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Fred Gelfand

Owner·5 buildings·16 units
3.8

3 reviews

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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Tenant reviews of buildings managed by Fred Gelfand reveal a mixed management experience. Some buildings boast great locations, privacy, and attentive superintendents with responsive and pleasant landlord interactions, contributing to a positive living environment. However, other properties suffer from severe cleanliness and pest control issues, including widespread rat and ant infestations, hoarding by superintendents, and unaddressed garbage problems leading to unpleasant odors. Heating problems and maintenance delays are also noted. Tenants have expressed frustration over poor owner responsiveness and urged better upkeep to justify rent increases. Overall, management quality appears inconsistent across properties, with significant room for improvement in maintenance and pest control.

Reviews

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

So many rats everywhere.

Pros

Neighbors are great.

Cons

The amount of rats is wild. They are literally everywhere, outside of the building, in the courtyard, IN THE WALLS! There is also a borderline hoarder as a super and there’s literal trash everywhere, in hallways, in the courtyard. No one cleans anything and it smells like death everywhere in the building.

Advice to the owners

If you want to raise the rent on your tenants, maybe do something to the building so it would be worth the amount you would be charging extra. Greed has taken over our neighborhood and these are peoples homes. Would you like to live in a rat infested building and expected to pay an unreasonable raise in rent? It’s disgusting behavior.

Former tenant·Over 2 years ago

You get what you pay for

Pros

Very affordable rent for the area. Great location. Utilities included in rent.

Cons

The super is a hoarder. W/D in the building barely works. A lot of ants in the apartment every spring. Heat barely works in the winter. Refrigerator leaks water everywhere and management won’t do anything about it. Tons of rats.

Advice to the owners

Remove all the garbage lying around the building. Fix the issues inside the apartments.

Buildings associated with FRED GELFAND

  • 53A Withers Street

    53A Withers Street

    Williamsburg

  • 53 Withers Street

    53 Withers Street

    2.7(2)

    Williamsburg

  • 398 Manhattan Avenue

    398 Manhattan Avenue

    5.0(1)

    Williamsburg

  • 143 Metropolitan Avenue

    143 Metropolitan Avenue

    Williamsburg

53A Withers Street

53A Withers Street

Williamsburg

53 Withers Street

53 Withers Street

2.7(2)

Williamsburg

398 Manhattan Avenue

398 Manhattan Avenue

5.0(1)

Williamsburg

143 Metropolitan Avenue

143 Metropolitan Avenue

Williamsburg

Building ratings

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Owner responsiveness

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Trash management

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Water pressure

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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 5 days ago

Average violations per unit for this owner or associate is worse than the city average.

Owner average0Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
0Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

0Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

0Class 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

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Fred Gelfand

Owner·5 buildings·16 units
3.8

3 reviews

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