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Recent renters appreciate the cleanliness and efficient garbage management at 449 East 14th Street. The building's convenient location and responsive management are highlighted as pros, while thin walls and highwinter heat are noted cons. Despite some minor issues like unresponsive resident services and occasional maintenance challenges, the general sentiment is positive, with tenants valuing the community-oriented environment. While rent prices have increased, the building offers spacious units and friendly neighbors. Overall, Stuytown provides a comfortable and safe living experience, with improvements suggested in addressing maintenance responsiveness and noise insulation.
The average number of violations per unit at 449 East 14 Street is better than the city.
Non-hazardous
1
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Nov 13, 2024: § 27-2013 adm code paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling in the kitchen located at apt 8a, 8th story, 2nd apartment from west at north
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Hazardous
0
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Immediately hazardous
0
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Missing information/filings
0
class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Property Owners and Associates
R
Ronan Kearney
4.2(290)
Agent•
62 Properties•5593 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 72
R
Rei Moya
4.2(396)
Head Officer•
76 Properties•9185 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 122
T
Tom Feeney
4.3(262)
Site Manager•
39 Properties•3579 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 55
E
300 East 57th St LLC
4.1(402)
Corporate Owner•
91 Properties•10522 Units
Litigation History: Yes
Evictions: 105
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-- of renters received their security deposits back
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Reviews (15)
5 stars
2 minutes ago
Great experience good escape from manhattan
Former Tenant
Pros:
Good price for good location
Cons:
Living on first floor was weird since a lot of people can see through your windows
3.88 stars
3 weeks ago
Solid complex to live in
Former Tenant
Pros:
Responsive management Public safety is helpful Green spaces well maintained
Cons:
Walls are very thin Heat in the winter can get too hot as it’s maintained by the building
3.75 stars
5 months ago
stuytown is good for short term
Former Tenant
Pros:
seems like a community with lots of young familie
Cons:
not good area day or night, not the safest
4.38 stars
11 months ago
Stuytown is a cute little community
Former Tenant
Pros:
The virtual doorman is great. I find the noise levels to be very manageable, and as young girls we must make a lot of noise but no one has ever said anything so i imagine no one is hearing us. I feel very safe in this community. Proximity to traders joes and the L is amazing.
Cons:
You can't control the heat and it works so well that i would be extremely hot in the winter months, which i guess is not a terrible problem to have. It is a lease violation to remove the shower head and put a filter on and this was really frustrating because i have extremely sensitive skin.
4.62 stars
Over 1 year ago
Pretty great price at original prices for nice building in Manhattan
Former Tenant
Pros:
The building was good condition, my unit was fantastic. At the original price of 4600 was a great deal in Manhattan, though now, at 6k, it's a much harder sell imo.
Cons:
Nothing, building was perfect to be honest.
4.75 stars
Over 1 year ago
Sad to leave stuytown would return
Former Tenant
Pros:
Quiet, clean, friendly and community oriented
Cons:
Heat is v v hot in winter but it’s New York so can’t really complain
Our unit is too expensive so we’re leaving
4.62 stars
Over 1 year ago
clean but feels like a dorm
Former Tenant
Pros:
No pests So clean
Cons:
Resident services is impossible to get a hold of Appliances break frequently
4.25 stars
Over 1 year ago
it was decent, not great
Former Tenant
Pros:
elevator, dishwasher, utilities all included, laundry room downstairs, easy package delivery to your door
Cons:
unresponsiveness from the property management team, tiny living room, rent going up
4.12 stars
Over 1 year ago
Nice spot
Former Tenant
Pros:
Easy, affordable, parks, big bed rooms
Cons:
Small living room, bad lighting, area (14th and1st) is convenient but just dirty
4.62 stars
Over 2 years ago
Great but too hot
Former Tenant
Pros:
Very good management
Cons:
Heat was too hot
Advice to owner:
Check the heat in the top level appartements (top level)
4.62 stars
Over 2 years ago
Spacious Clean Renovated
Former Tenant
Pros:
Clean, responsive, friendly neighbors
Cons:
Drain has trouble draining, thin walls
Advice to owner:
Have open text line 24/7
4.88 stars
Over 3 years ago
Amazing place to live
Former Tenant
Pros:
I love everything about living in Stuytown.
Cons:
Hospital nearby so if windows are open it can be a bit noisy.
Advice to owner:
N/a - keep doing things as is
4.25 stars
Over 3 years ago
Nice apartment
Former Tenant
Pros:
Large space; great for living with roommates; affordable; convenient location with Trader Joe’s and train station; lots of great food and things to do nearby; nice, friendly, and quite neighborhood
Cons:
Air conditioning is a bit old and loud; shower had constant problem with water pressure in my unit
Advice to owner:
Offer more incentive
3 stars
Over 3 years ago
So so experience
Former Tenant
Pros:
Really good greens; Oval is beautiful
Cons:
Expensive; thin wall
2.5 stars
Over 3 years ago
Lipstick on a Pig
Former Tenant
Pros:
Pretty grounds that has a campus/community feel.
Cons:
Stuytown could care less about the quality of their tenants apartments. Maintenance requests are done with little care and they routinely damage things in the process. Upper management needs to be stayed on top of in order for anything to get done properly. Minimal care and sense of urgency unless you make legal threats.
The walls are literally paper thin. Any given day you can regularly hear apartment doors slamming, people walking up and down the stairwell, neighbors talking or even sneezing/coughing, walking around above or below, or blasting music. Invest in a great pair of noise cancelling headphones and come to terms with that everyone can hear everything and anything you are doing in your apartment 24/7.
The laundry room is an absolute disaster. Machines are constantly broken and eat your money. Stuytown continues to raise prices YoY. It’s honestly more cost effective to just send your laundry out vs paying their crazy prices. Dryers barely work to dry your clothes and the temp settings do not work either.
Advice to owner:
Take care of your tenants by doing quality apartment maintenance vs trying to upsell future ones on all the new renovations that are only in a small % of the apartments. The photos at leasing office are fooling nobody! The apartments do not look like that. Lastly, all the work being done to the grounds is great, but the entire neighborhood comes and uses them and the residents have to pay for YoY upkeep charges. Nobody ever checks the oval space, basketball courts, outdoor gym, if people actually live there.
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