44 Ave B LLC

Clean, washer dryer, adorable street

FLOODING from the roof seeming through the ceiling and down the stairs. Also very expensive for what it is

Hallways are new

PACKAGES STOLEN EVERY SINGLE TIME OVERPRICED VIRTUAL DOORMAN APP ALWAYS BROKEN MANAGEMENT NEVER RESPONDS SUPER NEVER RESPONDS

- Nice and peaceful block. - Spacious rooms.

Heard management is not the best, but as a short term subletter I didn't mind.

We had no issues with any roaches, the apartment is a good size and in a good area

The management company is not super responsive with maintenance requests

There is a target across the street

Management will never answer you. I’ve had 6 superintendents within my one year of living here. The walls are paper-thin and the Jamaican place next door is SO loud — you will think you moved into a nightclub. 80% of the time you exit the building there will be a homeless person sleeping on the step or someone selling drugs

Do better

The unit itself was nice

The Croman “empire” is just a bunch or slumlords who will do whatever they can to cut costs to maximize profits. All the while, Steve Croman had Ariana Grande come to his son’s bar mitzvah?? They will never fix any of your complaints. You will live with black mold or a leaking roof, and no one will care.

Go back to jail

Generally clean and butterfly mx

Owner unresponsive about hazards and building violations. Multiple people called 311. High resident turnover.

Fix up property

Great location - close to Trader Joe's and the L and Target.

MICE. We had an exterminator come on 3 separate occasions and they never were able to remedy the problem. We must have killed over a dozen mice and then they rose our rent! The street can be dangerous at night. Multiple stabbings and gun shots have happened on the corner. We've been verbally assaulted right outside the building. Some units overlook the trash side of the building which is overrun with rats at night. The staircase can be precarious, especially in the winter or after it has rained. We never went at night.

Fix the pest problem.

Amenities in the unit (w/d and dishwasher) Nice finishes in the building (crown molding, paint/lighting, feels nice) Responsive and exceptionally kind Super, Carlos!

Classic pre-war issues — have had issues with windows leaking, radiator leaking, water turning brown, etc

Very clean and responsive landlord. Felt very safe in the space

We had a few issues with bugs and then general noise from the street was loud. Our unit was also dark

The apartment is in an accessible location, the topical things are maintained well. The are reviews of people not getting security deposit, but I got mine on time.

The noise levels are ridiculous, especially ceiling noise. You can hear people walk and its 10x the noise you can imagine. No response from the building what so ever. No security cameras and packages go missing all the time.

Please take measures to ensure security and actually respond and try to fix issues with the building

1. Neighbors are very friendly and helpful. 2. Good shops nearby for food. 3. Close to the train station.

Too many to make a complete list, but the most notable are the following: 1. The Landlord and the management company take turns on avoiding your requests, but make it a priority to harass you for any overdue rent. By harass, I literally mean banging on the door / sending people to intimidate you. 2. While I was there, there were approximately three superintendents, each of diminishing quality. The first super was actually quite helpful; the last could benefit from a different line of work. 3. Repairs? You have to withhold rent for a few months until they finally cave in and repair your unit. Make sure to set up escrow accounts to put your withheld rent in for when they try to threaten you with legal action. 4. Heat and hot water? They're luxuries. The boiler had always been hit or miss for a few years, but it really start crapping out in September 2023. Buy a space heater or expect to wear layers on layers to go to bed. Important in-person meeting in the morning? Shower the night before (if there's any hot water then). 5. Rats. Everywhere. Careful moving the lid of a container in the garbage area because those rats are social. You can also hear rats crawling in between the walls as well. 6. SEVERELY OVERPRICED. You will pay premium rents to be denied the most basic of needs such as heat, hot water and peace. 7. Lack of safety. Packages stolen so frequently that neighbors had to start looking out for each other's packages. There was also an incident where an unhoused individual with mental problems proceeded to break into the same vacant apartment for the span of a month or two. Police would show up and escort him off the premises just for him to return; management was alerted of this, but proceeded to do nothing. The vacant unit was left unlocked for viewings despite this safety issue.

Nothing. I don't think any advice would get through to him.

They had a cleaner in the building clean each floor on Mondays and Fridays which was very appreciated. Close to great restaurants and a very fun area/close to downtown which is great.

Noisier than it should be because of the fire station on 2nd and B, but you get used to it. The area is good but can feel unsafe at some times (good amount of homeless people).

More responsive. We always have had to follow up multiple times before finally getting an answer.

Management was not disruptive, neighbors were respectful quiet and kind, was pet friendly, very clean, updated appliances and lots of storage in Unit 12e

Mail was stolen constantly, non residents on the doorstep often

Figure out mail situation

The building is super clean, there are no bugs, and an exterminator comes around quite frequently and can be contacted if needed. The Super, Errol, is very proactive about resolving any issues you might have with your apartment. The basement is well kept and has a laundry, and trash area. The street direction feeds into 5th Avenue so it is easy to call an Uber/ catch a cab down town or to cross the park. The bus (M1/2/3/4) is right on the corner of 75th and 5th Ave so a bus commute is also very convenient.

The elevator is slower and smaller than average, but all of our furniture has fit without any issues during move in. The doors are quite heavy and does require an extra bit of strength. That’s really all.

Keep it up 👍🏼

The neighbors are friendly and willing to help always... only pro

Roaches, rats, management is a complete and total disaster. See a list of cons below: - Finance office will pull rent $ from account without permission. - Additionally, management won't answer phone calls, texts, or emails for days to weeks, and when they do, they don't provide answers or clarification on issues you are bringing up. - Throughout this winter, we have interrupted HEAT and HOT WATER at least 1x a week, with no help from management. - Building is infested with roaches and first floor deals with rats and mice because the building workers refuse to follow the garbage schedule.

No advice to them, SLUM LORD.

