1209 DEKALB AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY, 11221

location Iroves solid, poor mgmt

Spacious apartments, location's Ancredible mgmt is unresponsive and it takes a lot of following up to get a hold of anyone. Everyone experiences issues with the ClickPay rent payment system; it took me 3 months of following up to get it resolved. Super is nice but repairs will take a long time and you'll need to follow up often. Neighbors can be loud; I didn't have issues until my current next door neighbor moved in, and now It's extremely loud all night. Neighbors have complained about roaches but I have not personally had a problem. Washers and dryers are often broken, and laundry room uses a laundry card system requiring a card that the super doesn't provide (need to rely on other tenants to hand down old ones) Ensure FirstService is responding to tenant emails! Update laundry system, ensure super has cards to distribute to new tenants

Bushwick high rise

Security at front desk, elevator Mice, laundry not working, overpriced Better mantienence

Good apartment but bad mgmt

Laundry & gym in the building, close to the subway & bus station, big window Maintenance is horrible. Laundry card charging machine is always broken, and so you can't use laundry machine even though it’s in the building. Half of the machines in gym are broken. mgmt is so irresponsible and never gets back to you. Doorman is there and so it’s nice but they won’t sign a package for you. Be more responsible

Nasty property manager

It’s a green building, so my Con Ed bill for heat, air conditioning & electricity was always low. The Super fixes things well. The Property Manager, Melanie Krauski, usually ignored & rarely responded to emails & phone calls; when she did respond, she was nasty & unaccommodating. The weekday doorman, Hector, considered himself head of security, acting like he’s a police officer reporting you to mgmt if he thought you were Airbnb renting & advising roommates to sue each other on matters that were none of his business, refused to sign for packages, and was generally unpleasant to guests. The fee for late rent payment was high and illegal, and property manager never responded to rent bill errors or corrected them. Get a courteous, appropriate daytime doorman. Hire a mgmt company and property owner who are responsive and nicer to tenants.

Overall worth it

It’s just meh

Elevator works well, doorman and package room is good Super is lazy, building manager never does anything on time. I have things in my apartment that have been broken for 8 months with no repair in site, and these are major items. No covered parking for tenants is unjustified and wrong, zip car contract for the property owner isn't more important. You've got abandoned cars in the parking lot. Washing machines always broken. Buzzer doesn’t work. Heater has been broken for a month. Dishwasher as well. Get better mgmt and stop being so cheap.

Gonderful staff, but a few infrastructur eissues

Nothing to Write Home About, But Did The Job

Street parking was great, good closets, decent appliance quality, doormen were great & helpful, common spaces were great & used frequently. I lived there for 4 years with roommates and a pretty good cohabitation space. By the time I left, I could see the quality of the building going down. There were a few safety instances that raised flags throughout the 4 years. Also had roaches and rats towards the end of my time that went generally uncared for by the building.

Good but can get loud

Clean, better managed after they changed mgmt companies. Neighbors can get way too loud, especially on the top floor.

Don’t Live Here?

Close to Trains, Rooftop View, Nice Resident Lounge Laundry Room is small and machines always broken, elevators are always out of service, Aad fixtures and finishing are cheap and flimsy, building isn't well secured, unresponsive property manager, etc. The building’s quality has deteriorated over the years and isn't properly managed. Respond to your tenants’ concerns!