21 Monitor Street,

Brooklyn, NY 11222

Really cool building. Used to be part of a Catholic school.

Nice location. Quiet, pleasant, great restaurants and shops nearby. Lots of trees around the church next door so the area feels leafy and green in summer. Two blocks away from Brooklyn Steel.

Incredible skyline view from the roof of the larger building next door (which tenants get access to)

I lived in one of the basement apartments. Sewage started backing up through the drain in the hallway and the drain directly outside the basement entrance on the side of the building. I tried to contact management several times but it took hours for them to respond and send a plumber. At that point it was the middle of the night and they told me I had to stay up to let the plumber in an hour later (at like 3am) even though the issue was with the main building sewer line, not my specific apartment. I had no idea where the main sewer line access even was and management didn't bother to tell me so the plumber ended up wandering around for a while trying to find it.

The plumber fixed the clogged pipe but then management refused to send anyone to clean up the sewage puddles. They eventually dried into brown rings around each of the drains but the hallway and entrance area smelled terrible. I moved out shortly after and I have zero regrets about that decision. Management clearly does not give a fuck about maintenance and takes zero responsibility for the building.

The interior had all of these weird flaws from shoddy renovation. There was a cabinet above my fridge that could only open about two inches because the door would hit this low part of the ceiling that came down right in front of it. It was totally unusable.

No closets (at least not in the unit I rented). Annoying.

Expensive laundry

Very cold inside and heaters don't work super well. It stays nice and cool in summer though...

Could hear every single noise from my upstairs neighbor's dogs. Walls are thick but I guess the floors and ceilings are not.

Be more responsive when tenants report a serious issue like a sewage backup. Take health hazards like sewage seriously and send someone to clean up, I mean co

Amenities, responsiveness of building, clean building, great area, quiet,

Building itself is not always super warm/AC which required units to work overtime to keep warm or cool

Building is nice but it’s dirty and the landlords are greedy slumlords.

Building is dirty. Landlord will not respond to maintenance requests unless you threaten them with 311. They rent gouge and will increase your rent by 40% after a year.

Stop being so greedy and unresponsive.

The building appears very nice and the apartments are a decent size for the price of rent.

Noisy! You can hear neighbors through the walls and doors slamming constantly. Frequent parties in the neighborhood. Management is incredibly unresponsive and unhelpful. It’s like pulling teeth to get anyone to do anything at all.

Also forget ever being warm in the winter. Expect electric bills of well over $300 if you want to have even the slightest sensation of warmth.

AC and location.

Walls are thin. Parties are thrown on the roof. You can hear everyone’s door slam

Don’t use cheap materials when building next time. 

Gym
Furnished rooftop on building next door
Game room
Private rooftop (unfurnished)

Love this area of the city so much

Can get dirty
People leave poop on the sidewalks in front
A little far from the train

N/A, I love this place.