BEWARE: Perpetual bedbug infestation!
Pros
In most ways this is a great building. Rent stabilized, right on Prospect Park, kept decently clean, working buzzer. They're generally fairly responsive with small scale repairs, but we've never needed anything drastic done.
Cons
This building has been infested with bedbugs for years. James Dimitriades has lied about this on the HPD report writing several years in a row that there had been zero instances of bedbugs when this was not true (there are yearly infestations). The building management drags their feet with doing any thorough, building-wide fumigation, so this building will most likely perpetually be infested with bedbugs, unfortunately.
Advice to the owners
Deal with the bedbug issue in the whole building if you don't want units to just get reinfested every year!
Great for legacy New Yorkers
Pros
I love the location! Its right next to Prospect Park and the Parade Ground so perfect for families and those who love a bit of outdoors.
Cons
In the summer this location is party central. There is ALWAYS noise played LOUD until 1a-2a on the weekends (late August sometime later because of Haitians practicing for labor day) it sucks ass if you enjoy peaceful nights like I do. There are too many cars that live in the neighborhood with loud ass mufflers driving 25 mph -_- at 6 am. Loud ass motorbikes too. Loud people in the streets. Pretty much it's too loud for me and I can't wait until my move date!
Advice to the owners
Get the exterminator to come back weekly throughout this next winter. I'm seeing too many critters indoors.