mid building in east village
Pros
Good neighbors & Stuytown is a very nice community
Cons
Location, Distance to train, obvious that private equity owns the management company
Good intro to NYC, for a young person, but not long term! (too secluded)
Pros
StuyTown was a great place to get a kind of NY-lite experience, in that, especially in a building like 321 ave c, you feel quite far from the city. In the spring and summer, the walk through StuyTown to the apt is lovely, but it quickly gets tedious and long (15 minutes from the train!). This makes social life just that much more effortful, especially since those 15 minutes aren’t through normal, restaurant or bar-packed streets, but rather through Stuytown alone. I did like the east village/alphabet city, though, and in-building washer/dryer, + ac, is great! The M23-SBS bus is a Godsend at this building. If you have a dog, the dedicated dog bathroom zone is right across the street, which is incredibly convenient! I loved all the green spaces/parks of Stuytown, near to the building and far, as well as Stuytown Cafe :)
Cons
I didn’t love that the only way to dispose trash is through a tiny trash chute, which makes bigger trash disposals difficult. It’s also quite a far walk from the Ave A L entrance, which is the closest. Since many of the 2-bedrooms are conversions, there’s no windows in the living room, which, while common in NYC, is quite difficult to live with, especially come winter months with less time outside.
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