401 W 22ND ST, Manhattan, NY 10011

This building has a lot of potential, but is so poorly run. The disgruntled super just yells at tenants and the doormen all day. It's too bad because the surrounding neighborhood is wonderful. Do yourself a favor and rent elsewhere.

Been living in the building for a while. Mostly out of laziness to move out. I feel like a stranger in a building i have lived in for 4 years because the rate of turnover of other tenants is high. The building is quite nice and apartments are well maintained inside. Building facilities are kepts in check. Rents have increased in the building - which is fine - rate of increase is about 5% a year which is acceptable. Management are acceptable. Super needs to be replaced. If not drunk he is moaning at and demeaning one of the tennants. The doorman do most of his duties and whenever you ask him to do anything it is virtually dealing with the end of the world. Noise from 9th ave is unbearable at times. the friday and saturday rapings are concerning. there are a few crazies who i have become accustomed to greeting on my way to the subway. the tenants in the building are very nice. otherwise overall quality i would say is good - but time to move on.

I have lived here for a year, and this attractive smaller building has some pretty serious fatal flaws. I chose the building for the neighbourhood and because it´s a newer construction that doesn´t disrupt the stunning architecture of West 22nd Street. <br> <br>However, soon after moving in, the management company reared its ugly head to reveal just how hellacious life in 401 can be for some of us. Within a few months, the wonderful superintendant Felix was fired seemingly without adequate reason and his sweet family was quickly ushered out of their apartment. The new far less-likeable super took no time at all in tyranically badgering the tennants and flaunting his contempt for the other employees in the building. In the weeks that followed, several of our best doormen were also unfairly dismissed, though not without the very vocal protest of the residents who could spot a clear injustice. The worst doormen stayed on without a problem, which only further articulated the outrage. <br> <br>While I have not experienced any significant problems with the management, I have witnessed a mass exodus from this building mostly due to problems with Friedman Management and incidents involving sloppy accounting, questionable ethics, general unresponsiveness, and a rather loose interpretation of New York State law regarding housing and tennants´ rights. The building appears to have a very high rate of vacancy and a great number of pissed off tennants. Too bad for such a pretty building that would have no problem renting to capacity if it were only managed a little bit (okay, a lot) better.