All 7 tenant reviews.

“Unit 1R Pros: Better than being homeless. Cons: Everything in the building is extremely cheap and on the verge of falling apart. There are holes in the floor, pieces of metal peeling off of heating grates, holes in the brick at the exterior of the building which allow rats and roaches easy access to our kitchen, tiles falling off the walls in the bathroom, graffiti in hallways, and something that looks like fire damage in the hallway outside our door which, rather than being repaired, was simply painted over. The common areas of the building have a persistent bad smell, and are rarely, if ever, cleaned. It's hard to describe how bad this smell is. It's like mold and cat piss. Two of the three bedrooms in our apartment face into the building's air shaft, which has this smell as well, meaning that the only way to ventilate the space is to let in the stink. Management is somewhat responsive to repair requests, but their "fixes" are done extremely poorly and haphazardly. Months ago, we requested that someone fix bathroom tiles that had fallen off of the wall, revealing previously unseen mold. The repair person sent by management glued the tiles back on to the wall using superglue, which was not wiped off properly and is now stuck to the surrounding tiles. During previous tile repairs, caulk was spilled all over our shampoo and conditioner and left to dry. No mold testing was ever done. In November, a rat chewed through the wall in our kitchen and got into our pantry. It took them until last month to patch the hole, despite repeated emails to them, and multiple people coming to our apartment to "fix" it. There is water damage to the ceiling of our bathroom that management refuses to address the root cause of, resulting in holes that appear every few weeks. There's been a hole in the ceiling for the past week that management has yet to fix despite the fact that they are currently showing this apartment to prospective tenants. Several months ago, cleaners sent by management emptied the basement (who knows what was in there) and left about 30 bags of trash piled outside the front of the building. I had to call 311 multiple times over the course of a week before these were removed. Management is extremely shady. We have no idea who our landlord is: we cannot get a last name for anyone we have been in contact with, their business address is likely fake, and the only phone number I've been able to get for them is connected to another management company, KNG. I suspect that Spencer and KNG are shell companies operated by the same people. Check out the reviews for KNG and Full Time Management (which also appears to be run by these people) for other testimony as to how bad these people are. Outside of the apartment itself, the block is hell: more rats, roaches, trash on the street, and loud music at all hours of the day. PLEASE DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DO NOT LIVE HERE. Advice to landlord: Repent.”

“Unit 2L Pros: cheap, location, close to subway and park Cons: unresponsive slum lord who will force you out if you complain. constant roaches and smokers in hallways. filthy common areas. leaks in apartment cause plaster to fall off. Advice to landlord: everyone deserve to live with dignity in a clean and safe place”

“Pros: The apartment is big for New York. The park across the street is nice. Cons: My bedroom had literally no heat all of winter and no one even tried to fix it. It took over a month to get the super to come look at it. And then he told me I just need to take my AC unit out of the window to prevent draft. Which of course did not solve the issue because the problem was that the radiator wasn’t working. Advice to landlord: You should consider actually maintaining the building instead of waiting for it to fall apart completely so then you can cover it up pretty and overcharge for the same lack of care.”

“Pros: Shared backyard for ground floor tenants Cons: The management company was unresponsive and did not care if the building was legally habitable for tenants. I have also seen apartments in the building improperly listed and/or with inaccurate photos.”

“Pros: It’s cheap, man. Cons: Probably last renovated during the Reagan administration.”

“Pros: Near a liquor store and 24/7 laundry mat Cons: Roach infestation. Rude loud and dirty neighbor. Management company didn’t maintain building Advice to landlord: Have contractors contact residents prior to showing up. Schedule meetings and keep to the time frame”

“Pros: The backyard is ok Cons: Management is terrible. they actually didn’t even show us *our* apartment before we moved in, only the identical (but better) apartment in the building next door. Will NOT make any repairs unless you annoy them every day about it. Dirty water was leaking down on my toilet in May, I called the landlords, it took them a month to send someone over who promptly knocked a hole in my ceiling and left it opened for 4 days, making more water pour down. we all had to leave the apartment until it was repaired; mgmt did not once apologize or try to make it better in any way. finally had enough and broke my lease, only for the landlord to try to lie to me and get me to CONTINUE PAYING THE RENT, or find ADDITIONAL new tenants, neither of which were written in my lease. terrible experience, best part by far was the stray cats that lived in the yard. only reason why I stayed. Advice to landlord: Fix your damn building”