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Joel Lefkowitz
Site Manager
•Head Officer
•3 Properties
•12 Units
•Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 7 days ago.
The average number of violations per unit for this owner/associates across their portfolio is worse than the city .
BUILDING AVERAGE:
1.08 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
1
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Apr 28, 2019: § 27-2104 adm code post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story
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Hazardous
10
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Aug 17, 2019: § 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor sloping in the 1st room from north at west located at bsmt-apt baseme, bsmt-apt at north
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Immediately hazardous
2
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Aug 17, 2019: § 27-2005 adm code properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the foyer located at bsmt-apt b, bsmt-apt at north
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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 Joel Lefkowitz
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Gowanus
555 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
4 Units • 3 Floors
3.6(2)
Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
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East Williamsburg
296 Powers Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
4 Units • 3 Floors
4(2)
Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
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Gowanus
557 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
4 Units • 3 Floors
2.5(2)
Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Reviews (6)
3.5 stars
9 months ago
never again will I live here
Former Tenant
Pros:
liked having personal en suite bathroom, decently updated
Cons:
Flooding & mold
Advice to owner:
be better
3.62 stars
Over 2 years ago
wouldn't live there again and will never live in a basement unit in nyc again
Former Tenant
Pros:
recently remodeled, nice backyard, decent amenities
Cons:
basement apartment flooding, superintendent that denied the existence of mold, wood floors warped dramatically, tremendously unhelpful mgmt company. other units also had leaking/water problems that the mgmt company dragged their feet on doing anything about
4.12 stars
Over 2 years ago
Great Modern Space
Former Tenant
Pros:
New building, spacious, and clean
Cons:
Owner can be unresponsive and when there are issues might take a while to resolve them
2.25 stars
Over 2 years ago
Perfect management, far from perfect.
Former Tenant
Pros:
The backyard is nice
Cons:
the backyard is not accessible to everyone, the apt has leaks, the trash is never handled correctly, and the management company takes forever to respond
Advice to owner:
Take better care of your apt building before there is a catastrophic problem...
2.75 stars
Over 3 years ago
Good location, terrible management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Good location, nice backyard and roof access, good light in the rooms
Cons:
Perfect Management, consisting of Sarah and Kay, are absolutely useless.
Trash didn’t get taken out for over a month. It piled up until it blocked out our downstairs neighbor’s windows. Rats everywhere. Reported them to the city. The only thing that got a response was all the tenants organizing not to pay rent until it was fixed.
Our ceiling has been leaking on and off for over a year. There’s black mold growing around the leak. Again, they only really respond when we withhold rent.
The lights are some LED fixture that you can’t change yourself, so if they go out, you’re stuck waiting for the landlord. I had to shower with a flashlight for a few weeks until they fixed them.
They rented to us for $1100/room. They’re asking for $1475/room now, which is an absolute scam even in this market. Don’t pay it.
Trash didn’t get taken out for over a month. It piled up until it blocked out our downstairs neighbor’s windows. Rats everywhere. Reported them to the city. The only thing that got a response was all the tenants organizing not to pay rent until it was fixed.
Our ceiling has been leaking on and off for over a year. There’s black mold growing around the leak. Again, they only really respond when we withhold rent.
The lights are some LED fixture that you can’t change yourself, so if they go out, you’re stuck waiting for the landlord. I had to shower with a flashlight for a few weeks until they fixed them.
They rented to us for $1100/room. They’re asking for $1475/room now, which is an absolute scam even in this market. Don’t pay it.
Advice to owner:
Do your job, or don’t be surprised when other tenants withhold rent. Fire Sarah and give Albert a raise. Sarah is incompetent and unkind, and should not be working with you.
3.88 stars
Over 4 years ago
Management company never fixes issues
Former Tenant
Pros:
Excellent garbage management
Cons:
Need to chase down landlord / management / contractors every time something needs to get fixed.
Repairs just go ignored for months at a time.
Laundry room is always dirty (entrance next to trash) and entrance is teeming with flies and mosquitoes in the summer.
Repairs just go ignored for months at a time.
Laundry room is always dirty (entrance next to trash) and entrance is teeming with flies and mosquitoes in the summer.