300 Lenox Road,

Brooklyn, NY 11226

500 sq ft large one bedroom, lots of windows and light if you’re in the front of the building facing the street. Laundromat across the street. 15 min walk west to Prospect Park. 3 min walk to Winthrop 2/5 station. B44 bus stops across the street. CVS, C Town, and Food Bazaar down the street. Gas and electric not too expensive. The only thing the management takes seriously is a bed bug sighting (my apartment has been searched 4 times by Metro Pest Control). There is a buzzer system that works to buzz people in, but the talk/speaker has never worked. I believe the units are now rent stabilized.

Nostrand Ave is a VERY LOUD STREET. Constant loud traffic at all hours. Groups of people congregate outside between 10-3am most days. Noisy building neighbors. Yelling, stomping, playing instruments, blasting music, birds screeching. Has issues with packages being stolen from the lobby. Live in super is cranky and does a half ass job of everything while complaining to you and swearing. Management (Rosedale Management/ Dan Associates) screens their calls and does not call you back. Recently had recycling bins on every floor taken away and now we have to carry everything into the creepy basement using the elevator that often traps people, and is the only egress from the basement. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors have mice, 4th has lots of cockroaches mainly in summer. Unsure of floors 5 and 6. Apartments have a screwed up numbering system that often creates a problem when trying to get items delivered to the correct floor. Common spaces are dingy, and one or more of the residents has recently taken it upon themselves to “decorate” the lobby and outside grass area and tree with garbage, like old cans, laundry detergent bottles, and the like, they also decorate the lobby with cheap fake flowers, spray painted stencils, a lot of large, dying plants, and a bunch of other items that look like kids’ supplies from a dollar store. Heat works, but the radiators often give off a weird burn smell, and the temperature in the winter averages 73-81+ degrees until I open some windows (this is with the valves turned off). Bathroom pipes are constantly clogging and backing up even if you try to keep the drains clear. Leaks that destroy ceilings or walls are common. Front door is often unsecured and broken (I’ve heard the super say that the drunk who lives on my floor constantly breaks it because he loses his keys). In other words, I would not recommend 300 Lenox Rd.

Djuric the super and his family don’t do a good job with maintenance and repairs. It would be nice if there was outside help from professionals who could do a better job. Your management team should be more responsive, and there should be a way to contact them by email. The tenants should also have text and/or email alerts to let us know when things are happening in the building (for example, the super often turns off water to work on something in another apartment, and there is no warning, nor do we know how long it will be off for. Recently some of us were without water in the bathroom for 3 days. The only thing I had was hot water in the kitchen, which was an issue for getting drinking water. It was very frustrating to suddenly not have water and not know when it would come back on). Also mailing in checks is outdated. An online payment method for rent would be much more convenient.