Tenant Reviews for 1955 1 AVENUE

Aidin the property manager covers for his dad the Emer the superintendent mafia style. EVIL & COLD HEARTED. Building full of roaches and airbnb tenants but the super and management only HARASS People of Color. RACIST building and management. STAY AWAY from ALL Clipper Management Properties!

From a long time resident: TAKE YOUR MONEY ELSEWHERE. This building used to be decent under prior management. Ever since Clipper Equity took over this building - they are slowly but surely turning it into a dump - 1. Hallway carpets no longer get cleaned on a weekly basis 2. Pet droppings in the hallways can be found fairly regularly 3. Courtyard filled but cigarette butts and pot heads (on the weekends) 4. Unresponsive management and super 5. Recently effectively BANNED children from playing in the courtyard. IF YOU HAVE KIDS THIS IS NOT THE BUILDING FOR YOU. THE MANAGEMENT IS *VERY* HOSTILE TO CHILDREN 6. Apartments are generally falling apart too 7. Increasing rents 15-20% across the board for a harlem apartments - THIS IS NOT A LUXURY BUILDING. The rotating set of doormen don't even get off their butt to help with the door! 8. Discontinued the weekend shuttle service to subway stops - which used to be a real convenience offered by the prior management Again - DO NOT MOVE TO THIS BUILDING. THIS IS NOT A FAMILY FRIENDLY BUILDING AT ALL

Management is dishonest. When I moved out, I left my key in the apartment. They could not find it and asked if I had a spare. I did, in fact, have a spare key and said I would bring it to them. Their response to me was that they went ahead and deducted $250 for a new lock from my security deposit. Very unprofessional and dishonest.

This building has recently sold to Clipper Equity. You should Google them. We asked for an update on our lease for months (as we knew the rent would increase given this landlord's history) and they stalled until 6 weeks before our lease was up surprising us with a 15% increase. FIFTEEN....with only 6 weeks notice. Make sure to walk this neighborhood at night before signing. They are pricing as if this neighborhood is already "gentrified" and the Subway is working. None of this exists. There is public housing everywhere that are going NOWHERE and so the weekend nights in tha hood are sketchy most nights. There is an NYPD Light Tower that moves around from 102nd to 103rd and it has been there for over a year. Google the crime stats around here....especially the cop getting shot in the face. It's not East New York but it's also not Battery Park City at which this place is close to being priced. The hood residents party on the sidewalks on the weekends. Every weekend morning looks like the day after a music festival (pictured). Most dogs in tha hood look like killers, many not on a leash, none picked up after. Check out the garbage truck station just one block down...during the windy hot summer days....the smell is amazing. As of right now, the gym is being pitched as "state-of-the-art". Not even close. It's a 10' x 20' room with outdated gear that is jammed in the mornings and early evenings. Max capacity of about 10 people. If waiting is your thing, this gym is for you. The clubroom is a waste of space and the courtyard is currently being torn apart (for the 3rd time since I've lived here). The carpets are long in need of replacing (pictured) and the hallways are very institutional looking. Also advertised is an elegant lobby of limestone and mahogany. Nope. There's an old sofa probably from a sketchy nightclub that smells and most likely has questionable DNA all over it. It certainly came with fleas and roaches. It's foul and far from elegant. The listings currently have two photos in them that DO NOT exist in this building. There was a pest control service with the prior management that was done away with under the new. The roaches are happy! The super is DIY and mouthy. Far too much sass for someone paid to do a job of debatable quality. The prior management gave him carte blanche to the facility so perhaps this will wear off in time. The appliances were bought on clearance/bulk so not consistent throughout the building and certainly not modern. 21st Century perhaps, not 2015 by any means. The A/C&Heater units are old and drafty through the walls. The hot water will burn you one day and not exist the next. The on-site laundry room also suffers from this problem and the driers are the same way...20mins will roast your clothes one week then barely blow a whisper on them the next. The walls are VERY thin as are the doors. You WILL hear activity in the hallways and the air will draft in&out through the poor fit of the doorway (pictured). If you're on the street sides, hope you like 24-hour city noise as it's non-stop around here and the windows are thin. Signed the ridiculous lease for another year and will be running out of here when it's up.

I am convinced these 5 star reviews were written by the building mgt. This place, along with the neighborhood, is going down the toilet. Management doesn't fix anything even after numerous requests. Everyone I know has tiles coming loose in the bathrooms which is causing water damage, yet the building still will not come and fix them. The entire building shakes from the laundry room, up to the 6th floor (laundry is on 2)! The "doormen" are security guards that sleep at the desk- only one actually tries to help with normal Qs/etc. There are roaches, cigarette butts and dog urine in the stairwells and the "gym" seriously needs improvements/newer equipment/more space. As far as the area goes, sure if you take the shuttle and never walk outside your building you don't notice it but once you do decide to take a few steps BE CAREFUL. Every week someone is murdered within 3 blocks of the place- just check out DNAINFO on the area. This neighborhood is very unsafe at all times of the day, and the streets are covered in dog crap and garbage. Thank goodness I am moving next month

When I first moved into this building, I thought I was in paradise. The super was terrific and helpful. The managing agent was nice and the staff in general was very very accomodating. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. The building and the upkeep have deteriorated immensely. The Super is now totally unresponsive. I would even go so far as to say that he is a liar, i.e., when complaining about the lack f heat (49 degrees inside while it is 9 degrees outside)he responds with something to the effect that when the temperature is really cold outside,it is going to be colder in the apartment. What? Also, when you file a complaint, the super states that you are the only one who has ever complained. Is he serious? I ride the shuttle bus every morning with the tenants. We talk to each other and share stories. Most people are raging about the lack of heat. The super and the managing agent are very responsive to new tenants. However, after you have lived here awhile, they don't respond to anything. A few years ago, I would have recommended this building. Today, I am hoping to find another, cheaper, more reliable building.

Management defers to the Super whenever there is a problem. The Super is either unavailable or states that there is no problem, i.e., "the heat is on", although the front desk people sit in the lobby with down coats and wool hats on. If someone complains to the super about noise in the apartment above, he says, "What do you want me to do?" Then, "You are the only tenant who has EVER complained about a tenant?" Lies.

This building is great! Our apartment is clean and huge by manhattan standards. The super is very helpful and the staff is nice! The neighborhood is on the iffy side, but the building provides a shuttle to 86th street- so you really don't have to be in the neighborhood much.

I would have recommended this building 3, 4, or 5 years ago. Now though somebody was shot and killed 4 blocks north of the front door. It is seeming to be increasingly more unsafe. For the $$ they want you to pay I would recommend increasing your budget and living in a safe neighborhood.

I moved in last September. Everyone has been quite nice and very friendly. The apartment is beautiful, the courtyard is a wonderful place. The laundry room is always available and never too crowded. The gym is clean and although not big, has good equipment and free weights. Elevators always work, place is always clean. The best part is , all the tenants take care of the place. Nice people.. I recommend it to all.