Building manager and super are really good people and make their best effort. The walls are a nice warm gray instead of the usual beige.

It took them six months to fix lights that were broken already when we moved in. The gate to go down to the basement unit got jammed shut and it took them 2 months to fix it, during which time had to climb over the garbage cans to get in or out of our apartment. The basement unit is not known to the post office and we frequently had mail and packages that we had to go pick up because they wouldn't deliver it for this reason. The back bedroom is right next to the building's boiler room so it is excessively hot 365 days of the year, and the window is too small for almost any window air conditioner, and having the window open means you can hear every little thing that is going on in the back alley and cigarette smoke comes into the window. We keep our apartment pretty clean but still there are tons of roaches including in the common areas of the building. Signed up for the pest control service but they never came. There are several cracks in the ceilings and walls.

This apartment is not worth $2,500 a month let alone $3,295. It is not suitable as a two bedroom, maybe a one bedroom with a home office. Add bars to the windows and do something about the roaches.

Quiet building Sweet neighbors for the most part

Stolen packages Doors don’t lock No heat or hot water majority of days Management company doesn’t respond Carbon monoxide issues Landlords have track record of prison and jail time

Treat your tenants with respect or atleast hot water

This building did the job. Prewar, cozy, railroad style apartment

Couldnt have rugs in the hallway outside the doors, poor pest management, inattentive super

Location is good, super is nice

Roaches come back every few months because management refuses to pay for an exterminator more than 1x a month. The building lobby always smells like a dirty port a potty. Tons of stolen packages lately. Some have super low rent (1000-2000 for 1 or 2 bed) while others paying well over 4k for a disgusting, small apartment. Management hardly responds because they are “too busy managing several properties”. Building is gross, don’t live here.

Actually manage the building properly

Great building for my first apartment in NYC, quiet, clean

Lack of package room, had a couple packages stolen. Hot water goes out often during large rainstorms, generally for a day, but up to 3 days

Location, lobby kept clean

Super slow to respond, building management useless, packages stolen, no cameras

Generally clean modern building

Walk up, no doorman, some stolen packages

The building is super quiet and no issues of bugs or rats. The building is youthful and has a group chat which is nice for safety/packages.

Management is HORRIBLE. Will take forever to help and usually have a massive attitude. Honestly why I’m moving because I’ve had 3 major leaks in the apartment and management handled it horribly. Packages get stolen here too

1. Be kinder 2. Be more responsive with building issues as the rent is pretty high

The maintenance staff were very friendly and helpful

Centennial will do anything to keep your security deposit, you have to have clear proof from your lease and emails they've sent to you to back up why you deserve your money back (and they'll still send it late). You can hear EVERYTHING in the hallways in your own apartment.

Location is nice in an ideal, fantasy world. But rats and St Luke's is apparently where everyone takes their dogs to poo so the street and sidewalk is dirty and block always smells like pee. Also rats 24/7. Close to Hudson river but 7th avenue rush hour traffic and late night revelers are loud. We have a working fireplace but it has major structural issues.

Rats. Imagine opening a garbage can and seeing a family of rats....and the family of rats consists of 20 little rats. Rats ate tunnels through the backyard ground making the fence lean over and backyard tiles wobbly. You hear rats squeaking and fighting all night. At least once a week you have two or three dead rats in the yard. Rats also ate holes through the garbage cans. Eventually they ate into our bedroom walls. Ceiling paint or plaster was peeling off. Mini fridge not fit for adults. Apartment has mice and water bug infestations but they were good about monthly extermination. Tenants would often leave garbage in the hallway, possibly because the garbage area was full of rats night AND day. The perks of living near a subway line! Overheard landlords son Jake croman scream like a mad man to the super in our hallway. It was nuts. In my first month tenancy, real estate agents entered the apartment 3 times at least while I was home alone using a key. Scary. Shady characters have showed up to my door lurking around my back yard. One day I came home to find the property owner standing in my yard without any notice. Scary. It took another few weeks for someone to fix the broken gate that he was inspecting. Water boiler was louder than the subway and made the apartment vibrate. Apartment was cold in the winter, not enough heat. Fireplace worked but looked structurally unstable. There was steel wool sticking through every nook and crack in the walls AND THERE WERE MANY CRACKS AND HOLES where the baseboards should be sealed. Serious Mold problem in bathroom. And ceiling looked like it was about to cave in. I could see sunlight through the shower tile underneath the window. Strange ghost apartment 2 floors above us. Bed room was literally the size of a full size bed. Apartment is ridiculously small for a one bedroom apartment. It was also illegally destabilized. The next tenant should check rental records. Sometimes the front doors were left open unattended and strange people would wander in and out. One person walked through, opened our backyard fence and burglarized us. One washer dryer for the whole building. Yuck. Oh yeah rats. There was so much rat fecal matter that the fake green turf was partially black. Probably rat pee everywhere too. My neighbor got sick from rat fecal matter and her dog almost perished from rat poison. I got some kind of rash on my feet from tracking rat fecal matter into the apartment. Many more cons but that's all I remember at the moment.

Non plastic garbage cans of rat proof bins would be a start

Building is cleaned regularly, super lives in the building and is responsive as possible, pest control offered regularly.

Speaking of pest control, I did see a roach or two in the lobby but that might be an inevitable thing in NYC. No roaches in apt though, so the pest control management is good. We've had some package issues, packages were disappearing and there wasn't anything that could be done about it.

Quicker responsiveness and look into the package issue.

Live in super Laundry in unit Well maintained building Overall clean

The apt was not cleaned when we first moved in

Marco the super is amazing and responsive.

I had a mice problem.

Nice unit, clean building

Terribly unresponsive management. Mice.

Answer your tenants emails and calls.

Great location. The common spaces (hallways, stairs, etc.) are kept in clean and good condition. Feels pretty safe. In my unit, amenities such as in-unit washer-dryer and dishwasher were a big plus.

