Huge Complex on Roosevelt Island
Pros
Most of the buildings are interconnected so you can walk through, out of the elements to the end. Covered sidewalks. Easy access to library at end. Building for the most part is quiet. Three bus stops heading east right by building. There is community room with water views, a gym, a playroom, of some included amenities. Utilities are all included with rent. Units are incased in concrete, so in case of fire, and there have been many, it usually stays contained to unit. Rents are slightly lower than mainland Manhattan, even though we are considered apart of Manhattan. Units are spacious. Large Windows in most units allow for natural light. My kitchen is an eat-in, and there is a dishwasher, stove with many features, including an air fryer feature, there's a microwave and refrigerator, all stainless steel. Stone countertops and walls behind sink and stove.
Cons
Front doors are constantly tampered with by some tenants allowing anyone in. Elevators are risky and need replacement . All stairwells smell of urine and stairs are rusty, rusted through, crumbling, or dodgy. All laundry facilities are old and machines frequently break and laundry rooms are frequently closed for bandaid repairs and are frequently closed. Laundry rooms when open, now close at 10pm, due to problem tenants. Some tenants are disgusting and so are some home health aides, when it comes to disposal room. Landlord is currently trying to submeter complex to force tenants to pay utilities separately. Building exterior pathways need work from settling. Poorly renovated apartments, bad wiring, frequent electrical problems including fires. Poor unit storage, my unit has only three closets, one shoved under stairs. Not adequate, upgraded electrical outlets every six feet. Definitely, old, outlets are far from the next. Can lead to risky behavior with some tenants, who aren't as responsible or bright. Inadequate heating. Landlord controls thermostat, it is intentionally off, and resets to lower temperature. Room thermometer proves it's intentionally off. Landlord says it's 74°F in unit, room thermometer says it's 66°F. You wake up with sinus pain breathing in cool dry air. Set thermostat to 74°F and it clicks and resets to 70°F. The time on thermostat changes, also, to try and force lower temperature. Cabinet space in kitchen is horrible, my unit has only one drawer. Dismal counter space. Constant issues with hot water in kitchen. Gaps between floors and walls, I have caulked, water bugs used to venture in, covered dirty dusty vent in bathroom, Daddy Long legs would crawl in from vent, plus covers up most of cigarette smell from residents smoking in their bathrooms. Entry system is silly, you get a fob, key or app on phone. No backup. They don't want none tenant to get access. So no Home health aides or relatives with front door access. Due to some residents hanging in front, smoking, including marijuana, playing loud music and being a nuisance, they banged up benches in front under atriums. So the elderly, there are many, who used to sit and rest as they made way with groceries are leaning up against walls. It's sad. That was not a correct solution. I would have put planters on concrete benches in spots. It would have looked like a nice garden. There are small wooden benches. Not adequate. The young children from the Mosque have to balance their meals after Eid while two women can sit and everyone else stand. This was a dumb action by landlord. They give to troublemakers, like a parent dealing with a spoiled brat. "Now, no one gets anything," type of solutions. They still hang out there, now they stand, or go by side steps of school and smoke and drink and leave their garbage behind, or smoke in stairwells. Their noise and smell of their cigarettes and marijuana get into your units. As of Ju;y 29, 2025, they are wrapping the building to insulate for draft and temperature control. I am in a market, so my rent was increased over 10 percent. A lot of other people are complaining of their increases, too. Management said they are making capital gains improvements, Entry mechanisms are problematic. the app stopped working so the entry way at times is full of people waiting to get in so they can go home, the key fob has acted up a few times where door makes one short beep and light stays red, then it will turn green and let you in after a few tries. There are issues with some of the air conditioners. they have windows units installed into a wall sleeve. Window and wall units work differently. The ACs are blowing cool air but not cooling. Management company C+C is huge, again they don't care about their tenants.
Advice to the owners
This management is okay, but if you need most anything from main office, they are unresponsive. Very difficult to get in touch with some departments. There needs to be communication. Stop the frivolous lawsuits of evictions.
Over 100 cockroaches at once
Pros
It is cheap
Cons
We had cockroaches here and there and then one day had over 100 all at once. It was insane and traumatizing
Advice to the owners
BURN IT
