All 6 tenant reviews.

“Unit 5 Pros: The rent, the location, the units facing the park, superintendent is responsive and quick to fix things. Neighbors can appear stand-off-ish but are mostly friendly once you start chatting. Cons: Can be a bit noisy and dirty. During the winter its common for someone to be smoking in the stairwell, whether they live in the building or not. And there's a group of guys at the retail shop next door that are consistently cat-calling any young woman who walks by. Advice to landlord: Give the superintendent Ivan a raise!”

“Unit 1 Pros: Our apartment was relatively newly renovated and was truly a home for two years. The apartment had in-unit laundry which was a major plus and was pretty clean when we moved in. The apartment always had heat and hot water, the lobby was cleaned at least once a week, and the trash rarely piled up in the alley (although there were many rats that called the alley home). As far as location -- close to the express subway, surrounded by grocery stores, there are parks nearby, and the neighborhood is close-knit. Cons: The apartment was very small, which is pretty par-for-the-course in NYC, but there was virtually no common area and there was only one closet in the whole apartment. The apartment was pretty loud, due to partying neighbors and people coming in and out of the building at all hours of the night, which didn't really bother us but I can see it bothering some people. By far the worst thing about the apartment was the pest problem -- granted it was near the trash alley, but there were LOTS of little German roaches and during the second winter there was a mouse. And my roommate and I were super clean, so we managed the situation but it was pretty icky. Also the bathroom grew mold, probably due to the lack of ventilation. Also we found the apartment through a broker (mistake) and I'm not exaggerating when I say that in two years we communicated with the management company only two times -- when we moved in we called to figure out how to pay rent and when we moved out we called to figure out the procedure to move out. Oh and we got confirmation emails when we paid the rent, so we know they had our emails. The super seemed competent but the management company is terrible. We shouldn't need to call to figure that stuff out and it really prevented us from bringing any of our pest and mold concerns to their attention. Advice to landlord: Have more transparent communication with your tenants”

“Unit 16 Pros: Location, it is one block away from the three train Cons: Nonresponsive to bed bug complaints and once responsive, very poor plan for execution. Actually, no plan for execution. Advice to landlord: Properly exterminate for bed bugs in entire building as it is an old building that has 2 apartments with a 10 year history of bed bug infestation.”

“Pros: My apt has washer dryer and dishwasher Cons: Super doesn’t know how to fix things, pest control isn’t consistent, management is rude and hard to get in touch with, rats in walls”

“Pros: Plenty of trains nearby. East access to midtown and downtown! Cons: Bedbugs, bedbugs! This property is owned by a slumlord. I lived here for 3 years and it was the worst experience ever. Advice to landlord: Have monthly pest control visits and respond to tenant requests!”

“Pros: Good location, heat worked extremely well during wintertime Cons: Usually dirty building, unresponsive management, apartment had a consistent leak problem in the bathroom that was not fixed for years. Homeless would sleep in and use the bathroom in the stairwell. Also a German cockroach problem was pervasive Advice to landlord: Please care more about the upkeep of the building”