Very cute and clean decent management and
Pros
no pests, cute, quiet, nice neighbors, management responsive about repairs
Cons
management doesn't make any updates, raises the rent each year, steam heating is uneven in different rooms
Advice to the owners
don't raise the rent and if you do make upgrades
Mostly good, some bad
Pros
The communal courtyard is really nice, and some distance from the street means it's often pretty quiet. All the tenants are super friendly.
Cons
There's no buzzer for the front door, which means you have to walk all the way down to let people in. Everything is a few blocks away, not much really close. Laundromat, subway, grocery store, parks are all a couple blocks at least. The only thermostat for our apartment was in our upstairs neighbor's unit so if we were cold and they weren't home, we were out of luck. It's also impossible to get in contact with the building owner, you're forced to go through a management company with some VERY rude employees.
Advice to the owners
Get a buzzer for the front door and quit charging obsene rents for illegal basement dwellings