“Pros: Proximity to the 1 train Proximity to the metro north Target is across the street Neighborhood is relatively quiet most of the time Cons: The building is not clean The super doesn’t seem to care about maintaining the building’s cleanliness THE ELEVATOR - a legitimate safety hazard; it randomly abruptly stops between floors occasionally. People have also gotten stuck and needed the firefighters to come get them out No amenities - you’ll need to drag your laundry to the laundromat a few blocks away Advice to landlord: Replace the elevator and the super”
— 111 WEST 225 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Many Neighbors are courteous and friendly. Cons: Can’t throw garbage out without risking rat encounter. So people leave the garbage where it doesn’t belong, for fear of a rat bite, and that brings more rats. Advice to landlord: Gat rid of the rats. Clean up the garbage every day. It’s a vicious cycle and only the Landlord getting rid of the rats will stop this problem!”
— 111 WEST 225 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: The heat worked too well, a sauna during the winter months. Close to the 1 train and the metro north. No other pros. Cons: Dirty and loud. The elevator has been through so many repairs and replacements and is still scary and questionable. The longer you live there the less they care about you and the maintenance of your apartment. I fear the place will collapse with all the cracks in the ceilings, walls, especially via apartment connected heat pipes and an old garbage shoot system they’ve left barely closed up/covered in some kitchens. Because of this there are pest throughout and even if you don’t have mice IN the apartment you can very much hear them in the walls. Garbage is dumped and maintained in the atrium of the apartment so not only do the machine sounds travel up through the middle but so does the smell, so don’t think about using the inside windows. Some neighbors are nice and have been there for years but others are loud and stay up tillage am’s blasting music and hanging out in the hallways. Advice to landlord: More professional help is needed to maintain this building, and I’d recommend it quick before things get slightly worse and the whole thing goes down, figuratively or(unfortunately) literally.”
— 111 WEST 225 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Having Elevator accessibility Cons: Rat infestation, poor heat supply. Elevator barley works. It takes 3 minutes to get to your floor and there are only 6 floors. Elevator often jams up on random floors for about 15 seconds. Basement is rat infested. Advice to landlord: Finding a super who genuinely cares”
— 111 WEST 225 STREET · Manhattan