240 Winthrop Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11225

28 Units

Built in 1931

4 Floors

Rent Stabilized Units: Yes
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 2
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Unknown
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In the past three years, this building had:
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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 5 months ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.92 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
10
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Apr 12, 2024: (a) § hmc:file annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.
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Hazardous
13
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Mar 01, 2022: section 27-2046.1 hmc: repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment located at apt 4c, 3rd story, 1st apartment from east at south
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Immediately hazardous
2
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Mar 01, 2022: hmc adm code: � 27-2017.4 abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment located at apt 4c, 3rd story, 1st apartment from east at south
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Missing information/filings
1
class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
Nov 21, 2023: §27-2107 adm code owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.
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Property Owners and Associates
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Elwinba Enterprisinginc
3.6(1)
Owner
1 Property28 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 2
E
Elridge Daniel
3.6(1)
Site Manager
Shareholder
Officer
Head Officer
2 Properties44 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 2
E
Elwinba Ent
3.6(1)
Agent
Corporate Owner
2 Properties44 Units
Litigation History: Yes
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
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 (1)

Over 2 years ago
Okay, could be worse.
Former Tenant
Pros:
Heat for the most part is good. The landlord is very responsive, if he’s not around his son or the super usually is. Most of the time if I have a small issue it gets resolved within a week.

I will give him credit that when I discovered I had bed bugs in January 2019, it was handled immediately. The bed bugs came from an outside location, not from anyone in the building.

Everyone is polite and keeps to themselves.

There are cameras in the lobby and in front of the building. I heard some people got packages stolen by children in the building and the camera picked it up, so that’s good.

The landlord will notify you if you have a package and it’s been there for more than 24 hours. If you ask him to hold your package, he will. Also, when I had a foot injury and I could barely walk his son brought my packages to my door, which I appreciated since I have a 4 flight walk up.
Cons:
There are no elevators. If you need physical accessibility support this building isn’t a fit for you. Even if you live on the first floor the entrance to the building are four stairs and no ramp.

The landlord is frugal. He puts quick fixes on things. I kept having a mold problem in my bathroom, it came back 3 times, and it took a very long time for the landlord to send someone get rid of it. I still believe the mold is inside the wall, but I just leave my bathroom window open all the time so the mold doesn’t surface.

I currently have a leak around the wood of two of my windows in the apartment. The landlord knows about it, but nothing has been done—it’s been a few months now. I was told by the super it’ll get fixed in the spring.

The landlord doesn’t use an exterminator, you have to maintain pest control yourself for the most part. If you tell him about any pest problems he’ll give you something store bought. I have purchased stuff from hard ware stores that maintains pest control for myself.

The building is old so you will hear and sometimes feel loud sounds from other apartments. The neighbors above me have a child and the child makes a lot of noise all day from 7:30am to sometimes 9:30pm. There’s been times the noise is so loud items shake in my apartment. I told my neighbors and the landlord multiple times. It’s gotten somewhat better. I asked him to tell them to get rugs, but he said he can’t tell them that. I have lived in a building where the landlord told my dad and I to buy rugs for making way less noise than my neighbors do, but whatever. Additionally, I was advised to get ear plugs for when I sleep, because the child would wake me each day before 8am running in the bedroom right above my head.

If you’re sensitive to sound and you move here be sure to live on the top floor or make sure you don’t live under anyone with a child or you won’t have much peace.

The tenant before me put down a cheap plastic tile in my bathroom and it’s coming apart and I’m pretty sure something is growing underneath it. The landlord won’t pay to have me get rid of it, because I chose to take the apartment with the tile like that.
Advice to owner:
Band-aids to issues like mold will cost you more money in the long run.

Because the building is so old I recommend that it’s written into the lease that tenants have to be mindful of sound of people below them. You can write into a lease that tenants with children have to get rugs if noise complaints ensue.