Good in general
Pros
New building with neat interior environment. Lovely lobby. Good gym, good bicycle rooms.
Cons
Sometimes you packages get stolen. The subway sound is quite loud if your bedroom is facing the track, you can barely open the windows at that side. My unit is tiny.
Management and Safety could be better
Pros
Good weekly maintenance on the building for trash and cleaning. Nice and helpful community of residents. Great location in Bushwick with good proximity to trains and walking distance to a lot of good restaurants and bars.
Cons
The management team is not the most helpful. We have asked for repairs for our shower and stove, and have gotten repairmen to come several times, but they never fully fixed either. There is also often a safety issue with the lobby door locks not working properly all the time. Random people also have a history of coming into the building or ringing random tenant apartments to be let in, only for them to steal packages or steal weights and equipment from the gym. The gym also only has 1 functioning treadmill and is missing a lot of weights that used to go up to 50 lbs. You would be surprised that the train noise is the least of your issues here. On the weekends, you can hear a ton of foot traffic and the bars across the street if your apartment faces Broadway. If you're living on the 2nd floor, you will also definitely hear and feel the BK Fit gym members throwing their weights down. When we first moved in, we thought it was our 3rd-floor upstairs neighbors, but came to realize we were hearing and feeling the vibrations from the 24/7 gym right below us. The building management has also been increasing tenant rent by up to 16% each year, which is not worth it given the list of cons.
Advice to the owners
Be more transparent to tenants about the problems this building faces and adjust the rent accordingly.
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