165 Central Avenue,Brooklyn, NY 11221
Claimed
•6 Units
•Built in 1931
•3 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 1
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
Building Overview
Building Report
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 4 days ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
0
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
0
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Immediately hazardous
0
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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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
3.4(254)
Corporate Owner•
156 Properties•1297 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 74
C
165 Central Avenue Realty, LLC
3.2(3)
Owner•
1 Property•6 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 1
C
165 Central Ave Realty LLC
3.2(5)
Corporate Owner•
2 Properties•14 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 1
I
Isaac Singer
3.2(3)
Agent•
1 Property•6 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 1
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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 (3)
4.12 stars
3 months ago
Nice space, minor amenity issues,
Former Tenant
Pros:
Spacious, high ceilings, no problems with pests, relatively clean.
Cons:
Leaking sink, expensive heat, stove issues
Advice to owner:
please invest in amenities for next tenant.
2.38 stars
Over 1 year ago
I didn't want to write a review, but they're so bad I had to
Former Tenant
Pros:
Neighbors were somewhat chill, we helped each other bring packages to our door on occasion and were cordial. The location was great!
Cons:
1. The front door has been busted for days sometimes (you can't open it until maybe your neighbor buzzes you in, you can not get in or out without buzzing in, that's a fire hazard). They try sometimes and fix it but it's not a surprise if the key gets jammed or stuck.
2. Management is not responsive. They don't even try to do the bare minimum. They're a hard to get ahold of. I don't think they care or try to seem to care. This has been the worst management experience I've had living in NYC. It took a few months to get some of the initial fixes in the apartment through.
3. You know how the air feels when it's humid or when you walk through fog? Imagine that, but the smell of feces when you walk into the buillding. We dealt with that a part of our time there. Sometimes it was bearable and fine, othertimes it was a game of holding your breath until you can get into your apartment. Sometimes the smell seeped through the door.
4. Water pressure was bad in the kitchen, it was okay in the bathroom. Our kitchen sink had a trickle of hot water after leaving it running for 5-10 minutes. Cold water had some great pressure though....
5. Management will gaslight you. Be prepared if you move here. Document everything in your time here. We tried to schedule a walk-through inspection weeks before moving out and provided ample time. They didn't respond.
6. We had overlapped residents when trying to move in. They tried to put the last resident's apartment damage on our security deposit. They did not put much effort in addressing things.
7. Get used to seeing roaches at least weekly. We were pretty clean. I would HATE to get bedbugs with this management. We didn't, but imagine how hard it would be to get that addressed when sometimes it takes weeks to get a response.
8. Thin walls. You could hear neighbors across and under you. Folks didn't complain about it and were relatively chill about it.
2. Management is not responsive. They don't even try to do the bare minimum. They're a hard to get ahold of. I don't think they care or try to seem to care. This has been the worst management experience I've had living in NYC. It took a few months to get some of the initial fixes in the apartment through.
3. You know how the air feels when it's humid or when you walk through fog? Imagine that, but the smell of feces when you walk into the buillding. We dealt with that a part of our time there. Sometimes it was bearable and fine, othertimes it was a game of holding your breath until you can get into your apartment. Sometimes the smell seeped through the door.
4. Water pressure was bad in the kitchen, it was okay in the bathroom. Our kitchen sink had a trickle of hot water after leaving it running for 5-10 minutes. Cold water had some great pressure though....
5. Management will gaslight you. Be prepared if you move here. Document everything in your time here. We tried to schedule a walk-through inspection weeks before moving out and provided ample time. They didn't respond.
6. We had overlapped residents when trying to move in. They tried to put the last resident's apartment damage on our security deposit. They did not put much effort in addressing things.
7. Get used to seeing roaches at least weekly. We were pretty clean. I would HATE to get bedbugs with this management. We didn't, but imagine how hard it would be to get that addressed when sometimes it takes weeks to get a response.
8. Thin walls. You could hear neighbors across and under you. Folks didn't complain about it and were relatively chill about it.
Advice to owner:
Do your job
3.12 stars
Over 1 year ago
Could be great if management cared more
Former Tenant
Pros:
-You can control the heat in your unit
-Great layout of units
-Great price
-Fun neighborhood with lots to do
-Great layout of units
-Great price
-Fun neighborhood with lots to do
Cons:
-Management does not respond in a timely manner
-Thin walls, noise travels
-Downstairs neighbors yell constantly and one of them has broken the door to the building several times
-Downstairs neighbors have several pets and the hallways often smells of feces no matter how often the super comes to clean
-A package will get stolen every now and then, but neighbors are pretty nice about bringing them to your door some times
-No AC, so get a window unit
-Management does not clean in between tenants at all, literally back-to-back occupancy
-Thin walls, noise travels
-Downstairs neighbors yell constantly and one of them has broken the door to the building several times
-Downstairs neighbors have several pets and the hallways often smells of feces no matter how often the super comes to clean
-A package will get stolen every now and then, but neighbors are pretty nice about bringing them to your door some times
-No AC, so get a window unit
-Management does not clean in between tenants at all, literally back-to-back occupancy
Advice to owner:
-Please clean the units in between tenants. It is not the responsibility of the new tenants to clean up after the old tenants.
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