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Brian Garland

Agent·1 building·31 units
3.0

8 reviews

Highlights

No
Evictions
9
Litigation cases

About Brian Garland

Brian Garland is a poorly regarded agent. Across their buildings, tenants rate them 3.0/5 across 8 reviews, with 25% recommending their buildings and 13% approving of them as an owner or associate. Their portfolio records 0 evictions, 30 open violations, and 9 litigation cases. Data last updated September 1, 2026. Brian Garland is an agent associated with 1 building and 31 units in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The portfolio is concentrated in Prospect Heights in Brooklyn. The building was built primarily in the 1920s and is classified as a low-rise structure. All of the associated buildings have rent-stabilized apartments.

Renter recommendations

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Renters recommend associated buildings

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Renters approve of this owner or associate

Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Tenant reviews indicate that buildings managed by Brian Garland face significant challenges. Many residents criticize the management for being unresponsive, with reports of delayed maintenance and persistent pest issues. Despite some appreciation for the friendly neighbors and desirable locations, numerous complaints highlight poor cleanliness and garbage management. Issues such as leaks and inadequate heating have become recurrent, raising concerns about tenant satisfaction. Renters advise improved communication and more proactive management to enhance living conditions. Overall, potential tenants should anticipate a lack of diligent oversight and maintenance in these properties.

Reviews

Former tenant·just now

Incompetent management company

Pros

Kind people who have lived in the building for many years

Cons

A&E Real Estate are incredibly lazy and incompetent building managers who will happily ignore tenants as much as they can to avoid doing any work to fix maintenance or pest issues. They outsource their staff overseas so it's impossible to actually get ahold of anyone at the company. Our unit had an active ceiling leak for months and we had to threaten to take them to housing court before they finally paid attention and fixed it. There were may other maintenance issues that we never got fixed because it would have been too much work to get A&E to respond to us. When we renewed our lease, one of their staff members forgot to ever finish the paperwork and we didn't get a signed and completed lease until over a year later, at which point we were backcharged for the rent they forgot to charge us. They are disorganized and use the number of units they manage as an excuse. Avoid renting from them at all costs.

Advice to the owners

You should be ashamed of the low quality of your work. Start taking more responsibility and pride in what you do. Managing people's homes is a very important job and you fail miserably.

Former tenant·1 week ago

place of nightmares management didn’t care

Pros

there are some lovely neighbors and it’s a nice location, easy access to prospect park, botanic gardens, etc. the super Raul is very helpful but can only do so much when backed by a terrible management company

Cons

the management company was literally voted the worst in all of New York City and they earn their title regularly. Me and my neighbors both had giant holes in our ceiling and they went weeks without replying, leaks, mold, pipes that are disintegrating (we had plumbers tell us they’re most often at buildings owned by this management company) roaches and the like everywhere everywhere everywhere, a pest guy comes every few weeks and it barely makes a difference, buzzer disconnected, water damage in the lights, no working smoke detector need I go on

Advice to the owners

listen to your tenants? actually respond to emails? the hell?

Buildings associated with BRIAN GARLAND

  • 311 Lincoln Place
    Rent-stabilized

    311 Lincoln Place

    3.0(8)

    Prospect Heights

311 Lincoln Place
Rent-stabilized

311 Lincoln Place

3.0(8)

Prospect Heights

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

-

Owner responsiveness

-

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 average0.96Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
15Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

14Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

1Class 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

Brian Garland has an average tenant rating of 3.0 out of 5 across 8 reviews.

Buildings managed by Brian Garland average 0.96 open violations per unit, more than the citywide average of 0.81.

25% of tenants who reviewed buildings managed by Brian Garland would recommend living there.

13% of tenants who reviewed a building managed by Brian Garland approve of how it is run.

Brian Garland owns or manages 1 building totalling 31 units.

Brian Garland has no recorded evictions across their portfolio.

Brian Garland has 9 housing court litigation cases across their portfolio.

Brian Garland has not appeared on the NYC worst landlords list.

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Brian Garland

Agent·1 building·31 units
3.0

8 reviews

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