I am a 26 year-old grad student and have lived here for a little over 2 years with my roommate. Simply put-We both HATE it here. At first I was really happy to live here. The apartment I live in (A 2 bedroom Chevron) is huge and gorgeous. Everything is new. Emergency maintenance comes quickly for minor problems, but forget about major ones. They took several weeks to finally open up my wall to find a pipe leak. No one wanted to do it. They were lazy. Now I have to wait several more weeks to get them to plaster my wall, paint it, and redo my floor tiles. AND they are giving me a hard time with replacing my carpet. I had major water damage because of their busted pipe and I am the one who is treated as if it is my fault.

On top of that, it is a hell of a hike to and from Manhattan, even if you use the express bus. But I must say, the express bus is mighty quiet compared to the subway.

Parking is a mess. This is another area in which they leave you high and dry. It is virtually impossible to find parking due to the renovations they are doing on the garages...which has been going on for years! You can never really have guests over because they have no place to park. I am lucky enough to live across from a garage that has public parking for $8 per 12 hours. But if you live here and pay that fee, it will cost you a fortune. And sometimes they dont allow public parking and if you ask the parking attendants for a reason, they cannot give you one because they do not know themselves.

Staff here are practically illiterate. No one can answer a question without giving you the run around or an attitude.

Management is just horrible.

On the brighter side, I live on a really quiet floor and have great neighbors. I have no problems with rats or roaches. There is a laundry facility in the basement. And it is a fairly safe neighborhood.

My bedroom is right my a main road so I hear a lot of godawful rap music blasting for long lengths of time at any hour of the night. If it isnt that, then it is someone honking their horn or a car alarm going off.

On another brighter note- I can go right across the street for groceries, or down a few blocks to Stop and Shop if I need a bigger supermarket. Because it is a mini-city, there are certain things that are convenient to have around, like the shopping.

Move here if you are looking for a great apartment for a good price and you don't mind the commute to Manhattan and don't care about parking.

User Responses
From: yardmon	Date: 08/13/2007
soo true
From: milancuchi	Date: 07/25/2008
please email me at milancuchi@earthlink.net if you are still looking to get someone to sell your apt. to.
From: Anonymous	Date: 11/29/2008
You talk about the staff being illiterate what does "my bedroom is right my a main road mean". Spell check sweetie, it's not nice to call people names regardless to how you feel or who they are. Be lucky you have a place to stay someone is homeless today. God Bless You
From: urbanlatinfemale	Date: 02/16/2009
Hmm I love that you touched upon the right topics. I'm the same age and have lived here my whole life. Management, the decay of the infrastructure, the change in the neighborhood. I wouldn't go so far as to _not_ recommend Co-op, there are WORSE places to live. Right over the highway - in New Rochelle and Baychester and City Island. So keep that in mind. To most who live here, this is a safe haven. Rent controlled, insulated, quiet and honestly quiet beautiful.

Your thoughts? Post a response to this review. Display my response: with my username anonymously Responses appear below reviews and one response per user is permitted.

   Free estimates on moving trucks      Find apartment share/roommates