Management is extremely unresponsive and not handled well. Had to wait several months for work requests such as broken appliances to be fixed. Experienced some rodents/insects (a mouse and some cockroaches).

Great location with many things easily accessible.

SMALL apartments with thin walls and floors.

Nothing.

- Clean - nice apartments - good garbage collection method - no pests - close to lots of grocery stores, restaurants, etc

- expensive for size and location - had issues with water pressure and getting heat - management was slow to fix certain issues - loud street

- Accessible to Central Park - Steps away from subway station - Has CitiBike station right outside - 10 minute walk from Whole Foods, Target, etc. - 15 minute walk from Trader Joe's - Exposed brick rooms - Modern appliances, including fridge, dishwasher, and wine fridge

- Extremely unresponsiveness management, could not get in touch with them whenever there was a problem (but they had no issues getting in touch with us as soon as they needed something). Sometimes we had to call multiple times a week to get in touch with the right person, who may or may not have been able to help - Consistent water damage, no action taken - No exhaust for stovetop - Fixtures kept breaking, poor quality -- had to replace all the lightbulbs (ALL!) on our own dime; some windows and doors had to be fixed by the management company which took over 1 month to get someone to look at it and another 1+ month to actually get it fixed - Superintendent changed about 4 times in the one year stay - Very small rooms - Limited storage in the apartment

Be more responsive and nice, perhaps you will find new tenants a lot faster rather than having to wait for months

Clean and peaceful apartment in otherwise lively are

Management not the most responsive

Prioritize maintenance requests

Washer/Dryer in Unit Dishwasher good pet policy New renovation

four supers within the year that I have lived here Heat did not work during the winter Non working appliances Limited Support from Management

Provide better maintanence and support for your buildings

natural light, washer dryer, dishwasher,

very loud heat/pipes, washer dryer combo takes forever, super is not responsive, lots of trash on the street

Common spaces are well maintained and cleaned pretty frequently.

Management is hit or miss about responding to issues raised. Things that were broken when I moved in were never fixed (broken tiles, broken fan), but other things were fixed quickly. The landlord is notoriously bad… so take from that what you will

Updated, nice appliances, in unit laundry

Just some issues that come with living in nyc

It is a clean apartment with tall ceilings and a great location.

The bedrooms/kitchen are a bit small.

Be more responsive for fixes within apartments.

Very clean, well managed, nice bathroom

Area, packages stolen

Helpful neighbors Quiet area Subway accessibility

Management is terrible Dirty

Answer? Be accommodating ?

Unique apt, exposed brick, responsive building manager, cleaned everyday, trash was never an issue, relatively quiet

We had a rat problem and we’re on the sixth floor of a walk up. This was not covered immeaditely and kept happening. We also had a water bug problem.

washer / dryer in unit, on more quiet street in east village

balcony faces a courtyard that is overgrown and not taken care of so expect a lot of squirrels / birds when you go to sit outside. super is veryyyy unresponsive usually had to go to management company to get him to answer (one time they changed everyone’s keys without giving us new ones or telling everyone for two days)

better management!

Nice space and the apartment itself was small but nice. The rooftop was nice as well.

We didn't have hot water for months on end, we have had cockroaches, the super is incompetent, and we literally did not have an oven for 3 months.

Get a better super

Like the area - you are directly in between EV/Stuytown/Gramercy and walking distance from several train lines. There are 4 apartments per floor so not too congested in the building. Building cleaned and maintained for the most part when staff is working. No pests except for the outside area (rodents), but none inside the building. In unit washer and dryer.

Can get really loud on the weekends depending on if the neighboring buildings are throwing a party in the patio area since the sound will echo/be amplified. Can hear upstairs neighbors footsteps. It’s really hard getting the super to fix maintenance requests and there isn’t a formal way to hold him accountable since the only way to get ahold of him is through constant text reminders. Package system isn’t the most secure since most couriers will leave things outside of the package closet or at the front door, making it risky for a package to be stolen (I’ve had packages stolen a few times). Pretty sure our smoke alarm doesn’t work and super mentioned it’s been difficult to replace the batteries so it’s been a known issue…

Please operationalize the maintenance process so that there is a way tenants can submit tickets for things that need to be fixed.

Location, clean, great garbage management

Restaurant below is VERY LOUD.

Elevator, quiet neighborhood

infested with mice and roaches

Location Appearance Neighborhood is great

Overpriced Small apartments Landlord and super No cooking gas for 2 years Brothel run out of one of the apartments Landlord served prison time for using illegal means to evict tenants Heat and hot water go out all the time Super refuses to fix things Landlord refuses to do upgrades

Go back to jail

The renovated apartments are attractive. The bathroom in my unit is spacious and bright. There is a package room with a lock. The neighbors that I have met are friendly and nice. I only had one package stolen, ever (and it might have just gotten lost). The super is responsive about non-serious (ahem non-expensive) issues, which are quickly repaired. He is clearly trying his best and is very competent with minor repairs.

Living on the 6th floor of this building has been a never-ending nightmare due to incessant roof leaks, water infiltration, and mold. The roof needs major maintenance but it is clear that the landlord only intends to do little quick fixes that do not address the underlying issues. Water has been coming through the ceiling in multiple locations in my apt, water runs down the walls, falling plaster, mold, etc. My experience has been: 1) i complain about roof leaks 2) management acknowledges but delays repairs as long as possible 3) management makes a minor repair OR lies about having done so 4) roof continues to leak 5) I involve HPD 6) landlord makes quick & ineffective fix in response to complaint 7) roof leaks again … and repeat. I have heard that multiple neighbors have had the exact same experience going back YEARS so this is clearly a pattern. I can’t speak for the lower floor apartments - they may well be perfectly fine - but avoid the 6th floor units! Do not fall for those cute little roof decks - they charge you a ton of extra money for them but they are so poorly constructed they are likely the source of the leaks. Also, management frequently moves them to do their fake repairs so you may not get to use them anyway.

