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Review Summary for 961 Willoughby Avenue
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Recent reviews of 961 Willoughby Avenue highlight its attractive amenities including a rooftop, gym, laundry facilities, and a virtual doorman, with many tenants valuing the rent-stabilized status and quiet environment. The building is praised for cleanliness, pest control, and responsive maintenance, especially the super. However, noise and thin walls are significant concerns affecting tenant comfort, with some citing disruptive neighbors and parties on the roof. Issues like inconsistent laundry machine functionality, occasional water leaks, package theft, and cleanliness in common areas have been noted. Management's approach has mixed feedback, with calls for improved professionalism and better enforcement of building rules.
Reviews (13)
4.62 stars
18 hours ago
Almost Perfect Apartment
Former Tenant
Pros:
Quiet building, rent stabilized, lots of luxury amenities.
Cons:
Laundry room tends to have at least 1 machine broken at all times
3.75 stars
7 months ago
Totally Livable Home
Former Tenant
Pros:
Rent stabilized, well cleaned and maintained, great amenities, and super responsive super.
Cons:
Gym ceiling sometimes leaks and not all neighbors are great.
Advice to owner:
Ensure you get leases for everyone so you don’t have squatters.
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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 5 days ago.
The average number of violations per unit at 961 Willoughby Avenue is better than the city.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
0
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Hazardous
0
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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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
S
Shlomo Karpen
3.8(65)
Head Officer•
48 Properties•391 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 10
W
Willtrout Realty, LLC
4(13)
Corporate Owner•
2 Properties•66 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 1
A
Abraham Karpen
4(13)
Agent•
1 Property•63 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 0
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