320 E 44 St,

Manhattan, NY 10017

Location is great

Lease states that heat is included, yet heat isn’t provided on a continuous basis. No hot water pressure. Fireplace, which is a prime reason to rent the space is now off limits with no compensation.
Although it’s listed as luxury building and the rent reflects that; the services fall short. Every winter heat is only in 45 min every few hours.

Provide continuous heat when it’s 18F outside - it’s the law. If you take away a feature from the apartment provide rent discount appropriate to such reductions.

Super close to transportation
The doormen were incredibly friendly and helpful

My neighbor was obnoxiously loud

Nothing it was a decent experience

- The doormen are super helpful and respectful. Except one of them, he's so an** about everything and miserable .
- My studio is pretty spacious and a good amount of closet space
- Big windows; minimal sunlight but that's okay
- I love the neighborhood and convenience . Close to some of my favorite restaurants

- Mentally ill neighbor I had to deal with for a year, which caused me anxiety and also being threatened by her in the hallway.
- Apartment was 'broken' and not renovated at all when I moved in, so I had to redo a lot of stuff by myself to make it decent . Walls was very disgusting and hot oil stuck to the kitchen walls which was hell to get rid of. Had a really dirty bidet toilet, windows was disgusting, floors was gross especially the bathroom
- Management doesn't care about keeping you
as a tenant when you're a good one and friendly with the neighbors. They'll just raise the rent over 50% and leave no room for negotiating at a more reasonable price . It's normal for them to raise it 1000$ all at once when the lease ends, instead of raising it $200-$300 more which would be more fair. Who is prepared to have their rent raised 1000$ more?? There should've been a warning or at least something on the lease about that!

Have some compassion and be more fair to tenants that actually enjoy living here, despite all of the negative situations we have with the apartment or building . It's a great place and I've made a lot of friends with the neighbors and doormen.

24 hour doormen
Elevator

Cockroaches
Rude leasing agents
Old pipes - water is gross

Renovations to pipes, upgrade gym, train leasing agents to be professional and respectful

Doormen are great. Great proximity to Grand Central.

Some tenants are questionable. Ownership doesn’t seem to care about tenants.

Don’t try to raise your tenants rent by 40% two years in a row.

Quiet street, friendly staff, shower is hot, and building is clean and well kept.

Neighbors can be loud. Walls are pretty thin.

Location, staff, security

Some loud neighbors, mini fridge

Good midtown location.

Small apartments. No contact with management. Large building with no community.

Be responsive to tenants

Easily navigable to grand central and other transport, staff is friendly and warm, mostly quiet building, windows are great if you’re street facing

Backside of the building is a little bit of a bummer for the view, you deal with UN blockades throughout the year having to prove you live here, expensive for what it is, our bathroom didn’t seem to get fixed up between tenants so there’s caulking issues and the wood doorframe is a little gross

The doormen are nice and helpful, the elevators are pleasant since they updated them, and the street we are on is quiet. They have also increased cleaning during COVID and have a disinfectant wipe & hand sanitizer dispensers in the lobby.

The property managers at Brodsky and in our building do not use a human approach but rather prefer to resort to threats within a very short timeframe. It’s an old building and there are a surprising number of roaches we have encountered even on the 11th floor. They also skew high on rent and try to match the rents of the new buildings that have been popping up in the area without earning it. We live in an experimental modern unit and the oven is fake. It’s a convection microwave that doesn’t work. We have asked for a replacement and they have refused. It’s clear their tenants are just numbers to them. We are a mixed couple and I have often wondered if race plays in. We are only still here because of the neighborhood, convenience, and we shelled out an initial $15k to move in for various reasons.

Be a human being, especially during COVID. Also if you’re going to try to keep rents high, make the lobby, hallways and apartments nicer and with better lighting, carpets and paint.