Haim Levy

Close to transportation. Updated apartments. Outdoor space. Full size appliances. Laundry room. Gym. Common roof deck.

Drafty and inefficient ac/heat units so high utility bills. Management could be more responsive. Laundry machines break often.

Nice apartment and big closet.

Having to deal with the apartment personal.

Be more responsive.

New building with elevator, laundry room, GYM at the basement, and a roof terrace.

Not much cleaning of the common areas, and sometimes the washing machines are dirty due to irresponsible neighbors. The furniture on the roof terrace is in bad condition.

More cleaning of the common areas.

Virtual doorman and package room were helpful
Nice outdoor roof area
Very clean and responsive supers

Washers and Dryers run into issues time to time

New building, with GYM, laundry room and family room, has a terrace on the roof.

Neighbours are often careless about common space

More frequent clean of common areas and hallways

I’ve lived in east Harlem for about 10years now, lived in this building for a year. I had a studio on the 12th floor, it was the perfect size for me, beautiful view on the balcony, water pressure was perfect, heat and AC worked fine, no pest problems.

Laundry: 3 times out of 5 when I put clothes to wash I would come back and find the machine open bc some inconsiderate neighbors opened and didn’t close the machine.
Noise: I could hear everything happening in the hallway
Landlord: the handyman/landlord was EXTREMELY rude and condescending with me. I don’t know if it was because he thought I looked too young or what, but nearly every interaction with him was unpleasant. This was in 2015-2016, hopefully they got rid of him.
Water damage: towards the end of my lease I started noticing water damage on the ceiling, probably a leak from the roof. I heard other neighbors on the top floor also had that problem. Hopefully they fixed it since.
Security deposit: I had to threaten to take them to court before they sent my security deposit back.

Hopefully you have a new, more polite handyman.carpet in the hallways would help.

Nice building with amenities

Heat and AC utility bills are high

Building is relatively new. The neighbors I've met are friendly. Dog friendly.

Insulation is horrible. Caulking is required to keep bugs out even though management says otherwise. Rent is expensive for the area. The owners are inconsiderate.

The building has everything you need

The neighbors are not so clean and respectful regarding the laundrt

Newer building, fast elevators, decent sized apartments, gorgeous views of the southern Manhattan skyline for apartments facing 3rd Avenue. Rent-stabilized!

No noise protection on windows. Even up on higher floors, the street-level noise comes right through. Package room often overflows. Management seems lax on enforcing the building’s no-smoking policy.

Enforce the non-smoking policy. The superintendent could be nicer and more responsive to tenant inquiries.

The building is self-maintained. No outside group that will add extra cost. It is also rent-stabilized. They have a part-time doorman, package room, and laundry in the building. They keep everything clean and the outdoor spaces (balconies and rooftop) are very nice and well maintained. There are two great grocery stores on the next block (one 24 hours), a bodega downstairs for quick needs, and decent proximity to transportation.

Most units have some floor to ceiling windows that are not well insulated. This makes heating and cooling costs expensive in extreme weather months. The vetting of tenants has normally been beyond reproach but as of late there have been some unruly tenants let into the building. The gym in the basement is not that. There are a coupe of cardio machines, one cable machine, and a bunch of mix-matched weights that look like they were found on the street. Not really worth using much less advertising (subject to change down the line). The pipes in the '01 and '02 line bathrooms tend to make this weird noise when you open the valves. Can be annoying.

1. Fix the pipes for good. and make sure you dont hire the plumber who installed them.
2. Either invest in better more up-to-date gym equipment or just get rid of it entirely and turn the room into bike storage. That would be more of a selling point than the current situation.
3. Vet incoming tenants better. Not sure how to do this but the recent incidents in the building are too bad to be overlooked as a fluke.

Price point (though less so now), proximity to the 4/5/6, and two super close grocery stores. Great roof. Very few people use the gym.

Lots of homeless people hang out in front of the building. Regular people also gather close to the bodega and can be kinda loud. I felt safe in the neighborhood but I know plenty of other people wouldn't. Kinda gross in general.

Answer your dang emails, and be less of a jerk.