“Pros: Good location and commute into city is not terrible Cons: Very Dirty, landlord is unresponsive”
— 99 STOCKTON STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: -Close to the subway -landlord responds fast (but not always useful) Cons: -Drug dealers hang out in front of the building EVERY DAY -Landlord harassed us about helping him kick out someone who isn’t paying rent. He told us the tenant was moving out in a few weeks when I signed the lease. -no window in kitchen. Terrible ventilation. Living room gets super hot in summer. -power constantly goes off in summer”
— 19 PARK STREET · Brooklyn“Unit 1F Pros: - Great location with quick access to flushing and myrtle subways - Spacious with access to backyard and basement for storage Cons: - scumlord with many many violations, make sure to triple check your lease contract and confirm everything in writing. Always communicate with messages and not calls - no windows in common areas - roaches!!! Advice to landlord: Sell it to someone else who can properly manage it”
— 19 PARK STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Spacious and that’s all Cons: Everything, dirty, full of roaches, crazy roommates, never answers messages and calls, still waiting for my deposit back Advice to landlord: Be a better person”
— 97 STOCKTON STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: the apartment itself was a nice duplex that had nice sized rooms and common areas, and both a balcony and additional private outdoor space. i liked that there weren’t many units and it was a block away from the G train Cons: i’ll never forget the time the iron gate in front of the door to the building warped due to strong winds banging it around and it locked everyone inside the building. neighbors called the landlord and he did nothing; we as a building had to handle the situation ourselves. three weeks after i moved in, the landlord (Herman) was arrested for violating codes, and his nephew took over, who basically avoided doing work at all costs. never got my security deposit back, either. Advice to landlord: maybe be more responsive and helpful to your tenets”
— 99 STOCKTON STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Close proximity to city. 1 min walk to subway, 12 min commute to Manhattan. Convenient neighborhood right off Broadway close to convenience stores, restaurants Cons: -No response from "management". Constant texts and calls to fix issues were ignored yet they demanded rent on 1st of month. -Owner bribed city officials to approve inspections without filing for building permits, so apartments have outstanding, illegal violations that were never fixed. Owner was in prison due to bribery and his brother & son now maintains. Extremely shady management. -Violations can be found online at nyc.gov/dob and searching building address. -Absolutely no maintenance. Had to beg super to fix apartment issues with broken window panes, leaking pipes/ceilings, low water pressure -Bed bug and cockroaches prevalent -Leaking ceilings on top floor apartments, causing rain to drip into the unit -Constant street noise & blasting music with drug dealer locations fixed outside the building and constantly blocking entryway. Sleeping there is impossible. -Broken water heater had gas bill spike 3x of expected bill amount -Exposed gas lines with no radiator present -Numerous encounters with building inspectors, police, 311 due to all of these issues. Advice to landlord: -Fix the 13 outstanding violations and restore the illegal units back to pass the NYC building code. -Start responding to your tenants when they have issues, not only when you want the rent check -Invest in maintaining building and actually cleaning the common areas.”
— 19 PARK STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Super close to a lot of stores, laundry, food, train, pretty apartment the 3 floor Cons: Bedbugs after 4 months of moving in they bite my roomate and we had to throw things away Owner has history of bedbugs on the building Gas leak on the building Neighbors around the buildings never let sleep with all party music Owner didnt pay me back my deposit We kept getting mail that belongs to the mail regarding all the violations he has on the building Advice to landlord: Get rid of bedbugs”
— 19 PARK STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Close to the train & tons of stores Cons: Owner never gave me back my deposit Cockroaches & rats on the whole building on both apartments 1st & 2nd Dirty roomates on both apartments, DJ on the building never left us sleep Smells bad Owner was on Jail Advice to landlord: Get rid of the bugs & rats please, i couldnt stay there anymore”
— 97 STOCKTON STREET · Brooklyn