John Imperatore

It WAS affordable in 2016

Rats, mold, leaks, cockroaches, you name it. Living here was hell every day.

I hope you’ve renovate since I lived here

a lot of space for what you pay for

not good insulation, walls very thin

better insulation

hardwood floors. light in my bedroom

lots of noise on the street side, random large trash objects (mattresses, a bike, air conditioner) left in hallway and not removed

please remove bike, air conditioner + table from hallway. we are trying to keep things nice.

The management company is kind of scatter brained but they are very responsive and the maintenance guys are the best.

They are the largest and kindest men I've met in my life. Always telling you what actually needs to be done and how to contact the management to address the issue you have if they can't fix right then. Management company typically responds within 4 hours or less and the receptionist/admin worker is always a very sweet person.

Horrible about routine maintenance (sweeping and mopping of the hallways). The staircase gets very dirty. But they are responsive to fix the problem when it is addressed

Routinely clean the hallways/entryway

Landlord was prompt and chill. Space was clean and they painted before we moved in. Nothing inhospitable.

Door knobs were a little faulty. Some locks didn’t really work—lock on the door could be temperamental which sucked cause our front door opened onto a busy street.

Keep doing what your doing. I enjoyed living there.

Close to McGolrick Park
Cheap for the area

Roach infestation
Rat infestation
Terrible landlord
Bad management

Sell this building to someone who would actually take care of it

Close proximity to laundry, train and grocery. Nice roof to chill on. Company very lenient with tenants, and always sent maintenance when needed.

The roaches, the mice, the stairs are decaying, no regular maintenance or upkeep is done, no cleaning is ever done, mail is just thrown on the floor with everyone elses, Maintenance just puts bandaids on issues.

Regular pest control, fix the stairs, this isnt a slum.

Warm and cozy and relatively quiet when you have a bedroom facing the back (not sure about street noise it is right off the BQE but not a terribly busy street

No locks on the front doors. Hallways and stairways dark and dirty and musty. Old steam heating.

Lock your damn doors!!!!!!!

3 blocks from Seneca Avenue & Forest Avenue (M) stations, 6 blocks from Myrtle Wycoff (L) station. Lots of cute bars and yummy local restaurants nearby. Lots of laundromats & bodegas within a couple blocks. Rent was $700 a month and utilities were about $100 a person; very inexpensive for the area.

The people in the floor below us had a bedbug problem once, but property management sent an exterminator quickly and it was never an issue again. Neighbors are kind of loud at times and walls were thin in leftmost bedroom, but they were ultimately reasonable people once we talked to them about it. If you can live with no central AC, dishwasher, living on the second floor, or in unit-laundry and don’t mind a short walk to the train, this is for you.

Sometimes could be a bit more responsive with maintenance issues I guess, but there weren’t that many in a year-long period.

This is a cute building on a quite street. Zuzu management was amazing to work with. Very flexible, kind and helpful.

The apartment is a little small with light only on the two opposite ends of the apartment

Would be great to have the basement cleaned up

The people in the building are really nice, and the block itself is quiet. The building is conveniently located right by the G and busses, which is also great.

The floors in the apartment unit are rotting, revealing nails and staples. They chip away with just a vacuum and have caused several splinters. They NEVER clean the the building. There are cobwebs filling the entryway, along with glass shards, pests and wrappers. In the winter, when snowing, they don't salt the sidewalk or clear the stairs of ice and snow. The backyard is overgrown and has pests as well. The window moldings are coming apart as well. Getting to the backyard is also a bit treacherous, as the basement is essentially some exposed wooden planks and rubble.

Clean the building and cut the grass in the backyard! Stop being cheap. It is not a difficult task to hire someone for a few hours to sweep and mop the entryway of a building, at the very least, once a month.

- good location for parking
- good property management
- roof access

- dirty hallways
- unorganized mail
- cave-like living room / kitchen area, where a bedroom had obviously been squeezed in

Quickly responded to requests for plumbing issues, lightbulbs, and replaced countertop. The repairmen that responded were very helpful and friendly.

Building heat came on very late in the winter and when it did it is VERY warm. Buzzer is broken, common staircase isn’t very clean, neighbors sometimes leave things in the hallway obstructing the entrance

Turn heat on based on temperature outside as opposed to a date on the calendar.

Convenient proximity to everything

Mice and roaches are a constant problem.
When a truck drives by, the entire building shakes.
Garbage is nearly always blowing around the front entrance.
Entryway and stairs are always filthy and management does not clean.

Stop being a slumlord and maintain your property. Take care of the mice and roaches. Clean up the common areas. Paint over the years of graffiti and worn down wall paint in the entrance and stairways.

Cheap! Roof access with amazing view. Quiet street.

No windows in common areas or bathrooms. Basement and backyard are a mess.

Clean the basement and you can offer backyard access to building tenants as a selling point.

I lived in this building for 3 years. The management company (ZuZu) was responsive, flexible, and super nice. And it’s in a great neighborhood. Overall was definitely one of the better buildings I’ve lived in.

It’s right next to an bar that has an unregulated backyard so they don’t close it at 11 or midnight so it will just be loud all night if people are back there. The heat sometimes doesn’t work and I tried getting it fixed but it just kept breaking. And the rent on the apartment was a little high for the condition of the apartment that has not been updated, repainted between tenants, or professionally cleaned.

Never saw a bug, trash well taken care of, nice neighbors, accessible to trains, lot of light, super clean, things get fixed ASAP, very nice management company

Noise levels from the Main Street can be loud (air conditioner blocks the sound usually)

Good neighborhood w lots of good food and parks, updated appliances, quiet street, pest free, has character, maintenance is responsive and knowledgeable

Windows and doors are not well insulated, can smell all food neighbors cook, and cigarette smoke within the apartment. Winter snow clearing was minimal and left stairs precarious at times. Water pressure is great until it's not. The cold water pressure will completely turn off mid shower while the hot water stays on making it very dangerous. At other times the hot water won't get hot. Lots of animals in the building making noise. No AC, minimal airflow. A lot of the work has not been done properly and rapid falls apart-paint, grouting of the floors, seals in windows. Heat gets extremely hot in winter. The inside of the apartment is well into the 80's and all good goes bad very quickly. Heat will not be on at times, yet stays on even during 70 degree weather. Common areas are also very dirty and smell bad. the building is also down the street from a school, so expect yelling children around 7:30am every morning.

Do proper maintenance and get it done with.