Former tenant·Over 3 years ago
Nice area, apt is better than average. Unreasonable landlord.
Pros
Usually fairly clean and well maintained. Nice neighbors. Renovated apartments with higher quality materials than is usual in NYC (especially kitchen).
Cons
No cooking gas, oven and stove, for 6 months. Refused compensation. Rent increase during Covid in rent down market. Refusal to negotiate. Extremely creaky floors need redoing. Our buzzer never worked. We were told to give the door-code for deliveries or go downstairs to open the door. Mice and cockroaches and basement / laundry area seems dirty. Packages go missing frequently. No security cameras. Bathrooms need fans (mold).
Advice to the owners
Fix floors and negotiate on rent if you enjoy not losing money and not having lots of vacancies. And clean up the basement. Install cameras downstairs. Fix the buzzer.