Fix the roof

Building is clean, lots of sunlight

No elevator, harder to be accessible to a lot of subways

None

The building is in a great location and was clean and well maintained.

I had dozens of packages stolen. Management was unwilling to install cameras

- cheap rent - updated appliances - somewhat friendly super

- not responsive to emails or phone calls whatsoever - apartments with mice and bugs, not handled - lots of music coming from building next door from 10P onwards - no heat or hot water at least 1x a week due to “boiler issues”

Very clean, has elevator

Elevator was out of service

Well functioning building, new appliances

Units are extremely cramped

Location is perfect, close to transit and right by the park

We have had a bug infestation in the building since the summer and “pest control” does nothing other than agree with us that it is a problem Rent for the space, I guess you’re just paying for location but it’s absolutely insane how much they continue to raise the rent for the square footage

Pretty quiet, good neighbors

Heat problems in winter

Location, Elevator, Pets allowed

Landlord didn’t pay con Ed bill, notices given for lights in common area shutoff. Landlord didn’t heat building and fired super, consistently cold temperatures during winter. Drilled out locks before lease ended

Exterminator comes monthly to spray Fairly quick to get everywhere in city Reasonably priced

Building management is extremely unresponsive. The property manager will fix what he can - but when it comes to something like a cabinet door, yeah that will stay broken all year. Packages are often stolen, you hear all your neighbors. We have found 2 dead roaches and one live one in the bathroom in 1 year and dealt with a mouse problem (not horrible for nyc but not great.) Also don’t take the trash to the basement at night or the roaches will attack. Also the street recently converted a mothers shelter to more of a mental facility so the amount of crime and homeless issues have increased in the past year.

Great location! Great outdoor space!

When we were robbed in the middle of the night due to a malfunctioning lock on our living room window, the management did absolutely nothing. We filed a police report. Not only were we robbed, but the buildings to the left and right of us were robbed in an identical manner during the same week and the management took no onus as to the lack of functioning locks on living room windows. They ignored our complaints and never fixed the locks.

I don't know if it is still the same property owner ... but if it is, buyer beware.

The location is amazing

Cold water all the time, heat is often off, ceiling fell down in the lobby

I had my own bathroom

You could hear what the neighbors were doing

I loved the location, the exposed brick, and the newer appliances and nice shower.

However, get used to all your packages being stolen and the homeless people on the block. It's a blast Friday-Sunday but during the week it can wear on you. Great apartment for your early 20s, but some cons.

Please install a video camera in the building!!! So many stolen packages.

Very pretty interior, renovated, good lighting.

SO MANY MICE!! Management did little to help the EXTREME rodent problem for about 3 months, then I paid for an exterminator myself. Packages are constantly stolen with nothing being done by management.

Fix the rodent issue.

Nice and responsive super. Good location. Modern touches. New cleaning guy is doing a great job.

Packages CONSTANTLY stolen. Building manager impossible to get a response from (although she does like to complain about tenants in blasts via the rent portal) Neighbors noisy and inconsiderate to others who aren’t students. Homeless like to camp in doorway of building. Garbage disposal area slightly terrifying.

Get a building manager who will actually do their job. Figure out a more secure system for mail. Fix up the garbage pit.

location is good

Mold in building. Management would enter without notice. No pest control. Slow to repair if they ever do.

Maintain your building appropriately.

The design of the entry and staircase is nicer than a lot of walk ups, The location is prime, Located on a quiet block with good shops and places to eat, Super is very helpful and responsive.

Virtual doorman goes down quite a bit, Stairs are extremely steep and dangerous because they are marble. They mop them daily but leave them very wet and slippery as there’s no traction pads on the stairs, It’s miserable going up or down with a suitcase/packages but that’s any walk up, There’s always rats out front of the building at night but again it’s nyc..

- location - wine cooler - new-ish appliances - in-unit washer and dryer - incredibly tiny space

- water takes over 5-10 min to heat up each time - heat is off for over half the day during winter - floor is old and gross

Fix the hot water and heat

Cheap rent and genuinely forgot to charge rent for several months

The owner is/was in prison for criminal harassment of residents in portfolio, including having his agents impersonate NYPD.

Stop harassing your residents Mr Croman.

No pests or bugs. Very clean. Honestly I loved living here and would do so again. Super was great when there was a potential emergency for the building—in our case when the water boiler started dripping water.

Super was horrible for non-emergency things. Basically, if it's not an emergency, don't expect them to come. Got locked out of the apartment for the first two days of the lease, heat didn't work for first three days of the lease, ceiling fan never got fixed, etc. Also owner did not let us sublet for the last few months of our lease because he wanted to force us to give up our security deposit and pay one extra month of rent in order to end the lease 3 months early.

Be more responsive lol.

Great location and every week they are there cleaning the hallways and stairs. Brandon is super great and always friendly

Raised rent a ton and the curling leaked in our apartment and took months to fix

Great experience here. Neighbors are friendly, packages rarely get stolen, a porter comes by every weekday to keep the place clean. The super, Jonathan, is awesome!

Centennial is money hungry and NYC Management was sometimes unresponsive

Great location, edge of West Village.

- Neighbours are loud, walls are thin. You can hear your neighbours talking in their living room from yours. - Weed smell comes through the walls, especially from the bottom, if the floor under you smokes. This happened a lot. - The backyard has all the trash bins, but it appears that the rats have eaten holes into the bins. The lids have multiple holes. More than once I’ve faced a big rat in a tiny space relegated to trash, it’s unnerving.

The apartment should have smoking banned. It’s a very old place and apartments are not airtight, it’s very easy to be bothered by the smell from floor below.

