247 Broome Street,

Manhattan, NY 10002

Nothing was good about this building except the location.

There’s NO management in this building.
I guess because half of apts are rent stabilized, so the owners doesn’t give a shit about it. No or Low heat in 24/7, fallen apart and unsanitary conditions in a public area of building.

Sell the whole building to whom actually able to take care of it

Any pros are vastly outweighed by the cons

Never saw the super and management hardly ever responds. Severe water damage and leaks throughout building. Renovated units are just a facade for a decaying building. The "beautiful" brick walls in the renovated units have water damage behind them, smell like mold in the summers (management denies it, and refused to inspect). Hallways are disgusting - cigarettes on stairs, leaks from ceiling, garbage. Long-term tenants (families, seniors, etc.) that live in unrenovated units (about half the building) all share the public toilets in the hallways (1 per floor, the broker will conveniently ignore these). You get to hear and smell everything. These tenants also treat the building like garbage, they leave their shoes, belongings and food trash in the hallways. They exclusively cook ALL of their meals with the door wide open (you get to hear and smell all of this as well).

I have seen rats and large roaches in the hallways, mostly near the garbage on the first floor. On holidays or long weekends, trash builds up to the point that it blocks the first floor hallway.

Interior hallway construction began April 2022, was supposed to be done by July 2022. It's now May 2023 and the hallways having been sitting half under construction for almost an entire year. There are gaping holes in the walls filled with garbage (seriously). The intercom system was disconnected and never fixed. The front door to the building is incredibly old and the lock jams if the weather is very hot or very cold. Management company ignored all of these complaints, and did not care that many tenants were being locked out of the building.

Overall way too expensive for such low quality living. Landlord & management are scum. Highly recommend not living here.

Demolish the building and sell the property.

Nothing is good about this building

Awful maintenances,impossible to reach out with office people no one picks up the phones. rats infections, heat problems.garbage often piled up, huge lack sanitation on hall way.

There are no bugs and the water is always hot. Exposed brick is nice.

The heat is on for only a few hours a day during winter, totally illegal but they don’t care. The garbage piles up in the entry way, gross and stinky. The stench from restaurants consumes indoors. And they let people smoke in their apts which travels between the radiators. Walls are super thin.

Turn the heat on all winter. Clean the garbage everyday. And get a more personable Leasing agent. He’s very unpleasant.

Exposed brick, hardwood floors that aren’t fake. Never experienced bugs or mice.
Water is almost always hot when property owner feels like it.
Lots of light if you’re on the front of building.

Very stingy with heat. They only turn on radiators from 5am-6:30am.
In winter, it’s freezing cold all the time. Summer is hot af.
Neighbors are quiet but they smoke cigarettes non-stop. Cigarette smoke & stink comes thru radiators and it will destroy your sinuses and furniture.
Some apts still have their toilet in the hallway. Be ready to hear your neighbor go to toilet at all hours.

Also, they have listed the 6th floor apt as a “loft”. It’s not a loft. It’s a 6 floor walk up with a sky light that leaks when it rains and snows. And they listed it with “ample closet space”, NOT true. One closet, that’s it.
The “second bedroom” has no closet and is barely big enough for a twin mattress and nothing else.
The bathroom is modern. But the sink is the size of an airplane bathroom.
The kitchen is nice.

Make the building smoke-free.
Turn on the heat enough to comply with NYC regulations.

Good location, I guess.

Expensive, small. Weird smell in the entrance. Hot water randomly shuts off. Trash was always overflowing. Had roaches for a while and once a mouse ran into our unit from the trash area. The bar underneath the building is unbearably loud until 3am every night. Super and landlord didn't care; management jacked my rent up by one-third at renewal. I got out of there.

Take better care of this property.

Has roof, floor and walls

Super doesn’t exist. Essentially have to beg management to even respond to you. Building is kept in horrible condition. Leaks in hallways and apartment units. Doors don’t close (get stuck), hot water shuts off once per month