787 Knickerbocker Ave,Brooklyn, NY 11237
38 Units
•Built in 1914
•4 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 2
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
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In the past three years, this building had:
53 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.
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 1 day ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.02 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
1
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Aug 22, 2024: § 27-2005, 2007 adm code and dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes flower pots at 4th story balcony, fire escape at building north yard
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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
L
Leo Klein
3.1(6)
Officer•
2 Properties•44 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
L
Leo Klein
3(7)
Officer•
3 Properties•46 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 2
L
Leo Klein
2.9(7)
Officer•
2 Properties•41 UnitsLitigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
B
Brooklyn Heights Real Estate Mngmt
3.1(6)
Agent•
1 Property•38 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 2
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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
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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 (6)
2.625 stars
just now
Nice facade of a apt complex
Former Tenant
Pros:
the design of my apartment
Cons:
Management's inability to fix half of the broken washer and dryers. Cockroaches in the basement. Mold in the shower chaulk. Hot water does not last. Hot water in the tub comes out brown-tinted. Noise levels. Package theft.
Advice to owner:
Solve the issues you say you will.
1.75 stars
8 months ago
DESERVES ZERO STARS
Former Tenant
Pros:
…Proximity to the park is nice.
Cons:
1. If you want to live here, get a P.O. Box. Your packages WILL get stolen.
2. Constant pests issues. Upon moving in there were dead roaches EVERYWHERE in the unit. After about a month there were live roaches everywhere. About midway through my lease the building was infested by horse flys, or something of the sort. There were about 10 new ones a day, and the laundry room was scattered with dead ones.
3. Oh and the laundry room… smells like mold. Good luck getting your clothes fresh and clean in there. They also kept raising the prices on the machines?!?! Like really, for your moldy laundry room.
4. If you ever forget/lose your key, building management will tell you it’s $100 to replace. THEIR BEST ADVICE IS TO JUST BREAK INTO YOUR UNIT WITH A CREDIT CARD, which is insanely easy to do. Safety first, am I right.
2. Constant pests issues. Upon moving in there were dead roaches EVERYWHERE in the unit. After about a month there were live roaches everywhere. About midway through my lease the building was infested by horse flys, or something of the sort. There were about 10 new ones a day, and the laundry room was scattered with dead ones.
3. Oh and the laundry room… smells like mold. Good luck getting your clothes fresh and clean in there. They also kept raising the prices on the machines?!?! Like really, for your moldy laundry room.
4. If you ever forget/lose your key, building management will tell you it’s $100 to replace. THEIR BEST ADVICE IS TO JUST BREAK INTO YOUR UNIT WITH A CREDIT CARD, which is insanely easy to do. Safety first, am I right.
Advice to owner:
Get it together :)
3.5 stars
Over 1 year ago
Decent place but too expensive
Former Tenant
Pros:
Pet friendly, backyard, good location
Cons:
Packages got stolen, raised rent $600 after a year, never responded to mantainence calls
Advice to owner:
None
4.125 stars
Over 1 year ago
Luxury ? ??
Former Tenant
Pros:
The building and the apartments are aesthetically pleasing. There's also a package locker room. 2 blocks away from the L train and B26 stops right in front of the building.
Cons:
Walls are super thin. We have a small laundry room but only half of the washer and dryers work. Rooftop is unfinished and the gym is a joke. Neighbors have complained about roaches and vermin but I haven't had an issue with either but the building did have an exterminator come through.
2.25 stars
Over 2 years ago
Trash fire of a building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Upper floor apartments have beautiful tall ceilings. A lot of the tenants are very sweet and cool people - when I moved out they were in the middle of unionizing. The super and his family are truly lovely.
Cons:
1. The landlord is shady and predatory. Never gave me a copy of my lease, never fixed anything as promised (eg cracked and broken windows), never delivered on other promises (like a roof deck or equipped gym).
2. The building was VERY poorly and cheaply renovated. My AC and heat both broke, cracked windows were never replaced, and at one point nearly every unit in the building had water leaks through their ceilings. Management was fully unresponsive. Tenants had to band together and threaten to stop paying rent in order to get plumbers over, who didn’t resolve the issue.
3. If you lose your laundry card, you’re screwed. The company that sends them out takes months to mail them. Washer and dryers were constantly breaking and the repair people just said that they’re cheap units.
4. The walls are PAPER thin. You can hear full conversations from tenants in the units next to you, and their DJ sets that would go until 4am.
5. When I lived there, people moved into the unit across from me and started stealing everyone’s packages. If you have a bike, even if you put it in the locked are out back, it WILL get stolen.
6. The windows are super thin and have no insulation. When people would smoke outside, I’d smell it like they were inside my apt. The neighborhood is really loud so you constantly get woken up by fireworks/gunshots.
7. Apartments are wildly overpriced given the cheap appliances, sloppy renovations, and aggressively rude management.
2. The building was VERY poorly and cheaply renovated. My AC and heat both broke, cracked windows were never replaced, and at one point nearly every unit in the building had water leaks through their ceilings. Management was fully unresponsive. Tenants had to band together and threaten to stop paying rent in order to get plumbers over, who didn’t resolve the issue.
3. If you lose your laundry card, you’re screwed. The company that sends them out takes months to mail them. Washer and dryers were constantly breaking and the repair people just said that they’re cheap units.
4. The walls are PAPER thin. You can hear full conversations from tenants in the units next to you, and their DJ sets that would go until 4am.
5. When I lived there, people moved into the unit across from me and started stealing everyone’s packages. If you have a bike, even if you put it in the locked are out back, it WILL get stolen.
6. The windows are super thin and have no insulation. When people would smoke outside, I’d smell it like they were inside my apt. The neighborhood is really loud so you constantly get woken up by fireworks/gunshots.
7. Apartments are wildly overpriced given the cheap appliances, sloppy renovations, and aggressively rude management.
4.25 stars
Over 2 years ago
Fine but not great
Former Tenant
Pros:
No real sound issues, clean halls and great building manager.
Cons:
The washer/dryer was alway broken and the building owners never respond to emails or text. The gym is grimy and small. It’s over priced for the place, location and amenities.
The property owner tried to increase my rent (to the gross rate) in April of the start to covid. we moved out.
The property owner tried to increase my rent (to the gross rate) in April of the start to covid. we moved out.
Advice to owner:
Answer people, fix amenities quicker, much quicker.