470 2 Avenue,

Manhattan, NY 10016

Great views, nice doormen, quiet floors

Park behind can get sketchy

-Accessible to Murray Hill area
-Very timely maintenance requests
-Package room reliable
-Large laundry room
-Private terraces
-Empire state building views
-24 hour doorman

-Long walk to 6 Train
-Intermittent issues with roaches know throughout all buildings
-Doormen will not accept grocery deliveries
-Outdated hallways/Lobbies

-Update the hallways/common areas
-Better options for refrigerated grocery delivery

Staff. Location. Staff. Location.

Overpriced. Misleading advertising. They don't deliver on their end of the deal as far as what you originally sign up for when signing lease. MAJORLY regret renting from Kips Bay Court. They are trying to raise our rent by OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for the lease renewal. We didn't even get what we paid for w the last lease and now they're INCREASING THE RENT?! By THAT much???? It's abhorrent. Honestly. Disgusting. Charging between $4,000-$5,000 for a one bedroom in a building that should ACTUALLY be going for $2,000-$2,500 MAX. IF THEY'RE LUCKY!
Just because they slap on some paint, offer a key fob, tell you there's "bike storage" (& what they DON'T tell you is that this "bike storage" is AT ONE BUILDING ONLY - the building furthest away from mine) - does NOT make the building a "luxury building" as claimed!

Luxury buildings have COMFORTABLE, TEMPERATE PUBLIC SPACES!
The elevatoR (singular) is NOT air conditioned. The hallways on each floor are NOT air conditioned. There's not even a single bit of air flow while you're waiting 20min for the ONE elevator to finally show up.
Luxury building my ASS!!!
How dare they try to charge what they're trying to charge for rent. The audacity is astounding.

Highly do NOT recommend renting @ Kips Bay Court/Beam Living for the prices they're charging.

Unless you don't care about having only one 1 of the 2 elevators in service for you for the entirety of your lease, an archaic laundry room w money cards from a machine that only take $20 bills and higher, NO debit cards, NO credit cards, NO smart card online adding $ features, AND NO ATM avail in the laundry room even FOR YOU TO TAKE OUT CASH for the stupid money machine! 4 out of 10 washers working correctly SOMETIMES, 2 out of 10 dryers actually DRY your clothes, the "free" internet and cable they lure you in with is CONSISTENTLY UNRELIABLE! OMG I could go on but I'm going to leave it there.
My most valuable piece of advice: if touring apts at Kips Bay Court, ASK LEASING AGENTS IF THERE WILL BE ANY MAJOR (or minor) renovations in the upcoming months! Cuz if you don't ask that specific question they sure as hell aren't going to tell you. Had I known ONE elevator would be out of service for 12+ months, I NEVER WOULD'VE RENTED. Had I known the hallway on my floor would've been out of service for 3+ months, I never would've rented. Had I known every other freakin day the ONE elevator that IS in service would be TAKEN OUT of service, I never would've rented. Had I known that water from faucets would come out brown mid -showers, mid-washing dishes, mid-pouring water to heat up for tea, on a weekly basis, I never would've rented. I didn't know any better to think to to ask those types of questions. So plz, take my advice, ASK so you can actually make a truly INFORMED decision.

Get your shit together. Charge what's appropriate. Tell people moving in that for the entirety of their lease they won't have access to half the amenities you offer so they can make an INFORMED decision about moving there knowing ALL the facts instead of the lies of omission that seems to be common practice amongst the leasing staff.

Responsive maintenance. Large complex with doorman and security. Some cool events.

Lots of construction. Immediate vicinity of building is not super nice. Air conditioning is old and loud.

Balcony and good appliances

Priced as a luxury high rise but not l luxury

Security officers were nice. Water pressure was nice.

Hard to get in contact of management. It’s almost impossible.