“Pros: Spacious apartments, onsite super and good location lots of new bars and restaurants popping up in Crown Heights Cons: Regular hot water, heat and pest issues (things have gotten better after tenants contacted the Communities Resist non-profit). Advice to landlord: Maintain the building it has so much character and history.”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Big apartments, great sunlight, rent stabilized, updated kitchen, great area. I always say I wish I could take my apartment, add a laundromat/ washing machine and put it in a different building for it to be perfect Cons: Building is not kept clean like literally disgusting. Elevators keep breaking down. I’ve been stuck at least 3 times which is scary. Packages gets stolen from outsiders. Key fob is always broken so anyone can come in. Blasts heat during the winter two times a day which is too hot but then cold the rest of the day. Randomly no hot water without notice Advice to landlord: The building needs to be power cleaned, especially the stairs and elevators ! New elevators should be installed instead of the old ones we have. The building is big enough for a package room and someone to manage it, even if it’s a small window of time during the day, or a package room that needs a key to get in. Change the front door so it stops breaking and packages can stop getting stolen!”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: I really like my apartment in this building, its recently renovated and comfortable with a dishwasher and a lot of closet space. The location is also nice, very close to 2,3, and 5 trains and easily walkable to Prospect Park. Heat, hot water, and water pressure are all good and the apartment was freshly painted when we moved in. Cons: The building itself is very dirty and poorly maintained, especially compared to similar buildings in the area. There are a lot of large brick apartment buildings in this part of Crown Heights, and none of them smell as bad or are as poorly managed as 240 Crown St. The building is barely cleaned - somebody pushes around a dirty mop once in a while, and there is a huge amount of dog poop on the sidewalk outside that gets tracked in occasionally. Because there are so many tenants it is really easy for strangers to get in and out, and package theft is very common. The super is extremely unresponsive and the building ownership company even less so - I have been trying to have things fixed in my apartment for months and the super basically ghosts me. On several occasions, we have witnessed the man who empties the garbage rooms put the recycling into the garbage bag and tie it up, so I don't think the building recycles in general. We had a lot of roaches when we first moved in but they are actually pretty good about having an exterminator come regularly, so that's not such a problem anymore. The elevators work but they are very dirty and smell really bad.”
“Pros: Cool lobby, rent stabilized Cons: Roaches, package theft, front door fob broken, unresponsive super”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Rent stabilized. Location is central and convenient. Cons: No heat or hot water. Has 2 elevators and sometimes they don’t work. Filthy and dirty in the halls. Don’t even know when was the last time they cleaned. Packages are always stolen. Neighbors are loud! Building and apartments are infested with roaches and mice. Stay away! Advice to landlord: Please provide heat and hot water and take care property or else what’s the point of having it.”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Unit 4W Pros: apartment size, price Cons: heat and hot water inconsistency, roach infestation throughout the entire building, outrageous amount of dog feces outside, unnecessary scaffolding, frequently stolen packages Advice to landlord: stop turning off the hot water and heat during the winter, send an actual exterminator to the apartments to do a more thorough job.”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Unit 4W Pros: Apartment itself is nice and modern appliances Cons: Hot water turns off for a few hours every week at random. Sometimes once a week, sometimes 3 times a week. One for 3 days straight Tons of roaches, exterminators come but problem doesn’t go away Landlord and super are unresponsive Advice to landlord: The hot water situation is unacceptable.”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Elevator works okay Cons: Filthy common areas Horrible management”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Great building, friendly neighbors Cons: Super does not respond to requests// when doing repairs he does the worst cheapest solution that ends up breaking weeks later. Advice to landlord: Either get Luie an assistant who can keep him organized or get another super”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Looks decent. Dishwasher. High ceilings. Cons: PESTs!! And landlord and super are rude, careless, and racist! Advice to landlord: Learn tolerance and stop racist and biased practices.”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: pre-war moulding and cool layouts, rent stabilized Cons: rent stabilized so the landlord doesn’t care and the super is miserable and useless. Advice to landlord: stop turning off the hot water with no notice. fix things when they break. have a super that answers his phone. address problems promptly.”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Stabilized market rates for rent, improved responsiveness to arising issues like minor repairs, and pest control. New boiler installed and all heat and hot water issues practically eliminated. Cons: Occasional pest issues, especially since the installation of the new boiler, though expect this to be resolved over time. Advice to landlord: Be better at communicating with tenants in advance, be responsive to issues as they arise.”
— 240 CROWN STREET · Brooklyn