The pros first: the apartment themselves are nice, fairly new with plenty of space and closets. They recently installed a locked package room, so packages are rarely stolen anymore (still happens sometimes, it’s a bad neighborhood after all). The garage is on the first floor of the building so you don’t have to leave the premises to get in your car. When there was briefly a roach problem, management stamped it out quickly by having a mandatory exterminator come to all apartments. The super does... a good job of keeping common areas clean. The price is good and garage parking is only $50/month.

The cons: the neighborhood is loud and unsafe. I hear people fighting outside all the time. The police come fairly often. This website says it’s “very walkable”…no. It’s absolutely not a neighborhood I’d walk alone in. Some residents of the building are extremely loud. I consistently heard screaming, violent fights through the walls which was super upsetting. I wrote to management about it and repeatedly tried to call them with no luck—Management is extremely hard to reach and they don’t return calls or texts. They’re also disorganized; I put in an urgent maintenance request last September that my ceiling was leaking. They contacted me about it in February.

Overall, it’s a mixed bag. I don’t regret living here but I’m thrilled to leave soon. They market this building as luxury, but it’s absolutely not. Read More