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188 South 3 Street
Williamsburg

188 South 3 Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11211

41 Units

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Built in 1924

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6 Floors

3(3)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
Building Overview
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    Open Violations
    A violation is issued to a building when a city inspector from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development validates and confirms a complaint made to 311. The violations listed below are open violations that have yet to be addressed or have not been confirmed as resolved by the city.
    Only open violations from the last 10 years.
    Data last updated 1 week ago.
    BUILDING AVERAGE:
    0.14 violations per unit
    NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
    0.81 violation per unit
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    Non-hazardous
    2
    class A
    i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
    MOST RECENT:
    Jul 23, 2018: section 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration wood platform deck at south yard
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    Hazardous
    3
    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
    Aug 19, 2020: section 27-2017.3 hmc: trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approximately 5sq.ft at east wall, 4sq.ft at south wall and 3sq.ft at ceiling. in the bathroom located at apt 17, 3rd story, 1st apartment from north at east
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    Immediately hazardous
    1
    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
    MOST RECENT:
    Sep 09, 2023: hmc adm code: § 27-2017.4 abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment located at apt 6, 1st story, 1st apartment from south at west
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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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    Property Owners and Associates
    M
    161 Melrose LLC
    3.3(20)
    Corporate Owner•
    156 Properties•1297 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 71
    N
    Naftali Gestetner
    3(3)
    Agent•
    1 Property•41 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 0
    D
    David Friedman
    3.8(20)
    Head Officer•
    13 Properties•139 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 11
    S
    188 South 3rd Street LLC
    3.2(4)
    Corporate Owner•
    2 Properties•49 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 0
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    Building Ratings

    Cleanliness
    1 (unmanaged) to 5 (well managed)
    Garbage Management
    1 (poorly managed) to 5 (well organized)
    Heat
    1 (faulty) to 5 (working)
    Neighbors
    1 (loud / disrespectful) to 5 (friendly and considerate)
    Noise Levels
    1 (loud) to 5 (quiet)
    Owner Responsiveness
    1 (slow) to 5 (timely)
    Pest Control
    1 (lots of pests) to 5 (no pests)
    Water Pressure
    1 (weak) to 5 (strong)
    Cleanliness
    Garbage Management
    Heat
    Neighbors
    Noise Levels
    Owner Responsiveness
    Pest Control
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    Renter Recommendations

    --% of renters recommend this building

    --% of renters approve of this owner

    Rents and Deposits

    -- of renters received their security deposits back
    It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.

    Reviews (3)

    7 months ago
    Nice apartment but gross garbage area
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Management is responsive. Apartment itself is pest free. Neighbors are nice.
    Cons:
    The garbage outside of the building is out of control. You can hear and see rats crawling around it all night. In the morning the garbage is strewn around everywhere and sometimes remains like that for days at a time before management cleans up.
    Over 2 years ago
    Its not a bad first spot
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Located in a great spot in Williamsburg.
    Cons:
    The garbage situation is terrible
    Over 2 years ago
    Lot of people loitering outside
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Roof (no furniture allowed)
    Cons:
    Everybody knows the door code to this building (even non-tenants). Package thieves were an issue at points. I was in unit 1, closest to the front door/street. I think the other units are much nicer than mine (unit 1 is a 5 bed, I think it was the office of the old school) but we definitely had cockroaches, a rat in the walls chewed into our kitchen. Leaky pipe from upstairs caused my bedroom ceiling to leak a couple different times and eventually cave in (16”x16” hole). Heating is old school radiators with no real control over it. No central A/C. Super (Hamilton) was nice and fairly responsive to maintenance requests. There are lots of guys who loiter and drink outside the building. They sexually harassed/abused my old female roommate. I believe one of the guys is the son of the building manager Hector. The management company (All year management) is a little shady and employs 17 year olds who don’t seem to know what they’re doing.
    Advice to owner:
    Unit 1 bathroom needs to be demo’d and completely redone.