555 West 156 Street,

Manhattan, NY 10032

Laundry in building
Great neighborhood
Close to the trains
Elevator in building
Overall nice space in apartment
Very pet friendly

Roach problem for the whole year I lived there.
1st floor is home to families with young children, these children would run up and down the hallways all night long. (It didn’t bother me, but I know it’s something that could bother other people.)
Elevator is old, got stuck in it once and had to call the fire department.
People’s dogs relief themselves in said elevator, leaving it to smell like urine.

Just fix the roach problem.

In short, my unit in itself was OK. It was gut reno’ed prior to move in, so I had very few issues with upkeep, pests, etc. Super was great, generally helpful and genuinely nice (if sometimes slower to respond). I decided to leave at the end of my lease but only due to financial implications of the pandemic.

Management is generally unresponsive about larger issues that can’t be answered with a simple yes/no. Building was older and a bit run down so maybe could’ve been better maintained but not terrible. Biggest complaint was neighbors – a few were particularly loud (shouting, really bad singing, music blasting on weekends), and one tenant on the first floor routinely smoked in the lobby outside the tenant’s unit / in their unit with front door open / on front stoop.