№ 01
Tenant placement
Architecture-grade photography, transparent listings with the entire requirement set disclosed up front, and showings conducted in person by a named leasing agent — Yusra, Felix, or Priya.
◆ For property owners
Stewardship for Brooklyn buildings.
Ninety doors across Williamsburg, Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, Greenpoint, and Park Slope — most owned by clients who live elsewhere or do not want to spend their evenings chasing plumbers. Flat 8% management, twice-monthly owner reporting, vendor invoices passed through at cost.
◆ Operating disciplines
Considered property management for an unforgiving asset class.
№ 02
HPD & DOB compliance
NYC compliance is a full-time job in itself: HPD inspections, DOB filings, lead-paint annual notices, fire-safety plans. We keep every building in our portfolio current. Owners do not field a single phone call from a city inspector.
№ 03
Twice-monthly owner reporting
Mid-month and end-of-month reports with photographs of unit and building condition, common-area concerns, and a written maintenance summary. You see what is happening to your asset without asking.
№ 04
Preventive and prewar maintenance
Quarterly HVAC and plumbing service for new construction; specialist trades for the prewar walkups, brownstones, and converted lofts that make up most of our portfolio. No vendor markup — Marcy Plumbing, Stagg Electric, and North Brooklyn HVAC pass invoices through at cost.
№ 05
Rent collection & financial reporting
Online portal with auto-reminders, owner draws on the 10th of each month, ACH at no cost to residents. One consolidated monthly statement plus a tax-ready package every January.
№ 06
Renewals & evictions
A 96% renewal rate is no accident — we negotiate rent in good faith and respond fast on maintenance. On the rare occasion eviction is required, we file and manage through Brooklyn Housing Court at no additional fee to the owner.
◆ How it works
From engagement to first owner draw
DAY 1
Complimentary portfolio review
We tour the property, pull comparable rents within four blocks, and submit a written rent benchmark with positioning recommendations — generally inside three business days.
DAY 3
Engagement and onboarding
A month-to-month management agreement, owner portal access, HPD/DOB filings transitioned to our office, and any pre-listing preparation we recommended.
DAY 7
Listing and leasing
Listing live with full transparency on requirements. Average time on market in our portfolio is 13 days from listing to signed lease.
DAY 30
Ongoing stewardship
Move-in coordinated, rent collected automatically, twice-monthly photo reports, and a year-end tax-ready package every January.
◆ Transparent pricing
Flat 8%. No leasing fee on renewals.
**8% of collected rent.** No setup fee. No vendor markup — trades invoice through at cost. Leasing-only placement: flat $1,500. Month-to-month engagement, terminable with 30 days' written notice on either side.
◆ Why owners choose Block & Stone
Considered service for buildings that do not forgive corner-cutting.
I.
Building-by-building knowledge
We know which Bushwick walkups need the boiler serviced before September, which Park Slope brownstones have soil-stack issues, and which Greenpoint conversions have noisy upstairs neighbors. Eleven years of relationships are the product.
II.
Twice-monthly photo reports
No other Brooklyn manager we have encountered sends owners visual reports twice a month. Most send one statement on the first. Ours arrives mid-month and end-of-month with photographs.
III.
NYC compliance, kept current
HPD violations cost owners thousands. We have not received a Class B or C violation that survived the cure window in three years across the portfolio.
IV.
13-day average time to lease
NYC apartment median is 31 days. Ours is 13 because we list with full transparency on every requirement — qualified applicants self-select.
◆ Owner stories
Owners who have stayed
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I own a 12-unit walk-up in Bushwick I inherited from my father. Block & Stone took it over after my last manager skipped two HPD inspection windows in a row. They cleared the violations inside a month and I haven't had one since.
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We bought a Greenpoint conversion as an investment and tried to manage it from Chicago for a year. A disaster. Block & Stone took it over, raised rent on two units by $400 because they read the market better than we did, and we have not had a vacancy in eighteen months.
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I have a Park Slope brownstone with a basement, parlor, and two upper apartments. The previous manager treated it like a four-unit instead of a building. Block & Stone treats it like a building. The math finally works.
◆ Begin a conversation
Request a complimentary rental analysis
We will prepare a written rent benchmark, comparable units, and a positioning memo — typically within three business days. No obligation.