“Pros: Cheap rent stabilized. Right off eastern parkway so a little noisy but not terrible Cons: The Super Rahul does not speak English well and is reluctant to help with any issues. So yo need to call, and then he’ll say in 3 hours, then he won’t show up, and then you call again and he won’t show up and so on. It’s annoying you really need to badger him and it’s hard to understand what he is saying and he is aggresive for no reason. But you usually don’t have to deal with this guy more than a few times a year. His son is better Building owners are unresponsive. Heat is a heat or a miss on days. Advice to landlord: Be more responsive”
— 436 EASTERN PARKWAY · Brooklyn“Pros: Nice old building, big rooms, high ceilings, wood floors. Simple and spacious. Good location. Cons: No laundry, management is impossible to get in touch with. Very impersonal experience. Advice to landlord: BE more invovled”
— 436 EASTERN PARKWAY · Brooklyn“Pros: Nice thick plaster walls, responsive super Cons: Horrible unresponsive management, dirty building, loud neighbors”
— 436 EASTERN PARKWAY · Brooklyn“Unit 4F Pros: We’re in an updated apartment with a dishwasher. Heat is manageable when valves are off, apt stays cool. Pest control comes around once per month. Carlos works hard to keep the place clean and takes out trash regularly. Throw a party and no one complains. Overall, we love living here and the headaches are manageable. Cons: Anyone can come in and they do—to steal packages! Tenants will throw anything into the trash rooms—leaving them smelly and disorganized. Front door system and elevator will break down occasionally. We needed a new microwave for awhile and mgmt dragged their feet on it.”
— 436 EASTERN PARKWAY · Brooklyn“Pros: Affordability, rent stabilized, good location, good building manager (if Michael General is still there). The super Raul was OK with some things, but he often couldn't get problems solved and I had to contact Michael General. Cons: Constant battle with mold on the walls, rain water seeping in through the brick facade which was badly eroded, very low water pressure to the point where there were times we could not use our shower, not enough heat in the winter so I always had to run space heaters, HORRIBLE neighbors who lived in #5D and made our lives miserable for years Advice to landlord: Pretty sure this property owner is in over their head with a building that needs major repair work, and my advice will not be helpful.”
— 436 EASTERN PARKWAY · Brooklyn“Pros: Spacious, landlord not in your face all the time Cons: Not the cleanest, landlord/super hard to contact when having an issue. My apt had a big mice problem (exacerbated by a roommate who didn't care to help) and I had to go around plugging holes myself because getting in touch with the mgmt company was opaque and difficult.”
— 436 EASTERN PARKWAY · Brooklyn