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Barry Singer

Head Officer·16 buildings·427 units
1.4

8 reviews

Worst landlord

This owner or associate is ranked in the top 100 worst landlords in NYC.

Highlights

70
Evictions
215
Litigation cases

Renter recommendations

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Renters recommend associated buildings

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Renters approve of this owner or associate

Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Recent tenant reviews highlight a multitude of issues in buildings managed by BARRY SINGER. Tenants expressed deep dissatisfaction with poor cleanliness, ineffective garbage management, inadequate heating, noisy and inconsiderate neighbors, unresponsive ownership, pest infestations, and low water pressure. Residents reported experiencing health hazards like mold and rodent infestations. The general consensus advises urgent building upgrades, responsible management, and more proactive maintenance to enhance living conditions. Most renters do not recommend staying in these buildings given the prevalent issues and lack of satisfactory responses from the management.

Reviews

Former tenant·8 minutes ago

Nightmare building from Hell

Pros

Absolutely nothing at all.

Cons

I hated everything about the building it's never clean there are rats the size of small cats garbage all over the halls and steps. The super Jose Peña has absolutely no people skills is super lazy and disrespectful. Neighbors are loud rude and inconsiderate. Addicts sleep on hallway and stairs drug transactions are made in plain sight in the building.

Advice to the owners

Be more responsible get rid of your no good super and fix this building up.

Former tenant·7 months ago

My mother suffered the winter with lack of heat and hot water

Pros

Not much to say

Cons

The super of the building is lazy, and does not like to repair the problems that the apartments have.

Advice to the owners

My mother who lived in apartment #5A has passed away on March 24th of this year. The apartment looks like crap, but it is not the property owner fault, because he was not aware of all the damage that the apartment has.

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  • 2497 Grand Avenue
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    2497 Grand Avenue

    University Heights

2500 Webb Avenue
Rent-stabilized

2500 Webb Avenue

1.9(2)

University Heights

620 East  178 Street
Rent-stabilized

620 East 178 Street

1.0(1)

East Tremont

2487 Grand Avenue
Rent-stabilized

2487 Grand Avenue

University Heights

2497 Grand Avenue
Rent-stabilized

2497 Grand Avenue

University Heights

Building ratings

Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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Water pressure

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Heat

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Neighbors

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Noise levels

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Owner responsiveness

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Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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Water pressure

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Heat

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Neighbors

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Noise levels

-

Owner responsiveness

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Rents and deposits

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Renters received their security deposits back

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Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 5 days ago

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

Owner average7.85Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
1099Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

1723Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

520Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

13Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

B

Barry Singer

Head Officer·16 buildings·427 units
1.4

8 reviews

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