- apartment nicely renovated - washer/dryer in unit - convenient location - safe neighborhood - very quiet (can't hear cars, street noise, etc)

- rat and cockroaches infestation - heat/hot water often not working in the winter - management unresponsive - cooking gas was not working for 10 months, landlord did NOT tell us when we signed the lease. We found out once the lease was signed and when we contacted the gas company to set up an account - rent increased by 14% in 2 years

Be more responsive and take tenants seriously when they submit a request/complaint

It has an elevator

Rats, rats and lousy management who doesn’t respond adequately or timely, the guy and woman who are supposed to be managing it are zeros. And bogus security cameras, everyone knows they are fake so we have huge package thefts

Get rid of current management company, invest money on pest control and security cameras, fix lobbies, DO SOMETHING

Location, location and not living in this place

Everything about this building was wrong. The boiler from the hot water stopped working at least once every three months. The super Tony is a thief. Packages get stolen all the time. No one answer the emails. Space is small and dark. Just terrible

All three supers they had while I was living there were unresponsive

Good location in the East village

Little to no heat in the winter. Was constantly below the legal temp and management did nothing. Rats are infested in the trash area. Cockroaches during the summer. Neighbors in the building have had issues with mice. Have raised the rent 1.6k from when I first moved in 2 years ago.

location location location

When i moved in the this semi-lux (has appliances and is newly renovated) with a covid lease in dec 2020 i thought id hit the jackpot. wrong. I didnt have heat, in Dec. they provided space heaters- and that has been the case since. NO HEAT. But thats not even the worst part- not even close. Obviously my coned bill was insane- maybe $300-$700 for a 450 sq ft apt- it took them over 6 months to work out any concession with me. This company will SCREW YOU- look them up, Centennial. It gets worse. Weve lost water and power several times, no f's given by management. In August the gas was shut off. We havent had stoves/ovens since. Yesterday they finally finished the putting in new electric stoves which they had to put HUGE holes all over the walls to wire. I cant even imagine what utilities are going to cost now. The super is fantastic but he works for a company that doesnt give him the ability to do much. Oh and there has been no recourse on rent for MONTHS without the ability to cook. Nothing. because they 'dropped off hot plates'. I love this area but this building will push you to your breaking point. ALSO the neighbors steal all your packages. ive been in NY 15 years and ive seen a lot of shitty buildings this one is the worst of the worst- just comes in pretty packaging. DONT BE FOOLED. Last, they raised rent 91% this year and ive been here 2 years.

Literally fix anything!! and offer a concession for the rent you completely fucked us on for having no way to make hot food.

Nice renovated space

Had some water issues when i lived there and pests.

Property owners were not accommodating during covid

The building is an excellent location, with so much natural light. Most of the time it’s a safe neighborhood, and rarely do packages get stolen. Around the corner from a library, walkable to a Target and grocery store.

The property management company. They’re unresponsive, ignore tenant needs, and do not fix things on time. There are several fines and court orders against the building because of their mismanagement of the garbage.

Be responsive to your renters. Come fix things, make sure the appliances are maintained, and take care of the waste.

- washer/dryer in unit - great location

Management is AWFUL, the owner is a crook and they do not take care of the building. They overwork their staff and don't care about their tenants

Treat your tenants right!

in-unit washer dryer not super old right next to the 103rd St ACBD station right next to central park deli on the corner makes great sandwiches

rooms a bit small and one room barely gets sunlight a ton of maintenance issues when first moving in that took forever to get fixed (washer dryer barely working and shaking violently, still don't have a doorknob on one of the doors, lights don't work, took 6 months to get the wine fridge we were promised, leaks) wifi box only works plugged into the room at the end because someone previously cut the wires and no one wants to come fix it (makes wifi to the other end of the apartment bad) our first super was nice but didn't know how to do anything and they pretty much overworked him second super is really knowledgable but again overworked so takes forever to get to things apartment was a mess when moving in radiator in one room didn't work at all throughout the winter some outlets always tripped for some reason packages keep getting delivered to an address that isn't here all the apartments on this block owned by the management company used to have the same code to get in the buildings and there was a burglary in one keypad to get in didn't work for a while and they never gave us a building key water would go out often for maintenance

please hire more supers if your apartments are going to have so many problems

I've lived in this building for 45 yrs. It's an historic building in a NYC historic district block. The apartments that have not been shoddily redone are not nice. The apartments that are still rent regulated are large and historically beautiful.

The owner is the notorious criminal, Steven Croman. He with holds heat and hot water continuously every year. We have mice and a bad sewage smell immitting from the basement that floods often. They also store garbage in the basement that causes rodent infestations. Bird nest infestation causes bird excrement all over our windowsills, front steps/stoop and the fire escape. The public halls are often never cleaned. Best advice ..DO NOT RENT FROM CENTENNIAL PROPERTIES THAT IS OWNED BY STEVEN CROMAN !! LOOK HIM UP ! HE IS A HORROR!!

Go back to jail for the bank fraud you committed and STOP harassing your tenants !!

- Good layout, spacious - In unit Washer & Dryer - Dishwasher - Convenient location

- Poor property management (ie. The building had issues with heat for two months in the winter, issues with hot water, rodent issues - management was not proactive or helpful in responding)

Be accommodating to your tenants, speak to them with respect and be proactive in fixing issues.

Next to park

Crime Roof leaks Pay for heat Rats Roaches Neglectful landlord

Pay attention!!!

