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Shmaryahu Baumgarten

Head Officer·10 buildings·138 units
3.0

9 reviews

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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Recent tenant feedback on buildings managed by SHMARYAHU BAUMGARTEN reveals a mix of experiences with management. Positive aspects include spacious apartments, respectful neighbors, and timely responsiveness in some buildings. However, several reviews highlight serious concerns such as poor cleanliness, ineffective garbage disposal, pest infestations, slow or negligent management response, and maintenance neglect including leaks and mold. Tenants also report issues with noise and occasional discriminatory behavior from management. While some buildings offer good heating and water pressure, overall management appears inconsistent, with a need for improved communication, upkeep, and tenant respect to enhance living conditions.

Reviews

Former tenant·7 months ago

Solid Crown Heights building

Pros

Quiet building, respectful tenants. nice apartments

Cons

Building management can be lowkey racist? And not great at communicating with tenants about changes and work being done in the building

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

733 dekalb ave

Pros

general location is great. unit was very large and spacious

Cons

the building has a rat infestation that is so far beyond repair it’s unfortunate. the lobby constantly smells like dead rodents, all throughout the day and night you hear rats running, scratching and squealing in the walls and we had 1 incident where a large rat was in our unit. the infestation is so bad that the dead rodents in the building cause our apartment to get infested with fleas. our bedroom wall would constantly leak and the paint would bubble anytime it rained badly and the issue was consistently ignored by management. it got so bad that parts of the wall were so soft your finger would poke through it. we were disgusted to find fungus growing out of our wall due to all of the build up and moisture. our ceiling started to develop a large water stain and upon telling management nothing was done. the stain continued to grow for months to the point where mold became present and still out concerns were ignored. management is beyond negligent and they don’t care about the well being of their tenants. it’s mind boggling how such terrible people can scam tenants into moving into this building that is very much uninhabitable. our apartment consistently had serious issues from the moment we moved in. we were so excited to move into this apartment that we signed a two year lease but we did not even last 6 months before terminating and leaving.

Advice to the owners

don’t own a building if you don’t care about the well-being of your tenants.

Buildings associated with SHMARYAHU BAUMGARTEN

  • 33 Westminster Road

    33 Westminster Road

    1.5(1)

    Prospect Park South

  • 110 Martense Street

    110 Martense Street

    2.1(1)

    Flatbush

  • 1399 St Johns Place

    1399 St Johns Place

    3.8(1)

    Weeksville

  • 1198 Carroll Street

    1198 Carroll Street

    3.3(2)

    Crown Heights

33 Westminster Road

33 Westminster Road

1.5(1)

Prospect Park South

110 Martense Street

110 Martense Street

2.1(1)

Flatbush

1399 St Johns Place

1399 St Johns Place

3.8(1)

Weeksville

1198 Carroll Street

1198 Carroll Street

3.3(2)

Crown Heights

Building ratings

Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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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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Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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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 5 days ago

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

Owner average1.00Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
2Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

3Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

1Class 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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Shmaryahu Baumgarten

Head Officer·10 buildings·138 units
3.0

9 reviews

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