Jeremy P.
Yelp
I've lived here for over 3 years in a studio apartment on a lower floor. I really like it and I have no plans to move until I buy. This is a rental only building.
Pros:
- Really friendly staff - doormen, building manager, leasing office (on site), maintenance, etc.
- Great roof deck - nice furniture, outdoor shower (not private), bathroom, tables, chairs, plants, beautiful views from the 28th (ish) floor which I believe makes it the tallest finished building in the LES
- Lounge - 3rd floor lounge with pool table, patio, tvs, couches, chairs, tables, kitchen, bathroom
- Package room - the doormen accept packages and hold them for you. There's a building management system that alerts you when your packages have arrived
- Building Management System - BuildingLink for managing maintenance, entries, inter-building comms and listings
- Concierge - he will manage your laundry, dry cleaning, package pickup (and delivery), other odd jobs
- Gym - 10+ cardio machines, 2 benches, 10+ lifting machines, stretching area, yoga studio (with regular classes)
- On site/On staff leasing agents - really friendly, helpful, and responsive
- Dog friendly - lots of cute pups
- 3 elevators
- Bike Room in basement; Manhattan mini storage in basement; Edison parking in rear
- Thick windows - muffle some of the LES noise
- Price point - most economical luxury building in the area
- Appliances - new and nice
- Maintenance - very responsive
- Floor to ceiling windows
- Laboratorio di Gelato on the 1st floor!
- LOCATION - LES!
Cons:
- Rent Hikes - these are annual and painful
- HC/HVAC unit clanking - the AC/heating units make clanking noises all winter long when the heat turns on and off (which happens several times per hour)
- Location - the neighborhood gets loud on the weekends. Mercury Lounge is adjoining and the music gets loud late at night. There's constant construction around the building - on street and adjoining buildings
- Subway - makes the building rumble
- 60+ days notice - this is standard for a luxury building, but it's hard when other building don't know availability until less than 30 days in advance