
Don't live on the 4th (c) openigloo floor if yo...
Advice to owner:
Renovate.
Unresponsive mgmt
Former Tenant
Pros:
The building is nice. Great (c) openigloo roof ...
Cons:
Management is super slow to (c) openigloo respo...
Advice to owner:
Better response times and cleaner common areas ...