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Joel Kestenbaum

Owner·123 buildings·757 units
3.4

14 reviews

Highlights

9
Evictions
31
Litigation cases

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Renters approve of this owner or associate

Reviews

Former tenant·6 months ago

Not the worst, not the best

Pros

Nice location and street Good lighting in my unit

Cons

No live-in super Building management can take a while to respond and not at all on weekends really + only want to fix things with their own contractors who don't always do the best job Garbage management could be better, there are always rats at night I see by our cans They try to up the rent as much as they can every lease renewal at the last second

Advice to the owners

Idk, care more about your tenants

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

Worth its price

Pros

The building is in a quiet street (apart from the casual block parties on weekends), relatively close to the subway (J line Halsey) only a 8min walk. Management is responsive for the most part and understanding. Water gets super hot and super cold (plus it’s included on rent) and every room has tall windows (plenty of sunlight comes in).

Cons

The mail gets pretty messy very often, I had packages stolen twice. Parking in the street is pretty hard after 5pm. The hallways get dirty sometimes and they don’t clean it up. No “allowed” access to rooftop even tho they are not strict about it but the latter up is a little sketchy. Had some trouble with washing machine for a while but that is finally fixed up (in unit).

Advice to the owners

Be a little more responsive and find a way to sort out the mail issue!

Buildings associated with JOEL KESTENBAUM

  • 740 Garage Miller Avenue

    740 Garage Miller Avenue

    East New York

  • 1294 College Avenue

    1294 College Avenue

    Concourse

  • 707 Garage Miller Avenue

    707 Garage Miller Avenue

    East New York

  • 720 Garage Miller Avenue

    720 Garage Miller Avenue

    East New York

740 Garage Miller Avenue

740 Garage Miller Avenue

East New York

1294 College Avenue

1294 College Avenue

Concourse

707 Garage Miller Avenue

707 Garage Miller Avenue

East New York

720 Garage Miller Avenue

720 Garage Miller Avenue

East New York

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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 average1.57Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
31Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

84Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

40Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

1Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

FAQs

Joel Kestenbaum has an average tenant rating of 3.4 out of 5 across 14 reviews.

Buildings managed by Joel Kestenbaum average 1.57 open violations per unit, more than the citywide average of 0.81.

58% of tenants who reviewed buildings managed by Joel Kestenbaum would recommend living there.

43% of tenants who reviewed a building managed by Joel Kestenbaum approve of how it is run.

Joel Kestenbaum has 31 housing court litigation cases across their portfolio.

Joel Kestenbaum has 9 recorded evictions across their portfolio.

Joel Kestenbaum owns or manages 123 buildings totalling 757 units.

Joel Kestenbaum has not appeared on the NYC worst landlords list.

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Joel Kestenbaum

Owner·123 buildings·757 units
3.4

14 reviews

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