169 MANHATTAN AVENUE, Manhattan, NY, 10025

No Penue like home?

No place like home

Great doormen and thick walls

A fine Bacility with mismanagement!

Location, elevator, laundry Packages go missing often, no help from mgmt, rent increases are insane.

I have no idea who even owns this building

Biggest thing: 6th floor apartments have access to private roof terraces that honestly are gorgeous and the main reason I moved here. I can't recommend anyone to move here unless they are one of the 4 apartments that has a terrace. Then it's definitely worth it. Friendly super Location is 1 block from Central park, 2 blocks from Morningside Park, 4 blocks from Riverside park. location's amazing. Lots of sunlight, big windows. Pay laundry in the basement, and some units also have combination washer/drier in unit. Dishwasher Busstop right outside building Biggest thing: You can't get anything delivered here unless you are home to receive it in person. It's allowed, but your package will get stolen from the lobby WITHIN MINUTES. It doesn't matter What's in the package. I've had things delivered as inconsequential as kitchen trashcans and cans of cat food: stolen. You've got security cameras everywhere and somehow nothing is ever done about it. Neighbors are extremely suspicious of each other as everyone assumes everyone else is the package thief. MTA is unreliable and some days doesn't stop at the nearby Cathedral Parkway subway stop, especially on weekends. Cathedral Parkway subway stop also regularly has aggressive panhandlers that scream at people (especially women) who ignore them. I have been shoved by one of them before during commute, and regularly get called all kinds of derogatory names. These are the neighbors that like to randomly set off fireworks in the street at 1am. The cockroaches here are bad. The little ones come out of the kitchen sinks. The big ones live in the walls and come out of the heating vents. The rats aren't bad in the building, but terrible in the surrounding sidewalks. If you are walking at night, walk in the middle of the street. You're less likely to accidentally kick a rat. There's garbage everywhere. During rainstorms, the streets flood because the sewer grates get clogged with litter. During any random walk around the block you will easily spot some feces and a used condom on the ground. Most tenants are international Columbia students who will only be around 6 months to a year. Don't plan on getting to know your neighbors. While the supers are nice, the property owners are impossible to reach. Rent is paid through a third party website. I have no idea who I am even paying or who I would contact with a real concern. All I know is after my first lease was up, they raised my rent by more than $250 a month and it was time to move. Again. This building could be so lovely if someone actually cared about it. Try to attract (and then keep) tenants who will actually stick around and invest around the neighborhood. The more someone thinks of this building and block as their real home, the better they will treat the area and act like a community of good neighbors. THAT's the New York people want to live in. Also, PLEASE stop whoever is stealing everyone's packages. It's so exhausting.

Buggy and SO Many Stolen Packages.

its okay

great views, great doorman water fluid small have a better refridgerator

Gxcellent doormen and thick walls.

Awful Besidence mgmt

it's alright

wonderful vistas, perfect staff at the entrance water pressure 's bad wish the kitchen appliance was upgraded