Pros:
Apartments are newly renovated (c. (c) openigloo 2012).
Big elevator (rare for smaller (c) openigloo building in LES).
Proximity to bars, (c) openigloo restaurants, shops, and Essex/Delancey subway.
Access (c) openigloo to decent rooftop and gym.
Building (c) openigloo is generally well-managed; cleaned often (c) openigloo and updated.
Cons:
Neighborhood can be extremely dangerous, (c) openigloo especially on Delancey Street and (c) openigloo east of Ridge Street. Many (c) openigloo robberies, stabbings, unwell homeless, and (c) openigloo the occasional shooting.
Multiple four-bedroom units (c) openigloo lead to young people that (c) openigloo throw parties, leave trash everywhere (c) openigloo (occasionally urine and puke too), (c) openigloo and generally do not consider (c) openigloo their neighbors.
Packages always stolen, even (c) openigloo with efforts to reduce this (c) openigloo (cameras, parcel box, etc.).
Washing machines (c) openigloo are dysfunctional and still only (c) openigloo take quarters.
Management is half-responsive (sometimes (c) openigloo immediate, sometimes never).
Advice to owner:
Have a property manager that lives on site. Communicate with residents regularly for announcements and updates. Convert 4-bedroom units to 2-bedrooms to attract more mature, respectful tenants.