So I was looking for apartments and arranged to see a place with Brooklyn Bridge Realty. I show up, and the realtor (Jimmy, in this case) is nowhere to be found. I call the office. I e-mail. I text. I wait. After about 30 minutes of no response, no one showing, and my awkwardly standing in front of the apartment, I leave and write them an e-mail. I receive a terrible and insincere apology that there was an "emergency" (funny how that happens to realtors so often) and that the associate had "forgotten" to contact all of his appointments for the day. Don't use these people. read more

Brooklyn Bridge Realty has such a helpful staff. While I was looking for an apartment for rent, the staff went above and beyond. A woman named Amy was very informative. From my experience, everyone is genuine and professional. Not to mention, the decor and ambiance of the office itself is cozy, and beautiful. read more

Andra helped us get an unbelievably great deal on a rental apartment three years ago, and she just helped us close on an apartment purchase. She and her partner Rebecca were friendly and seemed totally invested in helping us find something that we would love. We liked how they were so familiar with the neighborhood and had positive relationships with other brokers. They also recommended an excellent home inspector, Steve Baranello. read more

Angela is an absolute dream to work with! We reached out to her on a Sunday night about an apartment and our lease was signed on Wednesday morning. She is honest, efficient, communicative, and so helpful throughout the application process. We felt so comfortable with her and she made an often stressful experience incredibly smooth. 11/10!! By far the best experience I have ever had with a real estate agent! read more

Moving from Florida to Brooklyn was extremely difficult, I heard many horrible things about realtors and brokers in NYC I was refer to Brooklyn bridge realty from a friend, and i consider myself lucky!! most pleased with this company and a specially with their agent Terry- she was available for my many,many questions day or night and open minded to my needs and most important ... truthful. Terry helped me find my dream apt in just 4 days!! My overall experience was great read more

I recently went to an open house and met an agent from Brooklyn Bridge Realty, won't use names, but he's an older, short grey haired, glasses wearing gentleman.... i loved the place we saw, but might I add this is an open house which encourages perspective BUYERS or NON-buyers to view the property... anyways this agent... was very rude and did not dress very professional.. excuse my rudeness but he was dressed like a janitor. Anyways he started giving us a tour asking very intrusive questions like are you looking to buy immediately, what do you do for a living, do you own any properties right now, and the kicker( he basically just wanted to know how much money he could get outta me) ... well if your not looking to buy right now, I DONT WANT YOU TO WASTE MY TIME!!!!!..... how can you say that as a real estate agent, you must cherish every lead you get, how do you know I won't be buying anytime in the future...... it wasn't just me, my wife felt very uncomfortable with his questioning... i understand friendly questions and you want to get to know more about a prospective client, but this crossed the line and he obviously seemed like he was only in it for the money, not to help a client potentially find a new home.... If you want to an agency that will really care and help you find the home of your dreams and not make you feel like a cash cow... find another agency read more

Jimmy Armstrong was a great agent to work with. He was upfront and honest during the whole process. Jimmy listened to what I was looking for and provided me with a great selection of apartments to choose from. After viewing 4 different apartments i picked the one that was perfect for me. Jimmy made the whole application process so smooth and stress free. I am so happy in my new apartment and will recommend him to anyone I know who needs a new apartment. read more

I rented an apartment and had Angela as a realtor. It was a fantastic experience and I'll definitely use her again in the future!

We hired Brooklyn Bridge Realty to sell our apartment. They were chosen in part because of their local knowledge. They put a sign advertising our place in their high-traffic front window on Court Street for a week with a completely wrong address. A "Realtor(tm)" who got the location wrong. Apologies were perfunctory and their $30K+ sales commission was collected without any qualms. They then asked us for referrals. So I am obliging. Look around a few blocks. You can probably do better. read more

The worst! The agent shows us an apartment and says that it doesn't matter what we say about it since "it's not her listing." Then, when we email her about it (since we are interested) she doesn't respond. We then email the other agent listed--still no response. When I go to the office, I'm told that they've been busy renting out all of their available two bedrooms (which is what we're interested in) and that this apt is now rented--no phone call or email to us about the availability of the other listings. Unbelievable. read more

I can only characterize Brooklyn Bridge Realty as dishonest, unprofessional and selfish. They have been staffed as the exclusive realtor to full development in Cobble Hill (Landmark at Cobble Hill, 215 Degraw). As an owner of one of the units, I know firsthand how unprofessional and dishonest they have been to me. But in speaking with many of the other buyers in the unit, the feedback is very similar. We have now been passed on to three different agents from Brooklyn Bridge Realty because they do not want to live up to the commitments they have promised. They are completely unresponsive to calls and emails (it has been over three months and one of the main agents still will not reply via email despite us emailing him every 2 weeks). This process will need to be taken back through attorneys to get them to deliver what they have contractually committed to. My advice to anyone dealing with Brooklyn Bridge Realty is to not work with them. If you have to, I suggest you have everything in writing with attorneys (as we do) but also have money held in escrow and only deliverable to Brooklyn Bridge Realty upon full satisfaction because they are simply dishonest. Grade = fail. read more

My experience with Angela Ruggiero was very negative. I inquired about two listings I saw online and she responded saying neither were available but she had two similar properties. After answering her questions about what we were looking for, and lots of back and forth about setting up a time to look at the two apartments, we show up at the first apartment to find 10 other people waiting to see it as well. She had never mentioned anything about it being a cattle call. Then we had to wait in line, couple by couple, to see the apartment. It was nothing like the two I had inquired about, or the criteria she had asked about, not that she remembered anything from our emails. I was so annoyed by that point that I left and will never have anything to do with her or BBR again. read more

We used the realty agency to sell my family's house in cobble hill. they were very professional and found us an appropriate buyer.

