Tenant Reviews for 2049 BARTOW AVENUE

Lived here since 81. Things were ok as a young child. As time went on, countless "----------" moved in and all of the ---- moved out. The place is now 98% ----------. There's nothing here but fake gangsters who stand on the corner and in front buildings and in the lobbies from morning to night; the same faces every day all day. These teens as well as many adults do not work. Ask yourself how they live. Is the entirety of co op on ---------? Some of these groups also stalk and harass along with the fake security around here that is criminal. No real crimes happen there. Fake things happen so that security can remain to continue their criminal activity. There is a complete ring going on. Many are also involved in witchcraft. These folks know when you come and go and follow you all over the place. If you are thinking of moving here, DO NOT, especially if you have children. If you don't listen and you move in and you start hearing footprints above follow you around all day and night, don't say no one told you.

I moved into building 4A in June 1969 and moved out in Oct.1980 after 11 years. At first everything was spanking new! The schools, the stores and everything. The Co-op greenway fair was so much fun! I made so many friends and had the best childhood growing up in Co-op in the 70's!! By the time we moved out the place started to change. It was getting dirtier and teens were hanging out in the front smoking and yelling and banging on drums. People were getting mugged all over the place!The laundry rooms got gross and that was way back in 1980. Imagine the place today LOL!!!!!I got 11 good years out of that place and each year after it got worse and worse as original tenants started to "run". Its a shame because back in the day it was truely lovely. Now it just looks like the rest of the decaying Bronx.

are you really that shallow, did you really think that everyone on --------- is bad. You are what makes society bad, your ignorance and your shallowness is disgusting. Its people like you that make this world a bad place and trust and believe you will be miserable for the rest of your life. Sad that people like yourself are so self centered with no compassion, and if educated don't show it.

Looking at all the reviews, I realize it is easy for newcomers to think that Coop City is an optimal place to live. This is because notwithstanding all inclusive cheap maintenance, they are only comparing it to where they came from; which evidently was not as nice as where they are now. However, us old timers, (1969 thru the 70"s) have seen the overall decline in the development and services. There has been gross mismanagement, corruption, deterioration, engineering problems, and an increase in crime. The once majority Hasidic and orthodox Jewish population has dwindled down to nil. This was a group that took special interest in the community. They had a very strong voice in what went on with Management and they made a substantial impact on the Community Board and district leaders and were able to see results. A change in the demortaphics over the years has seen the realization of a much more detached resident.

I love co-op city. Compare to other place in New York, co-op city is well maintain and it is so convenient to shop.

The staff in the administrative office must be education in customer services. The staff doesn't know how to speak to customers and make them wait several weeks or month before we can obtain any answers to our questions regarding maintenance. The staff also need to be educated on how to treat handicaps. There are several residence who have medical issue and require service dogs which can save there lives. These services dog are trained and approved by state laws to insure the safety of the individual. Coop city personnel especially the CCPD are not trained on how to identify a service dog by there vest which is issued by the state or to even ask politely for documentation proving the dog is a therapy dog. Instead the harass the customers and treat them like criminals. We may be black but the days of treating us like garbage ended years ago. The parking is the worst, you have vehicles with plaques parking in No Standing zones and know one does anything about it. Our circle suppose to be clear for traffic to move freely but instead you have vehicles double parked with music blasting and unauthorized vehicle left for hours. There different types of plaques, NYPD, Sanitation, EMS, EMT, NYFD but the most we have seen is MTA and DOE. Who are they to park illegal? Back 10 years ago I would recommend this place as a excellent living place but now I would say if you want to live in the project your more than welcome.. That's what coop city has become any city housing project. So sad...

I lived in Co-op in the 70's. It was a great place to live back then. It was clean and I had friends every where I turned! I had the best childhood there but in the 80's the neighborhood changed and it got dirty so we moved out.

Ive been living in coop city since 2009, I will first began with the disadvantages for myself. I honestly do not feel safe living here. My car is usually parked in the garage, and entering and exiting the garage early in the morning and late nights are scary. When parking the car, no one is usually around and I pray a car goes pass or others are also parking their car. Leaving the garage to walk to the building for me is also daunting. I pray to get safely to my building w/o being attacked. Living with neighbors can really be tough as well. With the frequent slamming of doors, and the running back and forth over top my head can really be upsetting considering I have to get up early im the morning to go to work or just want a piece of mind. There is constant hammering and drilling early in the morning. The Riverbay staff (those with uniforms) sit on the bench as early as 7am laughing yelling talking loud no respect to those who live here. This is a working class community with a lot of professional people aside from the lowlives. The physical community is beautiful. Its usually clean and the lawns are well manicured. I like the idea of having the shopping mall (another mall is on its way)and fairway not to far from here. The departments do a great job in handling all problematic issues and apppointing the right person to handle such issues. Overrall I wish the city or state would provide more police patrolling in the community especially at night. I plan to stay here for a few more years, its affordable and I love my apartment. After this, I want out of the Bronx.

Just read the reviews of co-op city. Was thinking of mass marketing my adventure tour business there for people who have never experienced the outdoors as I have. Not talking about climbing mount Rushmore but along the lines of easy camping canoe and kayak trips white water rafting in Maine snow tubing ect....Is this something a lot of people would want?

My time in Co-op was 1994-2010.I left not due to maintenance problems, construction noise, confused geese or management "issues". I left because of weather! Now the vast majority of residents or as many affectionately say "co-operators" are first time home owners. Owners may not be correct in a co-op but for the sake of this note I'll use it. The thing I disliked of Co-op City was the 'owe" me attitude of many residents. Take a 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath terrace apartment with amenities of laundry rooms, porters to take garbage, sweep, mop, shine hallways, lobbies (remember there are some filthy people around and porters have a hell of a job)lawns mowed,gardens watered, private security no matter how you feel about it and so on and so on,you would be paying a whole lot more! With 15,000 units I was always amazed how residents would demand their "problems" to be resolved Johnny on the spot. I agree. Sometimes a resolution needed to be taken almost to the superior court level but some complaint/demands made my head hurt. The sheer size and age of Co-op City is daunting. But if the "co-operators" old and new would realize this, adhere to the By-laws and occupancy rules, take pride and respect what their hard earned money pays for then maybe Co-op City wouldn't be a place that so many are ashamed to say they live/lived there. Co-op City was a design marvel at the time and has the possibility to be a gem again!