Do not live here
Pros
Cheap rent, good laundromat on Tompkins around the corner
Cons
This building has a rat infestation. I had a rat run from out from under my bed. We had a rat in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. There were massive holes in the apartment that management refused to fix. We had to fix them ourselves. They keep the garage in front of the building and there are rats in it 24/7. I did not walk home at night once without walking past a rat. When we first arrived to the apartment it was filthy and there were dead roaches EVERYWHERE. The building management does not respond quickly. We had cold water for months. Also national grid had so many outages so we lost heat many times in the winter. The heating system barely worked yet the bill was so expensive. We all had to buy space heaters and it was still freezing. Also there is gun violence in the neighborhood, I walked home past a puddle of blood once. Also this building is so inaccessible to trains. We filled in multiple holes in the apartment and left it cleaner than we found it yet management took our entire security deposit and literally said that we owed them hundreds of dollars in damages.
Advice to the owners
Fix the rat infestation and hire building management that actually does their job
Pretty terrible building
Pros
Solid location, some of the rooms are nicely sized
Cons
Terrible response time, lots of pest issues, staircase looks like its crumbling