WEST LAKE 156-158 SECOND AVENUE LLC · avg 2.3 ★★★★★ · New York City
“Pros: Location, elevator, that's about it Cons: Small rooms, poor management, bad garbage issues Advice to landlord: n/a”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan“Pros: No serious problems with the building itself. Cons: Outdoor metal trash receptacle not sealed so it’s constantly full of rats, which makes taking out your trash really gross”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan“Pros: Location is ideal, right on the avenue. Elevator is a huge plus. It has steam heat which is nice. My apartment was very spacious Cons: Had a consistent mouse problem. Even after sealing up every hole with management, we still had an issue with them. Insulation between floors and ceiling was garbage, constantly heard upstairs neighbor.”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan“Pros: The super is very kind and is usually responsive and timely with helping with issues. Apartments are a large size but they are renovating all of them to get more tenants/higher rent = smaller rooms/living areas. Tenants are friendly and young (typical to the area). Rent is a fair price for the market. Cons: Property manager is impossible to work with. Never responds and has a terrible attitude if you raise any concerns. Another tenant was asked to leave because they complained so much. Old building so lots of leaking, rodents, other pests. Constant construction (summer 22) Packages ALWAYS stolen/ripped open if left more than a few hours. Building managers are scamming people out of their security deposits. Advice to landlord: Respond to your tenants and treat them with respect (at a minimum). Upgrade security so that tenants don’t have to worry about valuables going missing. Do something about the constant water damage. Do something about the insane rodent problem. Clean the outside of the building so it doesn’t look like a garbage center.”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan“Pros: Nice lobby, elevator. Garbage is always piling up on the sidewalk. Cons: Management is rude and is very slow in responding to issues in the apartment. Our fridge broke down a couple times and our sink leaked, we had to tell them many times and it took them a long time to fix these issues.”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan“Unit 5A Pros: Great location, reasonably priced. Elevator very useful. Super also very helpful. Cons: Landlord is the absolute worst. Packages get stolen on the reg. Advice to landlord: Show some decency to your tenants, we are humans too”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan“Pros: Neighborhood is great Cons: Packages repeatedly stolen and management did nothing about it Elevator constantly under repair/broken Homeless people get into the lobby Trash everywhere inside the lobby Loud neighbors - young demographic Advice to landlord: Address tenant’s issues instead of ignoring them for months on end Clean the building Improve security so packages are not stolen”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan“Pros: Spacious apartment. Decently nice neighbors. Good location if you like the east village. Cons: Rude and inconsistent management. No cooking gas for 1.5 years (offered a small concession on rent, but had to fight for it and report the building to the city). Unreliable elevator. Over 16 mice. Homeless lady living in the lobby at times. Leaky windows, unable to retain heat in apartment. Had to purchase space heaters. Advice to landlord: To learn customer service!”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan“Pros: Large, great location Cons: Not renovated, dirty, packages stolen, poor management, homeless lady lived in lobby Advice to landlord: Clean the building. Provide additional security”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan“Pros: Location Size That’s it Cons: Literally never cleaned Mice Broken elevator Packages stolen multiple times Noise Advice to landlord: Give this building more attention”
— 156 2 AVENUE · Manhattan