485 Pacific Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11217

20 Units

Built in 1913

4 Floors

Pet Friendly: Yes
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Renters Recommendations

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Reviews (5)

Over 1 year ago
Home Sweet Home - Unless There's an Issue
Former Tenant
Pros:
Perfect Street - idyllic Boerum Hill nestled between the business of the Barclays Center and the quaintness of Cobble Hill. Right next to a coffee shop!

High ceilings
Central air in the renovated units
W/D in the renovated units
Cons:
The walls are made of paper - you can hear everything anyone is doing. I had a noisy neighbor that disturbed my sleep for half the time of my lease. You can't hang up anything.
Management - I was accused of not paying rent, people were uncommunicative via email, etc. It was really hard for me to live somewhere where the landlord and management company were hostile to simple requests.
Advice to owner:
Please be understanding and communicative with your tenants.
Over 1 year ago
Pretty Roach Hotel
Former Tenant
Pros:
Beautifully updated unit. Amazing location with a short walk to several main subway stops and easy access to stores, grocery, restaurants and bars. Beautiful tree lined Boerum Hill.
Cons:
The landlord is avoidant, combative, patronizing and tends to gaslight and manipulate. Updated units are part of his gentrifying plan. Most tenants in the building have lived there for decades in rent controlled apts and some told us the landlord ignores their repair requests entirely in hopes they’ll leave so he can flip their unit. He’s arrogant and will become defensive before he’s helpful. Horrible pest issues with roaches EVERYWHERE no matter how clean you are or how many traps you put out. The building needs to be fumigated. You can hear rats running around and scratching inside the walls at all hours. Packages stolen from lobby (landlord said it was my fault for having valuables shipped there). Very thin walls - you can hear everything and if they don’t close their doors gently your entire apt will shake. Rental payment must be mailed checks.
Advice to owner:
Take pride in your job and be a better person. Take better care of your tenants and please, PLEASE get better pest control.

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Rents and Deposits

-- of renters received their security deposits back
It dummy text been reported if this building dummy electronic rent payments.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
The average number of violations per unit at 485 Pacific Street is worse than the city .
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
Less than 0.01 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
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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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Missing information/filings
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class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
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Property Owners and Associates
T
Times Square Borrower LLC
2.9(9)
Corporate Owner
Lessee
10 Properties103 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 0
M
Marc Cohen
3.3(5)
Site Manager
Agent
1 Property20 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 0
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485 Pacific Associates LLC
3.3(7)
Corporate Owner
Lessee
2 Properties50 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 0
J
Jack Cohen
3.3(5)
Head Officer
1 Property20 Units
Litigation History: No
Evictions: 0

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