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Gerard Campagan

Site Manager

1 Properties

84 Units

Evictions: 0
Litigation History: No
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.
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 6 months ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.03 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
1
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Dec 09, 2019: section 27-2026, 2027 hmc: properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the kitchen located at apt 2wd, 2nd story, 8th apartment from south at west
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Hazardous
1
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Feb 23, 2024: § 27-2017.3 hmc: trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approximately 5 square feet at floor within sink base cabinet in the kitchen located at apt 2wi, 2nd story, 1st apartment from south at west , section at east original violation 16336121 issued 25-oct-23 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).
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Immediately hazardous
1
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Apr 08, 2022: section 27-2033 adm code provide ready access to buildings heating system boiler room door locked at cellar at boiler room
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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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All Properties Associated with Gerard Campagan
Ditmars-Steinway
19-73 38 Street, Queens, NY 11105
84 Units 4 Floors
2.9(2)

Building Ratings

Cleanliness
1 (unmanaged) to 5 (well managed)
Garbage Management
1 (poorly managed) to 5 (well organized)
Heat
1 (faulty) to 5 (working)
Neighbors
1 (loud / disrespectful) to 5 (friendly and considerate)
Noise Levels
1 (loud) to 5 (quiet)
Owner Responsiveness
1 (slow) to 5 (timely)
Pest Control
1 (lots of pests) to 5 (no pests)
Water Pressure
1 (weak) to 5 (strong)
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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 (2)

Over 2 years ago
Complete Let-Down
Former Tenant
Pros:
1) Since building construction is new, the apartments have a lot of space.
2) There is only has 1 porter in a building with over 80 units. Despite this, the single lone porter does the best he can which is better than nothing.
Cons:
1) The building is badly managed by Langsom Property Management which should come as no surprise considering this company's poor reviews with other buildings they also manage.
2) With this number of units, there is only 1 porter for the entire building that is expected to take care of the garbage in 8 refuge rooms in addition to sweeping, mopping, vacuuming all floors, and the other responsibilities that porters have. If the porter doesn't come in for whatever reason, the garbage is allowed to garbage pile up for whatever number of days the porter is out.
3) The building makes a grand show of amenities that come with the building such as a deck for residents to enjoy however the deck has NEVER opened since the year the building gots its Certificate of Occupany. This is to say nothing of the other amenities I was told when being sold on the building only to see that they have reneged on everything.
4) There has been a string of package theft inside the building even though there are cameras everywhere. From good sources, I understand the building management not only knows where who’s committing the theft but also know which residents are doing this. Despite this, the one time the local precinct responded, they have notified us that the building management is not releasing the video footage to them so nothing can be done. As a result, our packages are continously being stolen with absolutely no help from management.
5) There is a ton of noise coming from both outside and inside the building. The area is adjacent to an industrial area so heavy trucks routinely are going up and down the streets particularly early in the morning. At night, it’s common to be awakened by idiots driving their fart cars while daytime is not any better with a different set of idiots riding up and down their street in their extremely noisy ATVs and BMX bikes. If that isn’t bad enough, many residents have surround sound systems with the bass turned up so there is consistent stream of vibrations traveling through the building’s infrastructure particularly during the evening. Combine this with barking dogs kepts by residents in a building that doesn’t allow dogs then you can kiss any relative quietness good-bye.
6) There are tons of more issues with this building which is why I would NEVER recommend this building. This is doubly so when you consider that there are many rentals in the area in private homes that are cheaper or at least comparable in price without any of the issues I mentioned. Since this building has no amenities then it’s fair to compare the building to private residences. If you want to know more just go to the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2311578542424083.
Advice to owner:
1) Hire more porters so garbage does not get a chance to pile up if the porter is out for too long.
2) Deliver on the amenities that Langsom promised including the deck
3) Do something about the building theft since you have the tapes! As residents, we are sick and tired of worrying if our delivered package will still be there when we arrive home later in the evening.
4) Enforce your own House Rules and Regulations that you make everyone sign when they move into the building.
5) As property owner, make regular unannounced visits to the building at different times and walk thru every floor to observe what goes on. Don’t rely on the management company.
Over 2 years ago
Really well constructed new building, great super, deceptive prop owner/mgmt
Former Tenant
Pros:
Central heat and AC gives you quite a bit of control over your unit temperature. High security—a chip is required for entry and for access to any floor, laundry or bike room. The super Gerard is great—very accessible and responsive. He and the porter Jose work to keep the building very neat and clean. Many apartments have outdoor space—a patio or balcony. Bike room and laundry room are in the building. Fairly easy street parking with no alternate side days around the building. Very easy access to Lidl Supermarket and a nice little playground (Woodtree) right across the street.
Cons:
The worst thing about this building is that the developer and property owner promised in their plans that the very large central outdoor courtyard would be accessible to tenants and they continue to market it as an amenity, but they have NEVER opened it up to tenants use. Tenants are organizing to bring an official complaint and potential lawsuit.

Some tenants with outside-facing apartments complain of some of the noise from industrial vehicles at night, and pre-COVID, noise from Central Nightclub up the block.

Landlord was slow to implement pest control but now offers monthly extermination and so pests (roaches) are fairly minimal.

Tenants who moved in early (building opened in 2017) are great and have a sense of community and neighborliness. Some of the more recent tenants are causing cleanliness issues with lack of respect around picking up after their dogs, treatment of garbage disposal rooms, and overall unfriendly/ghetto attitudes toward other tenants. I hope the culture of the building improves back to where it was and not sure what changed in terms of tenant screening and recruitment.

The building is somewhat far from the subway (10 blocks from N/W at Ditmars) but a couple of buses stop right on the block.
Advice to owner:
Open the central courtyard; tenants are not going to give up fighting on this. You promised this amenity and it’s factored into our rent—-your bad faith efforts to delay fulfilling on this will hurt you in the long term.