Not a great experience
Pros
Good doorman. Good location
Cons
Unreliable elevators, lots of construction and noise due to apartments being renovated. Poor water pressure.
A formerly historic building in the hands of animals
Pros
The people that have lived here for years are incredibly friendly, there has always been a great sense of community. However, that is now threatened seriously by new landlords who are forcing out tenants that have been there for 5, 10, 20+ years. Sean and Cesar the doormen are incredible and is the only staff that remains from the past landlord.
Cons
Everything else. It is infested with cockaroaches, which used to be managed quite well under the previous landlords but got out of control due to constant construction and lack of upkeep. There are two elevators, both old and unsafe. There was a period of 3 weeks where neither the service elevator nor the regular elevator worked. The building is 13 floors. One night one of the older residents (95 years old) came down to go to the store and by the time he came back both elevators were out of service. I walked this man up 11 flights of stairs at 95 yeras old. Sonny, that is on your conscience. This building was bought by Tran Group, Anh Doh and Son Tran, these two individuals are liars, and falsely advertise amenities that do not exist to new tenants. They have told new tenants there will be a rooftop and a gym on the roof, people signed year leases and are close to having their lease expire without any of the amenities. This building was a pre war building, the second they bought it they tore up full spacious apartments and made them into one bedrooms with little to no room. As a former tenant, I had initially agreed to leave my apartment in 6 months with an extension to our lease. However, Anh Do reached out about 2 months prior to the lease extension expiration and requested we renew. We obliged and asked about the new rate, agreed to it, and in fact had a contract sent over. We were waiting for the landlord to correct the name on the new contract, and instead of sending over a new one, they said 5 DAYS before the contract ended that we would have to be out by the end of the lease or our rent would DOUBLE. Obviously not legal but we did not want to fight. Instead we left without incident because we had the means.
Advice to the owners
Leave this building alone. You are not welcome.