Lic Development Owner, L.p.

24/7 security, elevators working, clean lobbies and units, decently priced

water tasted plasticky, thin-ish walls, door lock cover always fell off?

Good security & space

Delays in maintenance

Excellent location, very close to the subway station.

Good security. You can only access your own floor. If you need to visit a different floor, you must ask the front desk to unlock the elevator for you, and they are always responsible and helpful.

Nice gym and apartment facilities.

Maintenance is very responsive. If you report an issue (e.g., blocked sink), they usually send someone to fix it the next day. Very quick service.

The leasing office and management team can be very unresponsive. Be prepared to send multiple emails before getting a reply. Quite frustrating.

Amenities (when open and not crowded)
Views
Layout

Neighbors come and go like it's a hotel
Loud neighbors is common
No sense of community since most are transient
Neighborhood kind of sucks
Windows don't seal out train noise

Get better windows

clean, modern, amenities in buildings

distance from manhattan, neighbors, next to train tracks - can be loud at night

+ facilities are pretty modern -- decent heating/AC, dishwasher, in unit laundry/dryer
+ relatively spacious
+ good view of manhattan skyline
+ location is right next to subway stations, easy access to both manhattan as well as deeper queens (e.g. LGA, flushing, astoria)

- elevators too crowded, slow
- expensive upcharge to use gym facilities

Subway stop right outside of building, Outdoor space is nice

Mail room can be a bit unorganized

Very convenient to multiple subways. Windows well insulated. Efficient layouts and lots of storage for size of units.

Building management takes a moment to respond, though basic maintenance requests are pretty quick and managed through the online portal.
Lots of construction next door currently so very dusty and noisy.
Elevators congested/slow at peak times.

Overall this is a great building. The reason I am moving is to be closer to friends and work in another borough.

* Well-maintained building, newly built (2017).
* Incredibly quiet unit. I happened to live next in a 1BR unit right off the elevator. I never heard noise from the elevator or from neighboring units through the walls. In the livingroom, you can hear when people are talking into the hall; and be aware that if a loud neighbor lives directly across from you (or a loud dog), you will probably hear that occasionally. But overall noise levels here were great.
* Friendly doormen, have had a number of extended chats.
* Windows isolated noise very well when closed.
* Management was prompt to respond & make corrections when I encountered issues with the lease renewal online.
* W/D in unit.
* No broker fee.
* Good water pressure, always hot.
* Water included in the rent, at least for my apt. Electric bill was $30-40 / month. I never used gas, so can't comment on that.

* The sink has full-size cabinets over it. I am about 6'2", I have to bend over awkwardly so as not to hit my head when doing dishes. I've never seen a kitchen set up this way.
* Kitchen/counter space is quite limited.
* Train noise: the several subway lines run above ground right next to this apartment complex. Not practical for me to sleep with the windows open, which I would prefer.
* The heat works too well. When I left the heat off / windows closed in my unit in the colder months, the temperature was still in the upper 70s Fahrenheit. Given the train noise nearby, that meant using the A/C in the Winter, which doesn't make much sense. And while the building cools the halls during the Summer, this does not make its way into the apartment, so A/C is necessary year-round, except maybe for some times in Spring/Autumn.
* Air conditioners have an odd design; they are not in-wall, but they are large units that take up a lot of space by the window, are a bit noisy for my taste, and can be finicky. Also because the building is so good at generating heat, they have to work harder to account for that.
* Management was slow to respond when I initially moved into the building.
* I put in requests asking for handymen to address a malfunctioning card reader on my door – not a problem, that sort of thing happens. But I explicitly asked them to let me know in advance what days/times would work so that I could be at my apartment, and instead I kept getting notices that they had tried to visit my apartment but left because I was not there to allow them in. Eventually I figured out what time of day they tended to show up and made myself available at that time, but better communication here would have been nice.
* In the event that the card reader does stop working, opening the doors with a manual key is a pain.
* Access to the amenity complex is about $140/month; seems a bit much compared to what I've seen elsewhere? Though their amenity complex is supposedly pretty unique.
* The bathroom sink is flat, thus there is constantly standing water in it which brings more of a maintenance/cleaning burden.

Amenities are great.

rude neighbors, one rude reception staff

Nice staff in lobby

Heat control is bad

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This building made me feel like I was in Metropolis

Non smoking building, but some would smoke and come through vents.

be stricter with your younger tenants.

- Insane amenities
- Nice units
- Quick repairs
- Very close to multiple transit stops

- Some of the appliances are cheap and frequently had issues
- Management sometimes had weird restrictions on common areas

- prime location at long island city, steps away from subway station
- luxury building with amentities
- clean
- good sound proof

- frond desk sometimes arn't that nice
- the building now requires tenants themselves with photo ID for package reception
- long line at the elevator
- bad water pressure

View, nice common areas, good lobby management

Air circulation in unit, elevator is a bit slow, a lot of noise pollution even on 51st floor

You can get whatever you expect to have for a luxury apartment here. Nice facilities and doorman.

Noisy. It's too close to the subway to avoid.

Great amenity. The building is new and well located.

The noise of the subway and the AC is quite loud.
There were some issues with the dishwasher.

Clean, soundproof, high ceilings, laundry in unit, excellent facilities.

They jack up the water + electric. Rent is high but unfortunately in line with market value. They constantly raise facilities rates without telling people.

Treat your tenants who pay rent better than those who don't.

-mgt has improved over the years, more firm implementing rules that benefit the community
-private park, amenities bldg, security, social activities sponsored by mgt foster a sense of community, improved diversity of tenants

-garbage disposal has always been an issue, but is mostly due to some tenants that are inconsiderate, mgt has been trying to take action

getting better, keep improving

Amenities, cleanliness, security, neighborhood

Expensive to live here