480 3 Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11215

6 Units

Built in 1930

4 Floors

Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
Building Overview
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In the past three years, this building had:
18 complaints
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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.
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Data last updated 1 day ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
1 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
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class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Hazardous
2
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Oct 27, 2024: § 27-2046.1 hmc: repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment located at apt 3l, 3rd story, 1st apartment from east at south
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Immediately hazardous
4
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Oct 27, 2024: § 27-2031 adm code provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment located at apt 3l, 3rd story, 1st apartment from east at south
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Missing information/filings
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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
T
480 Third Ave LLC
2.5(4)
Owner
Corporate Owner
Agent
1 Property6 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 0
H
Herbert Villa
2.5(4)
Site Manager
Head Officer
1 Property6 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
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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 (4)

Over 1 year ago
This place has a terrible landlord and shady management
Former Tenant
Pros:
The location, except that it was on the avenue
Cons:
The landlord will show up whenever he feels like it. He doesn’t seem to recognize that there are laws regarding renting apartments. He just does whatever he wants. He buys everything like washing machines etc used so they don’t work. I when something major inevitably breaks he’ll sit in your apartment for hours and claim to “fix” it. But he doesn’t know what he’s doing and nothing ever gets fixed. The lease it shady and says even if major things don’t work, the tenant has no recourse. Don’t move into this building if you can avoid it.
Advice to owner:
Learn the laws around renting apartments. There are laws in place for a reason. Learn them.
Over 1 year ago
The Worst Place
Former Tenant
Pros:
exposed brick, public transit
Cons:
The floors are not level and desperately need to be replaced. The second bedroom is more like a closet as there are NO other closets in the unit (including a coat or linen closet). The washer/dryer never worked and there is no other laundry in the building nor were we compensated even though it was in the listing/lease. The bathroom is so small it belongs in a dive bar. Extermination is not performed regularly. The unit was not cleaned upon move in. The windows and blinds also weren’t in good condition. There was no microwave included...in 2022? Although the landlord does not reside in the building, he rents out the first floor for pool parties so there are random people in the building while tenants are not granted any access to the pool! There are also electrical problems in the building and the front doors are broken. Overall, this building is a commercial space poorly “converted” into “apartments” so the layout is nonsensical providing bad lighting etc. Our security deposit was short with no reason provided. It is also next door to a loud event space.
Advice to owner:
Stop renting this building as is
Over 2 years ago
could have been much better
Former Tenant
Pros:
washer and dryer in apt. close to train station
Cons:
bathroom is small. no window in second room. can smell when people are smoking. didnt get back full sercurity deposit
Over 2 years ago
Landlord party with loud noises and lots cigarette smoking
Former Tenant
Pros:
- location, 1 block from the R, F, G trains
- abundance of take out options
- abundance of exposed brick in the apartment
- 1 and half bedroom
- washer and dryer in unit
Cons:
- Bathroom is pretty tiny - with tiny shower and sink
- Shower is pretty old
- Appliances were not brand new but in working condition
- Unit claims it’s a 2 bedroom but the second bedroom is more like a walk-in closet or an office room with no windows. It’s like an sauna in the summer because there’s no way to install an AC
- Not a lot of natural light thought out - overall has dark ambiance/vibe throughout
- Walls were super thin, you could hear the neighbor next door having sexy time
- Barely enough insulation - if the heat happens to not be working, you’ll freeze to death in the winter. Otherwise, the heat was not bad.
- The landlord, Herbert, parties 2-3x a week (mostly on weekend nights). Loud noise and karaoke nights are the worse, and you could smell them smoking cigarettes downstairs. Our apartment was right above their party room.
- The landlord never gave us our full deposit back
Advice to owner:
Stop the partying and be considerate to your tenants.
Update the bathrooms and provide better wall and ceiling insulation to minimize loud noises.