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J

Joel Goldstein

Head Officer·6 buildings·105 units
2.2

6 reviews

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7
Evictions
30
Litigation cases

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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Recent tenant reviews highlight buildings managed by JOEL GOLDSTEIN as severely lacking in cleanliness and pest control. Tenants express frustration with unresponsive management, ongoing pest infestations, and unsanitary conditions such as overflowing trash, dingy hallways, and neglected maintenance. Concerns about security, maintenance delays, and general disarray are prevalent. Advice includes improving building upkeep, employing additional staff for maintenance, and enhancing communication with tenants. Overall, renters do not recommend these buildings due to numerous unresolved issues and a lack of proper management attention.

Reviews

Former tenant·49 minutes ago

Very unsanitary building, neglectful management

Pros

Great location, very close to the train, close to 2 parks and cute neighborhoods. The heat is pretty good.

Cons

The building is unsanitary. Over the course of living here for a year, I have encountered bedbugs, rats, mice, and an unending parade of cockroaches despite constant professional and DYI pest control measures. Other units in the building have reported the same infestations. Every week, the trash room -which is open to the street- overflows onto the sidewalk and smells horrible as you enter the building. The hallways and stairwells are dingy, narrow, and smell unpleasant. The management is a large corporate management company which takes no interest in tenants besides getting their names on a lease and collecting checks. It's like pulling teeth to get any sort of response from them.

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

Never live here

Pros

Renovated apartments (although very poorly renovated they looked nice at move in)

Cons

Building is dirty. Landlord doesn’t answer the phone. Brown water. No hot water. Mice. Roaches. Garbage everywhere. Insecure front door. Painted over sprinkler system and they’ve received constant violations for fire systems not working.

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Rent-stabilized

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Washington Heights

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Rent-stabilized

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2.1(1)

West Harlem

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Rent-stabilized

220 West 116 Street

2.4(2)

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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

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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 average2.46Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
80Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

114Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

65Class 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

Joel Goldstein

Head Officer·6 buildings·105 units
2.2

6 reviews

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