The high ceilings, the crown molding, the exposed brick, washer dryer in unit and small outdoor space

Old building, the radiators aren't big enough to heat the entire apartment - space heaters required in the winter months, rats in the garbage area, mice seen in the hallways/apartment, some apartments have new appliances but others don't - old appliances break down constantly and the building management group will not replace

Be less of a slum lord

Superintendent is responsive and cares about his job. Porters clean common areas regularly

Management office slow to respond. Implemented package room without telling anybody. My unit was barely turned when I moved in (not cleaned, prior tenant’s belongings were still there). Expensive for what you get, even by nyc standards

Identify issues more proactively, make meaningful repairs not band aids

Extremely responsive super Updated appliances

No ventilation in shower Light bulbs were out when we moved in and we had to pay to replace them Noise from restaurant below

Location, balcony, and washer/dryer in unit

A couple mice encounters, noisy

Garbage outside needed to be tended to more

Upgraded apt with in unit w/d, new windows, considerate neighbors

Pre-war heating, after difficulties while attempting to renew with mgmt I read some articles online about the owner of the company defrauding tenants

be nicer to people during pandemics

Extremely clean building, friendly staff. Very responsive to maintenance requests. Lived here for 2.5 years and have loved it.

The trash area is pretty nasty despite the buildings best efforts to keep it clean. No one wants to go down the nasty stairs. Packages are constantly getting stolen. There is now a package room but the delivery people barely use it.

Good location but too expensive

It can get noisy if facing 28th

-elevator sometimes works -quiet area -great heating -spacious

-things break constantly, such as the elevator and the water heater, and the super is entirely unresponsive

Listen to your tenants and fix the problems

Good location and apartment

Rats in garbage and street can get dirty

Modern finishes, responsive live in super, no laundry in building but next door building is owned by same mgmt and they give you a key to use next door

Units are super tiny, doors in apartments have frosted glass which limits privacy and darkness, had in unit mouse issue, consistent issue with broken pipe under sink

Invest in quality fixes instead of quick fixes that will break again

Great location, great outdoor space, and spacious rooms

The narrowness of the apartment, supers take long to fix problems

Well maintained and clean.

Narrow stairs and only key access to front door

I would recommend this building

Super close to the A/C line. Up to date appliances. Management got better towards the end

Our first super was horrible. The apartment on the 5th floor had a flooding issue. Unreliable boiler. Sketchy area at night

Get competent supers

great location, nice neighbors

overpriced while neighbors payed much less, super kind of rude, management changed a lot

Good location building is refurbished nicely

Heat was broken for months and they lied and said they fixed when they didn’t, wasn’t until I boycotted paying rent that they came to fix that and everything else in my apartment that was broken. Hot water and water pressure constantly off, also terrible response times from them. Roaches were a problem easily, exterminator came once a month but not at consistent times so we missed him often. Dead mice left in the lobby, heard my neighbors screaming about mice and rats in their apartment but never had a problem myself. Also neighborhood on north side of the building complained about noise from the bar below us every night, but I never personally had this issue as I wasn’t directly above it. Never received security back from them either but at this point I’m just happy to be out of there.

Incredible neighborhood Private outdoor spaces (roof, patios) High ceilings

Old building means: - bad heat - AC units - a decent amount of pests with little done about it

Be more responsive to building issues/more proactive

Good light from south facing windows Trash is not right by the front door

Dead roaches when we moved in, saw at least one live roach Couldn't reach the super and management was slow in fixing the window leak Multiple plumbing problems in bathroom, sink was backed up and unusable

Be more responsive

Good location and access to transportation

management leaves a lot to be desired. Heat out often. No gas in building for several months

Be more responsive to service requests. Fix the boiler.

In unit washer dryer, dishwasher

Tiny kitchen, very loud neighbors

- washer & dryer - dishwasher - wine cooler - location

- super’s attitude toward tenants - management - loud, rude neighbors

Live-in super, no bugs, well-maintained units, intercom access, package room.

We had a huge water leak in the ceiling of the building that management took a while to fix the resulting damage. Property management is very slow to respond. Occasional package theft issues despite the existence of a package room.

Be more responsive to tenant issues and complaints related to package theft and maintenance requests.

decent looking building. washer/dryer and dishwasher.

thin thin thin walls - can hear everything. roaches and rats. Big and small roaches. Rats galore in the backyard and sometimes they venture inside. They are all over in the basement. Mice in some units too. management is non responsive and generally just downright crook. They will never fix anything. Management will also try to raise your rent an unreasonable amount upon lease expiration. We are talking $1100 additional on a glorified studio apartment.

sell to a real landlord.

Modern finishes, cute spot for roomies

Our walls leaked once, with water streaming down inside the living room. Management came and fixed it though

Super is one of the best you’ll find. Great location for getting around the city, but 14th st (and the courtyard in back) can get very busy. Very active building on the weekends.

Management company is unresponsive, rude, and fights on everything. Very inflexible and ignores blatant problems pointed out to them. Lobby and staircase/trash area always smells gross. ALSO THE ENTIRE BUILDING HAS COCKROACHES (AND SOME RATS) AND EXTERMINATOR DOES NOT PREVENT THEM FROM APPEARING. THEY IGNORE THIS ISSUEz

Cute apartment with decent renovations

I had a horrible roach issue when I lived here

Peaceful street, well maintained

Package thief daily

close to many delis, stores, restaurants

walk up, small bedrooms, not many washers and dryers available/ in use

Laundry In-Unit, great location

Market rate apartments with unresponsive and unhelpful management. Slow to repair heating, went without heat for week intervals multiple times in the winter (2021-2022). Took two months to have dishwasher repaired.

Keep tenants updated on repairs, be more communicative when tenants have repairs that are needed.

The super for the building is very responsive and helpful

The landlord made an over 50% rent increase to our apartment. Many maintain issues

Garbage was always handled, exterminators came around monthly

Dealing with a large company is hard, they raised our rent 25% after the first year, and there is someone who steals packages that the landlord hasn't helped

Deal with the package thief!

Relatively quiet block until recently. Nice neighbors.

Pest issue. Owner turns off heat in the winter. Unresponsive. Owner by a convicted criminal. Multiple instances of homeless breaking into and management did nothing to secure the building.

Stop being a criminal.