I was referred to Angela Ruggiero from a friend who didn't find their apt thru her but thought she was very professional..She knew the neighborhood very well since she's been here all of her life. Not only does she know the neighborhoods so well every other person on Court Street said hello to her. Angela found my family a great rental and made our relocate process the most simple and painless. We appreciated all her help! We still see Angela walking down Court Street with other clients try to find them a home! Thanks for a great experience...we will call her when we are ready to buy read more

I would never recommend them to anyone! Well maybe only to a real enemy. This was the worst realtor experience we had in our search. They were unprofessional and gave awful client service. I don't remember the agent's name but let's call her, Cathy because she was a very Chatty Cathy. She wasted our time during both walk throughs getting into conversations unrelated to the rental of the apartments, just chatting as you would with a neighbor. I think it's great to be friendly but WE were her clients, not them. There was a complete lack of respect of our time. To add insult to injury, we ended up with a parking ticket. We were from out of state and had driven our car and had no knowledge of the Brooklyn area. Cathy insisted that we drive to both apartments she wanted to show us. As we approached the second apartment, she pointed out a parking space. We didn't realize that it was an illegal space because there were two cars on either side of ours and both were unattended. (While I realize we should have read the signs better and been more vigilant, we made the mistake of trusting her because she touted the fact had lived in the neighborhood their whole life and knew the place like the back of her hand.) The second walk through took her 25 minutes: 10 minutes to get the door unlocked (complete with all of us trying the keys and several phone calls to the office), 5 minutes to show us the space, 10 minutes of another trivial conversation with the tenant who came home as we were leaving. When we returned to our car and found a $125 ticket we called Cathy immediately. She was stunned and said it wasn't her fault. She checked with her broker and told us that she wasn't responsible for the ticket and that they would pay for a portion of the ticket ONLY if we decided to rent one of the apartments they showed us and paid their finder's fee. The two places she showed us were in poor to mediocre condition and were both above our price range. While I realize that some of the agents at this agency might be good, we felt that their overall unwillingness to take any responsibility for the ticket and show any good faith to a client who was considering paying $4-5K in fees was stunning. We decided not to do business with them for this reason. It was more about principle and not money. read more

I always looked in the window and on-line and saw some great apartments that this realty company had available and when the time came to me, I went to Brooklyn Bridge Realty for help. I walked in on a Friday afternoon, and there wasn't an agent available to even talk with. I told them what we were looking for, and they took down our information. I never got a call a call about inquiring more as to what we were looking for in the area. We were looking, like most people, for a pet friendly 1-2 bedroom in the $2000 to $2500 range....not impossible! Not a phone call back, or anything to try and contact me...to even further it, the agents don't answer their text messages...don't say text if you are not going to respond! Very poor customer swervice! read more

Jimmy was extremely helpful with my apartment search. He listened to exactly what I wanted and delivered. He went above and beyond, from neighborhood recs to suggestions on apartment design. Highly recommended to all who want a stress free apt search. read more

Let me begin by saying that I am not one to write a review about someone unless they were outstanding and went above and beyond what I would ever expect. I have had several good experiences with agents over many years, but none could compare to the wonderful experience my husband and I had working with Angela Ruggiero. She was extremely professional, knowledgeable and understood what we were looking for in a rental. She made herself available at all times for us. I'm not an easy client as I can be very picky and at times demanding. Angela was so patient and understanding and took us through a difficult and challenging process that truly became a positive and fun experience. I would highly recommend Angela as we have been very happy. BBR is very lucky to have someone as knowledgeable, hardworking, and dedicated as Angela. read more

I have dealt with many brokers and none have come close to how helpful and easy going Andra is. Not only has she gone above and beyond to help ease my stress, but she has continually checked back with me to let me know the current status of my application. I am unsure if my application will be accepted, but either way I would definitely recommend Andra to anyone looking for a rental in Brooklyn. read more

I was very happy with my experience at Brooklyn Bridge Realty. I worked with Angela who really helped me find what I was looking for. She was professional and listened to what I needed. I would use her again for future rentals. read more

Jimmy showed us numerous apartments in several neighborhoods of Brooklyn and was great. He was knowledgeable and patient, lacking the sleaziness of so many realtors. We particularly liked the way he pointed out unique features of each apartment, without being pushy. He also took the time to listen to our preferences and really targeted his selections to our interests. He even reached out to partners to show us as wide a range of apartments as possible. read more