Two of the city’s yearly paperwork deadlines for rental buildings land back to back over the holidays. Neither takes long, and both are easy to forget until a tenant or an inspector asks for proof. December 1 to 31: the Bed Bug Annual Report Owners of multiple dwellings, buildings with three or more apartments, file…
Most owners of a small Brooklyn building first hear about an HPD violation when an envelope shows up, or when a tenant mentions that an inspector came by. By then the clock is already running. Here is how the city sorts violations, how long an owner has to fix them, and the step owners miss…
The city has rewritten how trash goes to the curb over the last two years. The rules now depend on how many apartments are in the building, and they are the owner’s to meet, whoever actually carries the bags out. Here is where things stand for a small Brooklyn building this fall. Bins: it depends…
Heat season in New York City runs from October 1 through May 31. For those eight months the city sets the temperatures your building has to hold, and the owner answers for it, whether you live upstairs or three states away. Here is what the rule says, what happens when a tenant calls 311, and…
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Brooklyn keeps drawing young professional renters year after year, though the neighborhoods fueling that demand shift as the market changes. Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Crown Heights, Bushwick, and Bed-Stuy have each seen surges of interest from renters in their 20s and early 30s who care about easy transit, walkable streets, and homes that don’t come with a…
A building’s exterior quietly does more work than most owners realize. Before a prospective tenant ever steps through the door, they’ve already formed an opinion based on what they saw outside. Neighbors take note when landscaping starts looking neglected, and city inspectors pay close attention when sidewalks crack or outdoor spaces fall into disrepair. For…
Brooklyn’s housing market is dense and varied, and co-ops and condos sit among its trickiest corners. These buildings follow their own bylaws, their own board structures, and their own management responsibilities, and none of that lines up neatly with how a standard rental building operates. Whether you own a condo unit, serve on a co-op…