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Matthew Gelfand

Site Manager·3 buildings·8 units
2.8

3 reviews

Highlights

No
Evictions
No
Litigation cases

About Matthew Gelfand

Matthew Gelfand is a modestly rated but responsible site manager. Across their buildings, tenants rate them 2.8/5 across 3 reviews, with 34% recommending their buildings and 34% approving of them as an owner or associate. Their portfolio records 0 evictions, 4 open violations, and 0 litigation cases. Data last updated July 31, 2026. Matthew Gelfand is a site manager associated with 3 buildings and 8 units across Williamsburg in Brooklyn. The portfolio is concentrated in Williamsburg in Brooklyn. The buildings were built in the 1920s and are mostly low-rise. There are no rent-stabilized apartments among the associated buildings. Renters can review each building's ratings, reviews, and public records on its own page.

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Renters recommend associated buildings

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Renters approve of this owner or associate

Reviews

Former tenant·4 minutes ago

Has a lot of issues

Pros

Amazing location and a good size apartment

Cons

pest issues and not very clean

Advice to the owners

Building maintenance and up keep needs to be better

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

So many rats everywhere.

Pros

Neighbors are great.

Cons

The amount of rats is wild. They are literally everywhere, outside of the building, in the courtyard, IN THE WALLS! There is also a borderline hoarder as a super and there’s literal trash everywhere, in hallways, in the courtyard. No one cleans anything and it smells like death everywhere in the building.

Advice to the owners

If you want to raise the rent on your tenants, maybe do something to the building so it would be worth the amount you would be charging extra. Greed has taken over our neighborhood and these are peoples homes. Would you like to live in a rat infested building and expected to pay an unreasonable raise in rent? It’s disgusting behavior.

Buildings associated with MATTHEW GELFAND

  • 53A Withers Street
    Good cause

    53A Withers Street

    Williamsburg

  • 53 Withers Street
    Good cause

    53 Withers Street

    2.8(3)

    Williamsburg

  • 53 Rear Withers Street
    Good cause

    53 Rear Withers Street

    Williamsburg

53A Withers Street
Good cause

53A Withers Street

Williamsburg

53 Withers Street
Good cause

53 Withers Street

2.8(3)

Williamsburg

53 Rear Withers Street
Good cause

53 Rear Withers Street

Williamsburg

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 better than the city average.

Owner average0.50Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
2Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

2Class 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

FAQs

Matthew Gelfand has an average tenant rating of 2.8 out of 5 across 3 reviews.

Buildings managed by Matthew Gelfand average 0.5 open violations per unit, fewer than the citywide average of 0.81.

34% of tenants who reviewed buildings managed by Matthew Gelfand would recommend living there.

Matthew Gelfand has no recorded evictions across their portfolio.

Matthew Gelfand has no housing court litigation cases across their portfolio.

34% of tenants who reviewed a building managed by Matthew Gelfand approve of how it is run.

Matthew Gelfand has not appeared on the NYC worst landlords list.

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Matthew Gelfand

Site Manager·3 buildings·8 units
2.8

3 reviews

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