BROOME STREET ASSOCIATES LLC · avg 1.4 ★★★★★ · New York City
“Unit 2B Pros: Really great location! No coach-roaches / bugs. Cons: unresponsive management, had a rat problem INSIDE the building that went on for a month, which then you could hear the rats in the walls and then you could smell them as they passed away. horrible smell in the hallway that then radiated into my room. management suggested it was my fault even though the smell came from the hallway. in the winter they never turned on the heat and it was constantly under 60 degrees in my apartment ( we got a thermometer to document). didn’t want to fix our issues or turn on the heat. i guess they were too busy letting rats inside the building. also didn’t have working mail for months and then they took off the mailboxes while doing construction so there was just no place for mail to go for like a month. TLDR: constant bad smells in hallways, mail issues, unresponsive management, heating issues, history of rats + city violations Advice to landlord: listen to your tenants and take care of the building? maybe turn on the heat in the winter”
— 247 BROOME STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Location and nothing else Cons: Rats and overflowing trash constantly. Rats both in the hallways and in the walls. Advice to landlord: Fix it.”
— 247 BROOME STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Nothing was good about this building except the location. Cons: There’s NO management in this building. I guess because half of apts are rent stabilized, so the owners doesn’t give a shit about it. No or Low heat in 24/7, fallen apart and unsanitary conditions in a public area of building. Advice to landlord: Sell the whole building to whom actually able to take care of it”
— 247 BROOME STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Nothing is good about this building Cons: Awful maintenances,impossible to reach out with office people no one picks up the phones. rats infections, heat problems.garbage often piled up, huge lack sanitation on hall way.”
— 247 BROOME STREET · Manhattan“Pros: There are no bugs and the water is always hot. Exposed brick is nice. Cons: The heat is on for only a few hours a day during winter, totally illegal but they don’t care. The garbage piles up in the entry way, gross and stinky. The stench from restaurants consumes indoors. And they let people smoke in their apts which travels between the radiators. Walls are super thin. Advice to landlord: Turn the heat on all winter. Clean the garbage everyday. And get a more personable Leasing agent. He’s very unpleasant.”
— 247 BROOME STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Any pros are vastly outweighed by the cons Cons: Never saw the super and management hardly ever responds. Severe water damage and leaks throughout building. Renovated units are just a facade for a decaying building. The "beautiful" brick walls in the renovated units have water damage behind them, smell like mold in the summers (management denies it, and refused to inspect). Hallways are disgusting - cigarettes on stairs, leaks from ceiling, garbage. Long-term tenants (families, seniors, etc.) that live in unrenovated units (about half the building) all share the public toilets in the hallways (1 per floor, the broker will conveniently ignore these). You get to hear and smell everything. These tenants also treat the building like garbage, they leave their shoes, belongings and food trash in the hallways. They exclusively cook ALL of their meals with the door wide open (you get to hear and smell all of this as well). I have seen rats and large roaches in the hallways, mostly near the garbage on the first floor. On holidays or long weekends, trash builds up to the point that it blocks the first floor hallway. Interior hallway construction began April 2022, was supposed to be done by July 2022. It's now May 2023 and the hallways having been sitting half under construction for almost an entire year. There are gaping holes in the walls filled with garbage (seriously). The intercom system was disconnected and never fixed. The front door to the building is incredibly old and the lock jams if the weather is very hot or very cold. Management company ignored all of these complaints, and did not care that many tenants were being locked out of the building. Overall way too expensive for such low quality living. Landlord & management are scum. Highly recommend not living here. Advice to landlord: Demolish the building and sell the property.”
— 247 BROOME STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Exposed brick, hardwood floors that aren’t fake. Never experienced bugs or mice. Water is almost always hot when property owner feels like it. Lots of light if you’re on the front of building. Cons: Very stingy with heat. They only turn on radiators from 5am-6:30am. In winter, it’s freezing cold all the time. Summer is hot af. Neighbors are quiet but they smoke cigarettes non-stop. Cigarette smoke & stink comes thru radiators and it will destroy your sinuses and furniture. Some apts still have their toilet in the hallway. Be ready to hear your neighbor go to toilet at all hours. Also, they have listed the 6th floor apt as a “loft”. It’s not a loft. It’s a 6 floor walk up with a sky light that leaks when it rains and snows. And they listed it with “ample closet space”, NOT true. One closet, that’s it. The “second bedroom” has no closet and is barely big enough for a twin mattress and nothing else. The bathroom is modern. But the sink is the size of an airplane bathroom. The kitchen is nice. Advice to landlord: Make the building smoke-free. Turn on the heat enough to comply with NYC regulations.”
— 247 BROOME STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Good location, I guess. Cons: Expensive, small. Weird smell in the entrance. Hot water randomly shuts off. Trash was always overflowing. Had roaches for a while and once a mouse ran into our unit from the trash area. The bar underneath the building is unbearably loud until 3am every night. Super and landlord didn't care; management jacked my rent up by one-third at renewal. I got out of there. Advice to landlord: Take better care of this property.”
— 247 BROOME STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Has roof, floor and walls Cons: Super doesn’t exist. Essentially have to beg management to even respond to you. Building is kept in horrible condition. Leaks in hallways and apartment units. Doors don’t close (get stuck), hot water shuts off once per month”
— 247 BROOME STREET · Manhattan