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J

Jacob Sacks

Site Manager·25 buildings·229 units
2.8

68 reviews

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21
Evictions
42
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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Tenant reviews of buildings managed by Jacob Sacks reflect a mixed experience dominated by location advantages but marred by significant management problems. Many tenants appreciate proximity to transit, nightlife, and vibrant neighborhoods. However, pervasive issues include poor pest control, notably rodents and cockroaches, building cleanliness deficits, and frequent maintenance delays. Heating systems often perform poorly and buildings suffer from draftiness leading to high utility bills. Security concerns with package theft and unauthorized access are common complaints, alongside noise disturbances from neighbors and basement bands. Owner responsiveness is frequently criticized as slow or unhelpful, though some locations see timely attention. Tenants urge improved pest management, better maintenance, and more tenant-focused management.

Reviews

Former tenant·9 minutes ago

Great location! Occasional mice forever

Pros

Right by nook and all cool bars

Cons

Mice guys came and kept coming with no fix for the occasional mouse smells.

Advice to the owners

Check behind the ovens more? Idk

Former tenant·1 day ago

straight up, do not live here

Pros

prime location, close to everything, parking available, rooftop is sick

Cons

the building management company is HORRIBLE. they are unresponsive, do not fix maintenance issues (very shoddy cheap fixes to real problems which then cause the issues to reoccur and become worse) and do not take tenant safety seriously. the elevator does not work 2-3days out of any given week. there is a theft problem with mail and unsheltered people living in the basement. the building has an app to get into all exterior doors and it is clear folks in the neighborhood know the code and use it to squat here, management doesn’t care and says “well make sure you shut the doors and don’t buzz strangers in”. it’s a multi-use building and the other use is musical practice rental space for bands, so it is is LOUD. it’s a new build that has absolutely zero insulation in the exterior or interior walls so yes sound is bad, but also your heat/AC bills are EXTREMELY expensive because of the draftiness in the cheap ass windows and paper thin walls. i know this all sounds dramatic, but i’ve lived in NYC for 13 years and this is legitimately the worst building i’ve ever lived it. i wish someone had warned me. save yourself the fucking headache and live anywhere else.

Advice to the owners

care about your tenants! real people live here!

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    Bushwick

290 Rear Harman Street
Rent-stabilized

290 Rear Harman Street

Bushwick

36 Garage Wilson Avenue
Good cause

36 Garage Wilson Avenue

Bushwick

295 1/2 Wyckoff Avenue
Good cause

295 1/2 Wyckoff Avenue

Bushwick

594 Bushwick Avenue
Rent-stabilized

594 Bushwick Avenue

2.2(17)

Bushwick

Building ratings

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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 average1.39Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
118Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

112Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

88Class A
Non-hazardous

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

2Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

J

Jacob Sacks

Site Manager·25 buildings·229 units
2.8

68 reviews

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