If you or folks you know live in one of these buildings, I encourage you to reach out to the Crown Heights Tenants Union, the Flatbush Tenant Coalition. And remember, you have the right to get a rent history of your apartment, which will show you how much you SHOULD be paying now. The Q just learned that one of these landlords who owns hardware and constructions concerns actually PAYS THEMSELVES for capital improvements that are shoddy. But the receipts are there for the judge! And the landlord can jack up the rent as a result. It's so disgusting and demoralizing as to make your head spin. This is how neighborhoods are torn apart, typically by race and class, and reconfigured to meet the outsized profit goals of the below companies, who have essentially cornered the market in Crown Heights and Flatbush and Lefferts and... Plus remember, this is just a subset of the bigger story in NYC. At this point, these companies are controlling so many lives they're like mini-states. Any of you live in any of these buildings want to share?
| Building Address | Landlord |
| 990 President Street 11225 | burke Leighton |
| 951 Carroll Street 11225 | burke Leighton |
| 805 St. Marks Avenue 11213 BK | burke Leighton |
| 1834 Caton Ave 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 1016 President Street 11225 BK | burke Leighton |
| 2505 Bedford Avenue 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 215 Sterling Street 11225 BK | burke Leighton |
| 389 East 48 Street 11203 BK | burke Leighton |
| 78 Hawthorne Street 11225 BK | burke Leighton |
| 31 East 21st Street 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 21 East 21st Street 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 726 Ocean Avenue 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 2201 Cortelyou Road 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 219 E 17th Street 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 610/612 Flatbush Avenue 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 476 Ocean Avenue 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 458 15th Street 11215 BK | burke Leighton |
| 2564 Bedford Avenue 11226 BK | burke Leighton |
| 2325 Foster Avenue 11210 BK | burke Leighton |
| 608 Flatbush Avenue 11226 | burke Leighton |
| 115 Ocean Avenue 11225 BK | Jonas |
| 181 HAWTHORNE STREET | Jonas |
| 1600 CATON AVENUE | Jonas |
| 315 OCEAN PARKWAY | Jonas |
| 217 EAST 7 STREET | Jonas |
| 465 EAST 7 STREET | Jonas |
| 1620 CATON AVENUE | Jonas |
| 214 EAST 8 STREET | Jonas |
| 714 EAST 27 STREET | Jonas |
| 415 WASHINGTON AVENUE | Jonas |
| 245 OCEAN PARKWAY | Jonas |
| 241 OCEAN PARKWAY | Jonas |
| 147 Ocean Avenue | Jonas |
| 931 PUTNAM AVE | ZT Realty |
| 637 NOSTRAND AVE | ZT Realty |
| 5 MACDONOUGH ST | ZT Realty |
| 403 MACON ST APT 16 | ZT Realty |
| 1045 UNION ST | ZT Realty |
| 874 BERGEN ST | ZT Realty |
| 95 KINGSTON AVE | ZT Realty |
| 244 NEW YORK AVE APT 8 | ZT Realty |
| 942 BERGEN ST | ZT Realty |
| 1398 DEAN ST | ZT Realty |
| 267 CLIFTON PL | ZT Realty |
| 303 PUTNAM AVE | ZT Realty |
| 299 PUTNAM AVE | ZT Realty |
| 306 PROSPECT PL | ZT Realty |
| 293 STUYVESANT AVE | ZT Realty |
| 585 PARK PL | ZT Realty |
| 276 THROOP AVE | ZT Realty |
| 3 MACDONOUGH ST | ZT Realty |
| 820 FRANKLIN AVENUE | ZT Realty |
| 927 PUTNAM AVENUE | ZT Realty |
| 1082-1092 President St | Shamco |
| 1026 President St. | Shamco |
| 1 St. Pauls Ct | Shamco |
| 200 E 18th St | Shamco |
| 2015 Foster Ave | Shamco |
| 215 Martense St. | Shamco |
| 350 E 19th St | Shamco |
| 538-546 E 21st St | Shamco |
| 543-549 E. 21st St. | Shamco |
| 75-89 Hawthorne St | Shamco |
| 860 Ocean Ave | Shamco |
| 1702 Caton Avenue | Shamco |
| 1710 Caton Avenue | Shamco |
| 1716 Caton Avenue | Shamco |
| 1722 Caton Avenue | Shamco |
| 50 E. 19th St. | Shamco |
| 1901-1907 Dorchester Rd. | Shamco |
| 65 E. 19th St. | Shamco |
| 2110 Newkirk Avenue | Shamco |
| 690 Rogers Ave | Shamco |
| 566 Parkside Ave | Shamco |
| 558 Parkside Ave | Shamco |
| 2101 Bedford Ave | Shamco |
| 1204 Ocean Ave | Shamco |
| 1553 Ocean Ave | Shamco |
| 79-93 Bristol St | Shamco |
