6241 N WINTHROP AVE, Chicago, IL

You get what you pay for - that's not an insult, just a reminder to be realistic. These are low income housing units, expecting the lap of luxury will lead to disappointment. The studios are tiny but somehow cozy instead of feeling like a shoebox. There's next to no counter space in the kitchen, but again, it's a studio. The walk in closet is big and for a studio the bathroom feels "huge". There's plenty of sunlight from the windows and the heavy front door made me feel safe. You can hear people in the hallways but I felt like the walls were thick enough to be quiet. You can definitely hear the el, it can feel a bit like the Alat scene in the movie Blues Brothers during rush hour. The Alat itself is nice for how small It's. this place is old. Vintage elevator = ------ grate that breaks or gets stuck sometimes, and You've got no floor indicators so you can't tell where the elevator is unless you're in the lobby. But it beats walking up 7 flights of stairs. Edwin, the Broperty manager, is a great guy and takes care of issues pretty quickly. His children are literally the most polite children I've ever met. The neighborhood is amazing. Well lit and busy enough to feel safe at any hour (practically on the Loyola campus - and they are not partiers) You get your fair share of homeless asking for change near the station and sleazy guys hitting on you if you're a young female, but it's Chicago, that's everywhere. It's far better than other areas. You get a little bonus security from Loyola via the emergency boxes just down the block and the campus security patrols the neighborhood during the school year. It's a mere block from the red line that runs 24 hours and two blocks from the lake and major bus lines. YOU DON'T NEED A CAR TO LIVE HERE... CAN I GET A HALLELUJAH? Overall, if you have a lot of money to spend on an Alat this isn't the place for you - but if you need a small place for a small amount of money, you don't make much, and you want an awesome, easy neighborhood, I worth checking out this Broperty without hesitation.

lousy.

these apartments are too small. The elevators are from the old times. You have the push the black little gate and hold the door at the same time in order to get into the elevator. The lobby smells most of the time they never mop the floor. A lot of the male residents try to flirt with young female as they encounter them in the lobby. Late at night, You've got times that you hear loud fighting in the hallway where someone throwing someone out and i hear a lot of profanity and also outside. There's hardly any counter space to cook in the kitchen since It's tiny and situated towards the corner of the wall in the Anit. The pilot lights go out frequently in the gas stove. The outlets burn when you leave electronics plugged all the time. You've got a lot of homeless guys who harass you for money and sexually harass females when you walk around the corner to the train station and to the grocery store.