Temporarily ok to live there
Pros
Close to express trains, washer/dryer in apartment
Cons
Bug infestations inside, outside at night there’s lots of rats and mice directly in front of the building, noisy street.
Persistent Water Issues
Pros
I love the neighborhood and its proximity to the subway and riverside park. Plus the windows, outdoor access, and hardwood floors are stunning. And laundry in unit is always a win.
Cons
The owners do not seem to care about building maintenance at all. I’ve lived in this apartment for just over a year and in that time I’ve had: a leak in the wall from my kitchen sink that caused my downstairs neighbor’s bathroom ceiling to COLLAPSE from water damage; a leak in my living room ceiling that took 4 months to repair; a leak in my bathroom ceiling that they plastered over when I moved in and then in the past 3 months has progressively gotten worse that despite being reported immediately, is still actively leaking into my bathroom even though they said it was “fixed” and sent the super to plaster it again; a persistent pest problem (the building briefly stopped hiring an exterminator before we pressured them to restart this service); and hot water that routinely stops working for days at a time.
Advice to the owners
Please maintain your building; it’s a gorgeous building but the water damage is actually atrocious
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