1. The photos do not match the actual images of the apartment inside. Tokunbo had changed the furniture and there are no longer two couches in the space, but rather just one and an uncomfortable and unusable chair.
2. The coffee table in the living room does not have a glass to protect it and is more or less unusable as things can fall through the holes. I’m pretty certain it’s meant to be a luggage rack rather than a coffee table. Good luck keeping coffee on there without spilling.
3. The noise in the area has been a major issue and I STRONGLY RECOMMEND NOT BOOKING THIS SPACE:
4. A marching band practices for multiple hours in front of the apartment and has done so three times during the course of my stay. When I asked the host about this, she disclosed that she previously knew that this is something they do and is part of the "culture" of the neighborhood. This was not in the original listing of the apartment and something THAT THE HOST KNEW ABOUT AND DID NOT DISCLOSE ABOUT THE APARTMENT ON THE LISTING. This marching band was complete with a full drumline and crash cymbals. I have documented evidence of this band on these occasions. Many of the members of the marching band do not wear COVID masks.
5. There are very loud trucks at night which load and unload in front of the apartment. They also drive very loudly at night and during the day to the point where it would wake me up in the middle of the night.
6. Atlantic Ave., the street on which the apartment sits, is a VERY loud boulevard with constant motorcycle gangs, loud cars blasting music and constant honking during the day and at night.
7. The Long Island Railroad track is right in front of the apartment and constantly has trains rumbling every 10-20 minutes every day.
8. I reached out to AirBnB about the loud noise and it had affected my health and well being and rendered this space uninhabitable. I vacated the unit as the space was a hazard to my health and well being, leaving the keys in the unit. AirBnB tried to force me to pay their cancellation fee, however I never gave explicit consent to cancel as I clearly explained that the space was untenable and unlivable given the extreme noise pollution AND the fact that the host withheld information regarding that the unit has an extreme amount of noise. I vacated the unit because of these reasons because I could not live here. I left the keys where the host asked and left.
9. The host left the keys in a lockbox outside that was very difficult to open as the box was heavily rusted out. It took a long time to finally open. The host was hard to get a hold of by phone to ameliorate this issue.
10. This space was ridiculously loud and untenable as a result. I had to vacate the unit as a result of the noise (see: above). Also, my package was stolen in the building as message from another tenant in the building had noted. This place is unsafe, loud, noisy and generally awful.
11. The combination of noise pollution, an unresponsive and unhelpful host, the lack of cleanliness and the lack of accurate pictures or accurate disclosure regarding the noise leads me to give this place 1 star or less. Do not live here. Do NOT book here. It's awful and save your money.