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213 Taaffe Place
Bedford-Stuyvesant

213 Taaffe Place,
Brooklyn, NY 11205

90 Units

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Built in 1935

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5 Floors

2.9(7)
Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 2
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 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:
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    Hazardous
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    class B
    i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
    MOST RECENT:
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    Immediately hazardous
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    class C
    i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
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    Missing information/filings
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    class I
    Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
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    Property Owners and Associates
    A
    Alma Realty Corp
    2.8(115)
    Agent•
    169 Properties•6885 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 238
    L
    Luckey Platt Equities, LLC
    2.8(120)
    Corporate Owner•
    161 Properties•6874 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 246
    G
    Garden Spires Associates, LLC
    3.6(8)
    Corporate Owner•
    2 Properties•167 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 3
    E
    Efstathios Valiotis
    2.9(111)
    Head Officer•
    107 Properties•6218 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 229
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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
    Water Pressure

    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 (7)

    1 month ago
    love taaffe place!
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    - great natural light
    - elevator
    - apartments are beautifully done
    - laundry is very easy
    Cons:
    - no dishwasher in our unit
    - noisy neighbors can be heard next door
    - no fan in bathroom or kitchen
    - heat gets really hot
    5 months ago
    Nice community horrible mgmt
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Nice light and good neighbors
    Cons:
    Hot water out constantly, mold in many apartments, shoddy repair work, illegal repair work, corrupt mgmt
    Advice to owner:
    Fix the building before jacking up rents.
    Over 3 years ago
    Terrible landlord and building conditions
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    High ceilings, large space
    Cons:
    The landlord evicted and threatened tenants during pandemic
    Advice to owner:
    Please show more mercy
    Over 3 years ago
    Best neighbors, worst landlord
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Great space and great value. Best neighbors. Big communal feeling. Incredible neighborhood. Awesome water pressure. Monthly pest control. On site superintendent with quick responses.
    Cons:
    Package theft in the lobby
    Rude management
    Frequent gas outages
    Broken common area doors
    Unsafe scaffolding
    Advice to owner:
    Be better humans.

    Over 3 years ago
    Bad communication
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Spacious affordable units
    Cons:
    Management does not communicate. Closed roof access at brink of covid. Pest problems
    Advice to owner:
    Communicate with tenants
    Over 3 years ago
    The worst management
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    They have two supers who are useless. Don’t respond to you.

    Place has bedbugs sighted around the building.

    Roof closed suddenly for no reason, public access before neighbors still have their access.

    Dangerous lurkers in the building management does not do anything

    Packaged CONSTANTLY stolen

    In the last 6 months
    Terrible stenches in the hallways
    Gas leak alerts and gas shutdown last 4 months
    Manhole exploded
    Rooftop smoke
    Oh man..
    Cons:
    Those two supers are really useless
    Advice to owner:
    Maybe don’t turn former factory into housing unit but if you do then take care of the place and hire better staff
    Over 3 years ago
    Great spaces / difficult management company
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Neighbors are super friendly, huge windows, high ceilings, lots of space.
    Cons:
    Building isn’t well maintained, kitchen and bathrooms are outdated, management company is incredibly difficult to deal with and completely unresponsive.
    Advice to owner:
    Update appliances, listen and respond to your tenants.
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