488 7 Avenue A,

Manhattan, NY 10018

Very centrally located

If you don’t have an interior apartment it can be very loud at times.

The location is decent if you want to be close to Penn Station and Herald Square

Very small 1 bed apt (about 350 sqft)
Flat top with no oven, but has microwave/convection thing
Cable/fios not available
Grouchy super, but he would fix things
New HVAC in unit with wall contr

* Renovated kitchen and bathroom
* Laundry on each floor
* Chill front desk staff
* Location is close to many subway stations
* Amazon delivers packages straight to door. Front desk looks over other packages

* Central A/C does not work
* Shower drain is always clogged
* No hot water in the winter or it takes 10+ mins to warm up, but then runs out after 2 mins
* Leaky/running toilet
* The trash chute is too small to take any normal size garbage bags so people leave it in the trash room for the super to collect, but leaving trash bags on the floor attracts pests
* A few roach sightings, mainly after being away for a while. Not a regular issue though.
* Very little sunlight if facing the courtyard
* Slow ass elevator and it was broken for 3 months
* Property management is not very responsive to maintenance requests. They say they will come take a look at things and they don't. Super is pretty responsive, but isn't given the necessary stuff from management to fix
* A lot of tourist traffic on the street
* Walls are super thin. I can easily hear neighbors TV from hallway

Very central location in midtown Manhattan; all the staff are pretty nice and helpful

It is very loud and there’s always constructions going on

Amenities, services and doorman. Good living environment

Management, unresponsive, garbage chutes super small,

Be more responsive to the tenants

Convenient to nearly all subway lines
Tall ceilings
Nice floors

Walls are a little thin, but you get used to it

N/A

Soundproof windows! Especially in midtown this is a must and I’m barely annoyed by the sounds.

Location gets tiring after a while. Trash room get a little gross.

24 hour doorman, gym, laundry on floor

No natural light

Do better.

The door staff are great and we have a friendly relationship with the building staff. The exterior of the building is historic and beautiful. Apartments are adequately sized. That said- Torkian bills this as a luxury property, it is far from that.

The management company is unprofessional, churns out tenants rapidly as folks cannot keep up w steep rent hikes, have been sued for short term rentals back in 2019 and are back at it again, won’t replace the trash compactor for 2 years now, don’t respond to tenant emails…. I could go on. If you can avoid it, do not rent from Torkian management portfolio of buildings.

Get a Super who is helpful, respond timely to urgent maintenance requests, appreciate tenants who aren’t loud college kids leaving pizza boxes and trash everywhere, smoking indoors. Your building is going down hill and it couldn’t be more obvious how much you don’t care.

Nice unit
Great heating/AC
Clean lobby

Location
Noise level from street

Keep it up

location is the only one I guess.

- Managements are not responding well, should waited to get a response for a week. Be careful. Don’t expect to get a full refund on deposit. They take out the money for small stupid things.
- Pest control is not handle well, water bugs are everywhere.
- thin walls, noise is not blocking between neighbors. Weekend was the nightmare.
- this building is absolutely dark

Well… Do better

All the train lines

Absolute darkness in the unit 24/7

Rooms were pretty soundproof, and the front desk and super were all very nice and helpful.

When we decided not to renew, management was not responsive or helpful during the move out. I get that they weren’t happy but that seems petty.

- doormen are extremely nice and friendly

- walls are pretty thin

Very good location that is close to many train lines and a ton of places to eat and shop. Maintenance is good and the doormen was helpful. There is a tiny gym that can come in handy. Lots of closet space.

It can be a bit noise so it’s a very crowded street. The building looks dated on the inside.

Some renovations on the inside and better soundproofing