| 1155 DEAN STREET | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 1151 DEAN STREET | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 764 ST JOHN'S PLACE | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 1561 PITKIN AVENUE | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 39 ARGYLE ROAD | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 45 ARGYLE ROAD | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 285 SCHENECTADY | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 1646 UNION STREET | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 153 CHAUNCEY ST | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 511 Lincoln Place | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 493 Lincoln Place | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 495 Lincoln Place | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 519 Lincoln Place | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 505 Lincoln Place | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 487 Lincoln Place | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 2-12 Sutter Avenue | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 235 Utica Avenue | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 1701 Utica Avenue | Renassiance Realty Group |
| 564 West 126 St. | BCB Property Management |
| 556 West 126th Street | BCB Property Management |
| 560 West 126th Street | BCB Property Management |
| 308 West 88th street | BCB Property Management |
| 1159 President St. | BCB Property Management |
| 1153 President St., Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 543 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 529 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 527 Nostrand, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 525 Nostrand, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 179 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 384 Court St, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 1215 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 317 4th Ave, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 250 Pacific St, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 234 Union Ave, Brooklyn | BCB Property Management |
| 285 Court St | BCB Property Management |
| 384 Court St | BCB Property Management |
| 1059 Union St | BCB Property Management |
| 1115 Union St | BCB Property Management |
| 442 Lorimer St | BCB Property Management |
| 15 Crown Street | BCB Property Management |
| 991-993 President Street | BCB Property Management |
| 329 Lincoln Place | BCB Property Management |
| 315 Lincoln place | BCB Property Management |
| 319 Lincoln Place | BCB Property Management |
| 323 Lincoln Place | BCB Property Management |
| 1171 President Street | Pinnacle |
| 382 Eastern Parkway | Pinnacle |
| 225 Parkside Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 991 Carroll Street | Pinnacle |
| 706 Lefferts Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 681 Ocean Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 1554 Ocean Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 459 Schenectady Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 176 Clarkson Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 3301 Farragut Road | Pinnacle |
| 489 Eastern Parkway | Pinnacle |
| 481 Eastern Parkway | Pinnacle |
| 497 Eastern Parkway | Pinnacle |
| 990 Montgomery Street | Pinnacle |
| 40 Argyle Road | Pinnacle |
| 28 Argyle Road | Pinnacle |
| 307 12th Street | Pinnacle |
| 961 Washington Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 1535 Ocean Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 1362 Ocean Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 619 Rugby Road | Pinnacle |
| 615 Rugby Road | Pinnacle |
| 607 Rugby Road | Pinnacle |
| 1042 Union Street | Pinnacle |
| 292 St Johns Place | Pinnacle |
| 926 Carroll Street | Pinnacle |
| 1038 Union Street | Pinnacle |
| 1597 Bedford Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 916 Caroll Street | Pinnacle |
| 1048 Union Street | Pinnacle |
| 85 Clarkson Avenue | Pinnacle |
| 529 East 22nd Street | Pinnacle |
| 1060 Union Street | Pinnacle |
| 601 Crown Street | Pinnacle |
| 426 East 22nd Street | Pinnacle |
| 222 Lenox Road | Pinnacle |
| 2102 Beverly Road | Pinnacle |
| 176 Clarkson Ave | Pinnacle |
13 comments:
Add 170 Woodruff Ave to that list.