Nice neighbors, for the most part quiet street, close to absolutely everything.

Building management absolutely sucks. The super is nice but management is terrible. To get one thing fixed takes weeks, they like to do things on their time and dime. Will find the cheapest option to fix things. They do not care about you.

Find better people in management. They treat tenants very poorly.

Super is great

Upstairs neighbors are horrible and can hear everything

None

My unit was fully renovated and has nice features and amenities, which were great. They keep the hallways pretty clean and the garbage/recycling area has improved from when I first moved in. The super and management aren't always very responsive but with some nagging they'll get things done.

Not all the building units have been renovated and some seem to be long term rent control units with lifelong residents who can be...quirky. Some younger, partying types seemed to have moved in and can be loud as well. The heat is overwhelming sometimes and the hot water can be scalding hot. The finishes are nice but the quality isn't always top notch. Feels like it was rushed to look good to fill units but not long term.

Pay attention to residents requests to keep the building in good condition.

Beautiful architecture and a quiet building for the most part

Packages get stolen, there is not always heat or hot water, the owner/super is a bit unresponsive

new appliances including dishwasher and washer dryer.

supers keep changing, garbage bins overflow and the trash area is smelly sometimes, i once saw a condom in the window in the stairwell that stayed there for months.

please do better.

Super is responsive, location is amazing

Don't expect your property manager to care whether you live or die. It's like pulling teeth to have them make repairs to actually make your apartment livable. They have no problem not fixing things like heat, hot water, mold, water damage, flood damage or any of the appliances. The super is nice and helpful but the management company will actually go out of their way to not fix anything.

You should pick a new career if having a shred of human decency is too much to ask for you. Do your job.

Nice amenities and location. No trash stored in building. Street is mostly quiet.

Management is simply horrible. Super often does not know what to do, though is nice. You will overpay for what you get. Mail was stolen several times.

The apartment itself was lovely, with really nice finishes. The super was great and responsive. The building was clean and pretty well maintained, by NYC standards.

When we moved in there were some issues with mold in one of the closets, which were addressed. Other repairs went unaddressed for almost a year, which was very frustrating. It seems management changed during our 2 year lease because after a year of being completely unreasonable, rude, and unresponsive, they were replaced by seemingly competent people (who were at least less rude). May be a one-off experience though, as I’ve heard some pretty bad things about the company from others who have rented in the past.

Good location to the L and Trader Joe's

Packages get stolen, then never respond to maintance requests. They installed a package room and hoard packages in there and won't give anyone access

Literally do better

Close to Trader Joe’s and train

*DID NOT RETURN MY SECURITY DEPOSIT AS THE CHECK BOUNCED* Landlord is useless, doesn’t respond. You can be left for weeks/months with something broken in your apartment Packages constantly stolen. You can’t leave anything in the lobby for as little as an hour They increased rent by 40% after covid

Stop being tramps

Good water pressure, good location.

Roaches in the summer, mice. This was in 2018-2019 so I’m not sure what the situation is now.

Clean, renovated building New appliances Laundry in Unit

Management slow to respond Building flooded and left without working fire alarm for months In 11 months there have been two floods, one from rain, one from laundry exploding on upper floor Building is being sold

Respond to your tenants, especially when you're in violation of the lease

The apartment I had was cute and affordable just because of vivid though, they immediately hiked it 1k at renewal

Packages stolen regularly Property management is trash Heat didn’t start until December and it was on like once a week

Customer service

Nice building and updated building without a doorman.

Halfway house across the street which is not managed well by their management.

Invest in tenants with families. It’s unfortunate that families are forced out for more profit.

Great location, neighborhood is fantastic

Raised our rent 40% after a year, front door locks broken constantly, leaks in the building, super doesn’t respond to anything

Find some employees who will actually do their jobs

The super, Jelo, is a great guy.

This building is regularly below the legal limit for temperatures in NYC. The tenants of this building have had to sue the Owner the get adequate heat in the building. As of December 2021, the heat remains below legal levels.

Heat the building adequately and people will stop suing you.

Apartment is updated and nice.

Landlord is entirely unresponsive and is in open violation of my lease agreement.

They clean everyday and the garbage is always taken care of. Maintenance crew is really nice and responsive.

There are weird old building problems like, sink doesn't drain, heat pipes are noisy, and occasional pests even though exterminator comes through twice a month.

Be willing to negotiate better discounts with good tenants.

The Affordable place to live

Infested with roaches, unresponsive management, and constant issues with hot water not working properly.

Be more responsive to tenants.

Great location, super and porters care and are very helpful. Decent sized bedrooms.

Property managers are absolutely incompetent. They have done nothing to remedy flood damage from the hurricane and haven’t done anything to prevent future floods. Took them over a month to fix our unit after it was damaged in the hurricane. They act like we’re overreacting when we complained about the multiple inches of standing water in our apartment. They do not care and are not organized enough to do anything about these massive flooding issues.

Take your job seriously! You have uninhabitable apartments due to your negligence! Prevent future flood damage and do something to repair the current damage.

Proximity to train

Absolutely everything else. Ceiling collapsed, holes in the bathroom floor looking right down to the basement, no hot water for many days consecutively, food would back up into the bathtub, mice. Just a disgusting place to live.

Knock it down & start over.

Washer drier in unit

It’s a walk up

Updated appliances and living spaces.

There has been no cooking gas since I moved in on 5/21, not sure if it’s going to be fixed…

Get the gas fixed.

None to note

Never respond to emails, don’t fix issues, disorganized, don’t care about tenants, horrible employees, make tenants live in inhabitable apartments

Be better

Nice finishes, responsive super, great location, clean lobby, dishwasher, laundry in unit.

Lots of stolen packages, smokers in building that management will not stop.

Figure out a solution to the rampant package theft and smoking.

The location is close to work.

