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43 Ocean Avenue
Prospect Lefferts Gardens

43 Ocean Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11225

36 Units

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Built in 1931

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4 Floors

3.9(2)
Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 6
Litigation History: Yes
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
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
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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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    class I
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    Property Owners and Associates
    A
    Alan Hertz
    3.3(3)
    Officer•
    Head Officer•
    3 Properties•96 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 8
    O
    45 Ocean Ll AS J & L Prop
    3.9(2)
    Corporate Owner•
    2 Properties•66 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 9
    R
    Ramon Cespedes
    3.9(2)
    Site Manager•
    1 Property•36 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 5
    O
    45 Ocean LLC
    3.9(2)
    Owner•
    Agent•
    1 Property•36 Units
    Litigation History: Yes
    Evictions: 5
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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)
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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 (2)

    Over 2 years ago
    Enjoyed my life here!
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    I loved the apartment itself, the location, the price, the fact that it’s rent stabilized, and all the sun that came in through the windows.
    Cons:
    The super was friendly, but would only show up four hours later than he said he would, AND only if you harassed him with texts and phone calls for those four hours. Management difficult to deal with. Some pest issues in the building and management not very responsive or helpful on that issue or any others. The broker they started using was super sketchy.
    Advice to owner:
    Have better follow through in maintenance issues.
    Over 2 years ago
    Even pro+con list
    Former Tenant
    Pros:
    Good heat and water pressure.

    Great location.

    Kind neighbors, the guy who cleaned and oversaw trash was the nicest.
    Cons:
    Pipes backed up and flooded my apartment and caused the ceiling beneath my unit to cave in (in the lobby). Since it was Saturday, neither the management or super were available until Monday.

    I killed about 1-3 roaches a week in my unit in my two years there. Pest control was Monday’s during the day, so if you had a job you were unable to let them in.

    Rent paid via check and never cashed until the 20th of the month.
    Advice to owner:
    Start fixing and updating the building, not just quickly patching issues or ignoring them.