OpenIgloo home

551 Midwood Street

East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY 11225

7 units·4 floors·Built in 1901
3.2

2 reviews

Good cause building

This building guarantees a renewal and capped rent increases, if you follow your lease terms.

Highlights

No
Evictions
6
Open violations
No
Litigation cases
No
Bedbug history

Renter recommendations

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Renters recommend this building

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Renters approve of the building's owners

Reviews

Former tenant·Over 2 years ago

The Absolute Worst

Pros

-Beautiful sunlight in every room. -High ceilings. -Neighbours are generally nice, respectful, and quiet. -AC’s are very efficient and powerful (we never paid more than $100-$150 between 3 adults for heat and cooling)!

Cons

-Super is comically horrible. I wonder if the landlord told him to be stupendously half-assed at his job to save money or something. He's gaslit me, come into my apartment with no warning, locked me out once when he came in while I was away (and then said he wouldn't help me get into my one and only home because he was "off-duty"; when I called the management office, they said I'd have to pay a $20 fee for forgetting my key but he tried to scam me and ask for $50 before I made him call his own goddamn office to confirm), and is just overall rude. I hate him passionately. -Never met the landlord. Who even is she/he? -Management office won't respond to you 75% of the time if you have a legitimate complaint. -Electric stove is extremely finicky, annoying, and a pain to clean. -Floors have like a "sticky" texture to them making them almost impossible to clean. -Windows are not insulated well; in the winter there’s condensation and mold will grow like crazy. :( -Water takes FOREVER to warm up!!!!! -Only one set of weak laundry machines to serve the whole building, AND you have to pay to use it.

Advice to the owners

Train your super and staff better. Actually listen to tenant complaints. Stop cheaping out on fixing the fixtures that need fixing!!!

Former tenant·Over 3 years ago

3/5 would not recommend

Pros

Modern appliance (dish washer)

Cons

Thin walls, 1 washer/dryer that the salon also uses, cleaning service for the hallway is awful, zero response form “management” about issues with apt/building, high electricity bill, building address is apparently not in the Census (possibly illegal),

Advice to the owners

Demolish and start over.

Building ratings

Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

-

Water pressure

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Heat

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Neighbors

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Noise levels

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Owner responsiveness

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Rents and deposits

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Renters received their security deposits back

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Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 7 days ago

Average violations per unit in this building is worse than the city average.

Building average0.85Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
0Class C
Immediately hazardous

Rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

1Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

5Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

0Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

Building owners and associates

Change of ownership/management in 1999

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