The super had not fixed a single problem in the apartment since we moved in, and has ignored most phone calls and texts. He doesn’t complete service requests. I overheard the super say “The people in this building complain too much.” Well, we wouldn’t complain if you actually did your job. The building manager ignores phone calls and emails and never follows through. They have complete disregard for their tenants, and I would not recommend this management company to anyone.

Building is near 9th ave

The management company- specifically Annabelle Santiago, does not return calls for repairs. The literally ignore you until it’s absolutely required to answer. The worst management company.

Location is great. Everything else terrible.

Non responsive management. Psychopathic tenant on the 3rd floor. Frequent police calls. Homicide on the 5th floor. Rats in the backyard, leaking roofs, not enough heat. STAY AWAY!!!!! Plenty of other properties around. Do not rent from Centennial properties, formerly 9300 Realty.

Hire more professional managers. Less buildings for the supers and proper staffing. Pay them accordingly. And pay the contractors who perform work.

Gorgeous, well-maintained building with great amenities and layouts. The property managers responsible for cleaning, garbage removal, maintenance etc are exceptional when you can get a hold of them (tough because the property management team doesn’t communicate with them). Lots of room in apartments.

Centennial properties (building owner) does not respond to anyone. Over a foot of water flooded into the bottom floor of our apartment during hurricane ida (this was two weeks before we had 4 inches of water during hurricane henri). My roommate and I had to clean and disinfect everything ourselves (along with every other apartment that has a basement floor). I’m still waiting on a response as to whether they will provide any assistance with reimbursements or cleaning up the existing mold damage and warped floor tiles and bathroom door. Our apartment also never reached above 66 degrees in the winter unless we used personal heaters which then drove up our electricity bill. (Emailed our property managers twice a month every month and never got a response.)

Fix basement apartments

Location was most ideal

Mold problem, mouse, roaches. We had to leave this place immediately

Come correct

None at all

Terrible place landlord treats you like a garbage and super doesn’t treat you like a human.

really great area! lots around and not too bad of a walk up

building and management wasnt responsive. rats were a major problem

Work on time management!

Good location, nice outside facade

Lights and fire alarms started to go out a few months after moving in. Water damage appeared in our unit. Management never came to fix this problems. They took an extremely long time to return our security deposit (months).

Take care of the building and the tenants. Stop being cheap

Nice building. Decently maintained.

Responsiveness of management / willingness to communicate.

Better communication.

We had a duplex

There was no gas

Friendly neighbors close to subway

Rats and roaches!! Boiler breaks down often during the winter so heat and hot water is interrupted Management is unresponsive

Respond to tenant complaints, get rid of pests, stop arbitrary rent increases

Washer dryer, great roof, pretty rooms

Had to ruin multiple items of clothing to convince them the washer was broken, took a week or two

In unit laundry, close to subway and park, crown moldings, nice floors

Black mold in bathrooms, cracked sinks and tiles, broken doors, loose locks on doors, loose sinks and handles, hot water not always available, heat wildly fluctuates, screaming kids in the morning, always smells like weed, looks like it was newly renovated but they did a very cheap and bad job with paint peeling and mold under silicon

Fix up bathrooms and kitchens so they can be used without things breaking so often. The black mold everywhere needs to be addressed professionally, as commercial products do not fix them. Also people pay better attention to heat and hot water as they are not consistently working in the winter.

It was cheap and looked “nice” but everything pretty much broke the day we moved in , cabinets etc. to

No gas!!! We moved in under the guise that the gas would be turned on soon and then we found out there had been no gas for 8 months prior, so they gave us a hot plate but no use of the stove or oven and no communication to be turning it on soon. We did not receive any cut in rent for this problem.

Turn on the gas!!!!

no pests very clean

hard to get in touch with landlord or super

Kept clean and super was very responsive.

Lived there for three years but in March 2021 it started to get a bunch of new tenants that were extremely loud and obnoxious.

trash always picked up

super rude and gaslighting, mice infestation, no heat in apartment 1

The spot was well located and our super was incredibly responsive and easy to work with.

Extremely overpriced for what you get and the building management company will never negotiate. There were so many rats in our yard and on the streets that we couldn’t use our outdoor space - neighboring buildings would put out poison and the creatures would come to our yard to die. We also had a lot of roaches for a newly renovated apartment. In the winter, the heat - which is provided by long water pipes in specific rooms - is mediocre at best and we spent a ton on extra blankets and heaters in the winter. In addition, the property management company was and remains a nightmare to work with. While the super and admins are fantastic, management was difficult to work with and inflexible. Read your lease in full with these guys!!

Washer dryer dishwasher in units. Well insulated walls. Nice neighbors. Relatively quiet.

Was cleaner and well maintained. Someone dumped milk into the recycling bin so the guy in charge of cleanliness quit. Management since hired someone new and it hasn’t been as well maintained as before. Seasonal small cockroaches, possibly due to restaurant downstairs. No rats though. Inconsistent heating during winter. Slow maintenance response time. Apartment management company absolutely the worst at responding. Spotty sunlight depending on unit.

Hire a new management company.

Online payment system

No heat, rat infestation, awful super, awful management company. Slumlords

Answer the phone

Pretty clean and apartments are nice inside

Package thieves, rat infestation outside. Community center has a food service across the street so once or twice a week there are hundreds of people outside waiting in line and they very loud.

Faster with your repairs

Nice neighbors, very secure

Super and landlord are a huge problem

N/A

The neighborhood is nice, East 5th street is a quiet street.

Mice, Roches, dust from ongoing construction, bad management. Cheap cabinets and materials used for construction. Heat is terrible during the winter, the heat is on and off, only 30% to 50% of the time is on.

Better communication, be responsible for the noise, dust, pest, and notice your tenet ahead.

Clean building with nice hallways and large sunny apartments

Package drop off sometimes wouldn’t be behind the locked door and put deliveries at risk