“Pros: Rent stabilized, affordable rent, nice tenants, nice old bathtubs Cons: Unresponsive landlord, roaches, dirty building, no heat, old appliances Advice to landlord: Take care of the building and stop violating the law: provide heat.”
— 568 VANDERBILT AVENUE · Brooklyn“Pros: Cheap, the price is right Cons: Owner/management is awful, don’t know what they’re doing. They own the restaurant on the ground floor and it is so gross. Bugs all over, my neighbor had bed bugs”
— 568 VANDERBILT AVENUE · Brooklyn“Unit 7 Pros: Quiet building, great location Cons: The landlord was very rude and the building had a roach infestation that he refused to take care of.”
— 568 VANDERBILT AVENUE · Brooklyn“Pros: Building is in great location. Landlord was mostly responsive in reasonable time as issues arose. Cons: The bottom line is that the landlord, Abul, is CHEAP. This building was built in 1930 and feels minimally updated since then. There’s no buzzer to let your guests in; you have to go to the front door to meet them. Abul hasn’t updated the apartment doors (like every as far as I can tell) and my lock broke TWICE while I lived there - I was trapped inside and had to call a locksmith to get me out, then Abul refused to pay for the emergency lock service even though locks are entirely a landlord’s responsibility. He finally agreed to pay the second time it happened, but then deducted it from my security deposit. Quite a headache. Also, I had BED BUGS. Thankfully landlord was prompt in getting an exterminator, but after speaking with other tenants, I learned that bed bugs are a chronic problem in some units. Overall, this building is not worth it. Advice to landlord: Put some money into your building and be a responsible landlord!”
— 568 VANDERBILT AVENUE · Brooklyn