34 Hillside Avenue,

Manhattan, NY 10040

Staff is okay.. they work hard.. and I often feel like they’re underpaid.. and are forced to work in this unclean and in breathable environment of the huge basement where GIANT rats constantly roam. This is no secret.

Except the super does not do anything for you except from 9-5 Monday to Friday. If your work schedule falls between this he will NOT enter your unit. This sucked because my ceiling started leaking.

On top of that, coned has not been able to do a reading of my gas meter in an entire year. I had to go down there myself. Long story short while looking with one of the porters I saw the BIGGEST RAT I have ever seen in my life. And mind you I was an exterminator at a point in my life.. the porter and I froze watching it come out of a wall in the basement, climbed up a pipe and up into the ceiling.

Now I understand why the basement smells like this.. there’s also a ton of roaching in the basement around the garbages, on and near the elevators this building should be condemned because the day that any of those doors in the basement are open someone will get attacked by these things.. not to mention if you get stuck in the basement there’s no other way to get out except the elevator.

Additionally, I’ve found random water bugs and roaches that have come through the from door from the hallway.. really embarrassing if you have family over or a date..

Then there’s the MCI increase that they tried to tack on an extra $140 onto my rent after my first year living there.

You apparently have to tell management 60 days before your lease ends that you will be ending the lease too smh.

Do not live here, I am moving out after my lease ends.
Stay far away.. you can get something way similar in the area for about $300-400 less

Actually fix the problem in the basement before ANYTHING ELSE. I should not have to breathe this for all the money we pay for our apartment. Unacceptable to then throw an MCI INCREASE on top of the rent when you’re not upkeeping the building the way you should.

Proximity to Ft Tryon Park and 1 and A trains. Affordable rent. Nice neighbors. Apartments have nice finishes.

Very bad management and super. Nonresponsive. They dont make necessary repairs. The super is lazy and doesn't properly maintain the building. They allow vagrants to roam the building and tenants to smoke in the hallways. They allow tenants to let their dogs defecate on the sidewalk and in front of the building.

Make repairs when needed, get a new super, and stop letting people have their dogs defecate on the sidewalk.