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43 Duffield LLC
Owner
•Corporate Owner
•2 Properties
•17 Units
•Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
Review Summary for 43 Duffield LLC
Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.
Recent tenant reviews highlight buildings managed by 43 DUFFIELD LLC are severely criticized for poor maintenance, unresponsive management, and safety hazards. Tenants complain about unresolved issues like leaks, unreliable utilities, and safety concerns, indicating negligence in upkeep. The owner's responsiveness is rated low, with multiple legal issues reported. Despite some positive aspects like rent stabilization and apartment features, the general sentiment leans heavily towards disapproval and caution, urging prospective renters to be wary of potential financial and safety risks associated with these properties.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 3 days ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
5.88 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
The average number of violations per unit for this owner/associates across their portfolio is worse than the city .
Non-hazardous
33
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Mar 31, 2015: § 26-1103 admin. code: post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story
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Hazardous
51
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Jan 22, 2017: § 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardent ceiling at cellar
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Immediately hazardous
16
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Mar 31, 2015: § 27-2031 adm code provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment located at apt 2r, 2nd story, 1st apartment from east at south
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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 43 Duffield LLC
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Downtown Brooklyn
43 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
9 Units • 4 Floors
2.5(2)
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Williamsburg
170 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
8 Units • 4 Floors
3.3(2)
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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 (4)
2 stars
7 months ago
terrible building to live in
Former Tenant
Pros:
just in a good area but the building sucks
Cons:
terrible management, place is run down and they put band aids on big issues. place stinks
3 stars
Over 3 years ago
A complete nightmare
Former Tenant
Pros:
Cheap, rent stabilized. An adventure. If you're good with legal matters you might be able to make a lot of money suing them.
Cons:
Extremely bad management, maintenance, and condition.
They do extremely superficial maintenance between tenants to get people in there, but it's like they're just plastering over leaks and such. Radiators leak, the roof leaks, plumbing leaks, electricity is unreliable/wet. Multiple tenants have sued. Multiple units had ceilings collapse while I lived there, including in newly "renovated" ones. Toilets leaked. The place is falling apart and isn't safe, it should probably be condemned. I won't be surprised if an electrical fire or gas leak leads to it burning down. They'd probably love for it to be condemned, they've tried to buy-out some of the long-term rent stabilized tenants.
Once you're in there they don't really fix the stuff, but you'll have random unlicensed contractors and handymen in and out constantly to check on things or tweak the fundamentally unsuitable systems to barely keep things going. They can leave water dripping through your apartment for weeks. If they knock a hole in the wall to look for a gas leak or check an electrical wire, they're not going to patch the wall until you move out, and so much is broken they can leave it looking like Swiss cheese. I got mildly electrocuted plenty of times living there and the fire department had to visit too.
Once they suddenly decided to redo the staircase to try to get new tenants. It looks OK now, but during this construction project they left piles of construction rubble on the stairs, nails sticking up, dirt everywhere for weeks. They wouldn't sweep the stairs at the end of a day of work, or even move the construction supplies so we could get up and down the barely-present being-rebuilt stairs.
When maintenance people do show up it's hard to know if you should let them in, since they may just do a bunch of random damage, or there may be a legitimate emergency. They've entered units many times without permission and some tenants changed their locks.
They won't pay for furniture or clothes that will inevitably get destroyed from water and drywall dust, and will still eat your security deposit when you leave. Don't trust their online payment system either, call your bank to preemptively stop-payments in advance when you move out. Assume bad intentions or incompetence in every interaction.
They keep changing the name of the management company to try to hide bad reviews online. The specific issues changed but issues were pretty steady, and there are older reviews. If someone says they're a new owner or new management company of this building, I wouldn't believe them. The building changed hands while I was there and I think it was father to son or something, it seems to be a family business.
Also covid didn't really make a difference and most of our issues were pre covid, but when covid did come the landlord never wore a mask.
They do extremely superficial maintenance between tenants to get people in there, but it's like they're just plastering over leaks and such. Radiators leak, the roof leaks, plumbing leaks, electricity is unreliable/wet. Multiple tenants have sued. Multiple units had ceilings collapse while I lived there, including in newly "renovated" ones. Toilets leaked. The place is falling apart and isn't safe, it should probably be condemned. I won't be surprised if an electrical fire or gas leak leads to it burning down. They'd probably love for it to be condemned, they've tried to buy-out some of the long-term rent stabilized tenants.
Once you're in there they don't really fix the stuff, but you'll have random unlicensed contractors and handymen in and out constantly to check on things or tweak the fundamentally unsuitable systems to barely keep things going. They can leave water dripping through your apartment for weeks. If they knock a hole in the wall to look for a gas leak or check an electrical wire, they're not going to patch the wall until you move out, and so much is broken they can leave it looking like Swiss cheese. I got mildly electrocuted plenty of times living there and the fire department had to visit too.
Once they suddenly decided to redo the staircase to try to get new tenants. It looks OK now, but during this construction project they left piles of construction rubble on the stairs, nails sticking up, dirt everywhere for weeks. They wouldn't sweep the stairs at the end of a day of work, or even move the construction supplies so we could get up and down the barely-present being-rebuilt stairs.
When maintenance people do show up it's hard to know if you should let them in, since they may just do a bunch of random damage, or there may be a legitimate emergency. They've entered units many times without permission and some tenants changed their locks.
They won't pay for furniture or clothes that will inevitably get destroyed from water and drywall dust, and will still eat your security deposit when you leave. Don't trust their online payment system either, call your bank to preemptively stop-payments in advance when you move out. Assume bad intentions or incompetence in every interaction.
They keep changing the name of the management company to try to hide bad reviews online. The specific issues changed but issues were pretty steady, and there are older reviews. If someone says they're a new owner or new management company of this building, I wouldn't believe them. The building changed hands while I was there and I think it was father to son or something, it seems to be a family business.
Also covid didn't really make a difference and most of our issues were pre covid, but when covid did come the landlord never wore a mask.
Advice to owner:
Stop being a slumlord.
2.75 stars
Over 3 years ago
Management company the worst
Former Tenant
Pros:
The apartment itself is nice.
Cons:
Plaza Management is a very sleazy company that will try to suck as much money out of you as possible. If you move in or out on a weekend it’s a $250 deposit you won’t get back. We moved into a dirty apartment with broken toilet, washing machine and stove. Although they did fix it all they acted like they were doing us a big favor instead of just their job. We had outlets that in a full year were never fixed. we sold furniture to the next tenants and instructed the company not to toss the furniture but they did anyway. When moving out one of my roommates needed the current landlord to talk to his new landlord our current one said he would for $25 which also doesn’t seem legal.
Advice to owner:
Like I said above, plaza management will try to rip you off. I’d avoid all their properties just to be safe.
3.88 stars
Over 3 years ago
Not bad at all
Former Tenant
Pros:
Surprisingly soundproof, roof has a nice view, washer/dryer in unit, and central air
Cons:
If you ever need anything fixed it takes forever, the apartment building is pretty “no frills”, although the apartments themselves are nice, the building is ok.