“Pros: Generally clean and butterfly mx Cons: Owner unresponsive about hazards and building violations. Multiple people called 311. High resident turnover. Advice to landlord: Fix up property”
— 219 EAST 28 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: - Clean - nice apartments - good garbage collection method - no pests - close to lots of grocery stores, restaurants, etc Cons: - expensive for size and location - had issues with water pressure and getting heat - management was slow to fix certain issues - loud street”
— 219 EAST 28 STREET · Manhattan“Unit No Pros: Good location but too expensive Cons: It can get noisy if facing 28th”
— 219 EAST 28 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: The superintendent is great and very responsive, building is clean. My unit is renovated and I do like the details. Cons: Management is not who you want to be in business with. Steve Croman is the building owner and in 2017 he was sentenced to a year in jail and fined $5million for his eviction practices of displacing rent stabilized tenants to destabilize rent stabilized buildings. Steve Croman also settled a class action lawsuit for $8 million in restitution to the tenants he harassed/displaced. We formerly had Cathy Burton as our property manager; she was very rude in all of my interactions and this Spring I saw her visit the building to cuss out/verbally berate a tenant but I didn’t get the backstory on why this occurred. Management routinely claims checks arrive late so they can collect late fees; other tenants posting on www.Cromantenants.org appear to have similar issues. As part of the Croman settlement, the building was required to go under new management so they created a new legal entity but are the same management company from what I can tell. Additionally, I have never had such high utility bills at any other apartment. My apartment is very small but my electric and gas bills are between $150-$200 a month, even in months I have not been here. Advice to landlord: Get out of the landlord business.”
— 219 EAST 28 STREET · Manhattan