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Joe Falkowitz

Site Manager·1 building·12 units
1.9

4 reviews

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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Recent reviews for buildings managed by Joe Falkowitz reveal significant challenges with maintenance and tenant comfort. Common concerns include poor cleanliness, pest infestations (especially roaches and occasional mice), inadequate heating, and thin walls causing noise disturbances. Garbage management and owner responsiveness receive notably low marks, with tenants citing a lack of clear communication and slow response to issues. Building safety also appears problematic, with incidents like fires and construction without permits causing distress. While some appreciate the affordable rent and convenient locations near transit, the overall tenant sentiment emphasizes urgent need for improved pest control, maintenance, and better communication from the management team.

Reviews

Former tenant·9 minutes ago

You can hear everything around, there are roaches, and we experienced a fire.

Pros

It is a great location, and close to the train. And others, like laundry, groceries and more

Cons

Updated. This happens in summer: next to the building is a park, where everyday people are sleeping and pooping in the back of the tennis court, literally next to the building. About the apartment: the walls are not just thin, are like paperas and you can hear your neighbors fighting, watching movies or laughing, it is awful. You literally can listen every footsteps not just next to you but the apartment above. It have just two windows in the room, so there is not a lot of light and the circulation of air is slow, what makes the smells of food stay for a while in the aptm. On October, 2023, on the first floor there was a fire and no fire extinguishers present in the building, someone died and I don't really know the deal with the tenant who survived, but he was still living here and late at night he would wake up the building with his screaming. After the fire, they started construction at 7:30 and because the walls, you listen everything like it was in front of you. For sure a headache. Months after, in 2024 they started to construct during 4 weeks, without any permit in the second floor. Same deal, a lot of noise and I don't want to forget to mention how dusty the building is. We have to ask them to clean because they don't had anyone cleaning the building. About the building: they had a problem with roaches, and they informed us before we moved in and they said they had it "controlled" but we still have found some around the house. So, every month someone comes to check out the building. The hot water has a problem, and you never get really hot water on the tub, so forget baths even when you have a tub. Also this is a rental group, and the lack of communication is huge. For 6 months they haven't provide us with a number for an emergency but the super who doesn't speak English well. It is a great location but I honestly don't think it's worthy at all. You can't work or rest in this building. We wish we checked this app before to know all the evictions they had!

Advice to the owners

If you are not ready to rent, you shouldn't do it. And you should be more communicative about the construction, because the noise and the dust are a big issue here.

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

Roaches roaches roaches and mice

Pros

Close to the subway, if that’s a plus

Cons

TONS of roaches. We have mice twice. Incredibly hot in the summer. When it is over a 100 it is actually fresher outside rather then inside. Also when it is hot all roaches are out. They are everywhere. Today I had one in my morning coffee. Happy to move out.

Advice to the owners

Call pest control more often

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Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 5 days ago

Average violations per unit for this owner or associate is better than the city average.

Owner average0.25Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
3Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

0Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

0Class 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

J

Joe Falkowitz

Site Manager·1 building·12 units
1.9

4 reviews

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