4415 3 Avenue,

Bronx, NY 10457

When I first moved into the building it was brand new. Construction had just finished. The walls were clean, new appliances, it’s a walk-up building but made look like those new buildings in Williamsburg Brooklyn were I came from. It’s across the street from a hospital, Who is recommended the apartment from a realty company who had high recommendations on it and assured me the building would be a quiet place to live.

Boy was I wrong. As the months went by I started to realize all of the flaws about the building and new tenants started to move in the building progressively became a disaster. The hot water takes about 15 minutes to come on and when it does it only last for about 20 to 25 minutes. I’ve made numerous complaints about it and still to this day two years later the hot water comes and goes. Everything in the building is electrical there’s no gas so you pay for AC central conditioning and your oven. So if you want heat in the winter time getting ready to pay a higher electricity bill. Every time you cook and turn your oven on expect your electricity bill to be higher. The tub is made out of plastic and chipped easily. Should you wash with any type of color cleaning products like green or blue Ajax it will stain it blue/green. When it rains there is a leak in the roof so the water goes through the entire building and all of the apartments. The finishings on the plumbing aren’t sealed completely so there’s water damage to the cabinet and leaks in the sink in the bathroom and the bathtub. Tenants should they fall asleep or forget to turn the water off and have a flood the water leaks into the bathroom and kitchen and destroys the sheet rock on ceiling and Landlord or super do not repair or hasn’t repaired yet one year later. Light went out in the bathroom and Subaru still yet to fix it and the light messed up from water damage from the upstairs apartment flooding. Tenants moved in and are crazy. and the second floor was the older man who lived and I guess had two men come stay over with him and became squatters. The two men that stood with him are drug addicts, thieves, loud, One of the dudes bullies the older man and their friend. So much so the elderly man who’s apartment it was got evicted and the two men ppl who came over never left when the old man moved out and are now squatters for over 5 months now. Now the two squatters the aggressive dust head one bullies the friend who stood behind, caught him runnings for his safety up the fire escapes, hid in hallway closets even slept in the sometimes which cause the super to put locks on all closet doors in the hallway. The aggressive squatter now calls throughout the building up and down the stairs screaming writing upside down crosses on every single door and floor and start, goes around bullying and trying to break into the other apartments, has destroyed the locks on the front door and back door of building. On the third floor is a toxic couple with children who seem to beat each other every single day are drunk every single day and fight in the hallway and the apartment. Usually you should mind your business but when the fighting is in the hallway and you hear these little girls screaming for their life you have no choice but to get involved, The boyfriend is also a drug user and quite possibly the girlfriend Sue and go throughout the building fighting every day screaming even on weekends and early mornings. On the fifth floor seems to be where all the drunk people are. Be prepared for tenants on the fifth floor to be asleep while the water is running and flooding all the apartments from the fourth floor down, tenants in the hallway screaming and fighting and drunk acting belligerent. When throwing out the garbage in the back of the building be prepared to tackle rats cats and raccoons. If you have a delivery to the building be prepared for FedEx UPS or any delivery service to be too lazy to walk up the stairs and leave your package in the lobby. That’s OK but what makes it horrible is when tenants in the building steal your package. So I wouldn’t recommend having anything delivered here even if it is left in front of your door, IT WILL BE STOLEN! When it rains be prepared for the water to come down into every apartment.

The super and the landlord do nothing to fix anything in the building except the super is a little bit more attentive. Yes the super will come and try to fix it but not fast enough or it will just be like putting a Band-Aid over a war wound. If you make a complaint about the noise or the other tenants screaming and arguing in the hallway or threatening other tenants all the super and Landlord will say is “ yes we know crazy people call the cops.” If you tell the landlord something is wrong in your apartment he says he would sell the super and when the super comes he sees what the problem is and then says he will tell the landlord. Does anything get fixed? Not really. If you have a problem with another tenant in the building and you confront them landlord the landlord will say that he does not want to get involved in any problems amongst tenants. Even if the other tenant has threatened you harassed you assaulted you and groped on you. You can call the police but the police really don’t do anything in this building they’re called about 3 to 4 times a week and even sometimes twice in a day. They know the squatters and do nothing about it they know that they are drug users and be in the building threatening people and the cops say they know them and will handle the situation but it never gets handled. So for months the cops landlord and Souper know that they are tenants and squatters in here using drugs and threatening other tenants and stealing and trying to break into the apartment but nothing is done. You can call them to make a complaint about some thing with your apartment or other tenants and expect for not much to be done.