NNNOOOOO!!! I had posted in a previous post about my traumatizing experience with Pinnacle when we lived up in Washington Heights. I am curious to hear about how they operate their buildings in Bklyn. If it's anything like how they were in WaHi, I feel bad for you, sincerely. They were the WORST management company I had ever dealt with in NYC.
Better get used to it. The secret is out. Lefterts Gardens and the east side of the park are totally on the radar of the real estate investor class. It's only going to intensify. And there is nothing you can do about it. The state senate is in the pocket of the RE industry, and won't brook any tightening of the rent regulation screws. I say this as someone who is usually sympathetic to private investment in real estate. I'm convinced that if people like you had your way, NYC would turn into Cuba. However one would have to have a heart of stone to remain unmoved by the plight of the many thousands who will be displaced to less attractive, peripheral neighborhoods.
It's quite sad. Even worse is that we have MTOPP working hard against changes that would do a better job of at least protecting the neighborhood's character.
Yep, Unknown. The two choices are NYC or Cuba. Nothing in-between. Though I must say Cuba sounds awful nice this time of year...
Our country has a long history of subsidy and progressive taxing and medicaid/medicare and farm subsidies and public programs and free schools and work rules, all designed to create a more livable and sustainable democracy.
There is nothing un-American about addressing the distress of millions of Americans when it comes to one of their basic needs - shelter. It's you, Unknown, whom I would argue shows a remarkable lack of historical perspective by calling housing advocacy and rent protections communism, which I suspect is the reason you invoked Cuba.
There is a whole 'nother line of thinking that suggests taking care of the population is actually much better for the oligarchs and fat-cats anyway. Much better to give the peasants their basics and keep them from revolting proper. Because after all, as we've seen throughout the world, then the Libertarian impulse could get a REAL kick in the ass.
Franklin Ave.
There is a whole 'nother line of thinking that suggests taking care of the population is actually much better for the oligarchs and fat-cats anyway. Much better to give the peasants their basics and keep them from revolting proper.
Yeah, Cuba takes care of its poor. It's an island paradise. That's why the only people who immigrate to Cuba are felons fleeing America.
To the woman above-- I have lived in a Pinnacle building on this list for 6 years and have had no problems. Maybe my standards are low? Also I discovered that many neighbors have been in their apartments for 20 to 25 years. There is a very low turnover there.
A sliver lining! Jess, can you share which building it is?
Would love to hear from more of you!
Jessi, truly I am happy to hear that you've had no issues with Pinnacle.
We lived in a Pinnacle building for about 3 years in WaHi. It seems Pinnacle was trying to get our building, along with many others up there at the time converted into co-op or condos, but they had to have a certain amount of apartments vacant for a certain amount of time. So what they did was aggressively bully vulnerable tenants, i.e elderly or those who didn't speak very good English and get them out by illegally evicting them, or otherwise using whatever smarmy tactics they use. Also, they would do things like not deal with issues like hot water or heating, or whatever issues in hopes that people would just move, like we did.
If you look up Pinnacle and Joel Weiner, you can easily find articles about a lot of things they have done. I wish none of what we went through upon anyone.
Here is an article I found. We were actually right in the thick of when all this was going on, and this is when we moved to PLG, in 2006.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/nyregion/03pinnacle.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Check out Miriam Shasho/Jaysson Sales Inc/611 Flatbush ave Realty co. Etc. (They have a ton of names to outrun their issues, and own at least a handfull of buildings in the neighborhood.) Definitely trying to win the destabilization olympics by all means necessary.
In the affordable housing debate, I wish that there were more of a focus on coop conversions with reasonable buy-in provisions for existing tenants and non-eviction plans for tenants who choose not to buy in.
There are probably not enough market incentives for conversions of highly leveraged buildings, but some buildings have been in the same hands for decades and it would be great to turn them over to new shareholders, who would probably have instant equity, tax benefits, and a greater ability to control their own destiny. Higher rates of home ownership are generally considered to be good for communities, too. Conversions are not perfectly equitable and buy in costs would likely be out of reach for some, but tenant-focused conversions could really benefit a lot of people.
Clearly, I am not holding up the conversion on Clarkson as a model - who the hell knows how they got rid of all of those tenants...
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