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Brooklyn · February 2026
Best & worst months to sign a lease
Potential savings: ~10% by timing your move to January.
Asking rent per bedroom type — switch tabs to see each with effective (concession-net) rent.
Monthly counts over the last 7 years · all data sources
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING DOOR KNOB AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT B11, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 2; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT B11, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT B11, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT C5, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Midwood is a quiet, leafy Brooklyn neighborhood with a strong Orthodox Jewish community centered on Ocean Avenue and Avenue J. The commercial strips are modest but functional, and the neighborhood offers the kind of stable, family-oriented living that's increasingly hard to find in the borough.
ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
PLUMBING — TOILET
PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
PLUMBING — RADIATOR
UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD