525 Union Avenue,

Brooklyn, NY 11211

The building is pretty well-maintained and the maintenance staff is always attentive to requests and friendly.

The property management company is hard to reach, communicates poorly, and does not value current tenants. They are impossible to reach over the phone and can be combative over email. They raise the rent significantly each year and prioritize renovations that are not meaningful to tenants, like adding a gaudy chandelier in the lobby and replacing the upstairs gym with couches and tables (after announcing that they were 'renovating' the gym).

Great location, easy access to subways and parks

Other tenants dont usually clean after themselves so the rooftop is always dirty, same for the other the shared space (gym etc)

Management often ignores work requests - buzzer still hasnt been fixed since we moved in, key fobs don’t work (never did). Main hall smells like sewage water during hotter months.

Takes forever to get things fixed, had to send out multiple emails and phone calls to get their attention.

Building entrance code shared with non tenants - you have people stealing packages, using the rooftop without cleaning it up after.

*Update 8.1.2024 new management (Brighton) took over the building and rent went up by 2.3k, some units went up by 3k. They got rid of the bike racks and now we need to pay to lock our bikes in a cage lol.

Avoid this building, 7k a month for a 2 bed converted into 3. And the building is old and falling apart and they did a very bad job renovating it.

We’re on our 3rd or 4th super now? Nobody knows who to talk to and in contact to get things fixed. There always sketchy people coming in and out of the garage and lobby area.