I would like to start with the great points of this place, but I would not recommend this place in the fall or winter.
Let's start positive:
- Cleanliness: this apartment is very clean, light filled and updated.
- Location: this apartment's location could not be more convenient. There are multiple grocery stores, restaurants, bars, parks and subway.
- Check-In: this MyNyhousing team was very flexible when my flight was cancelled and my arrival time was effected they were flexible in getting me the keys late at night.
Opportunities for improvement that need immediate change or that need awareness:
- No Laundry in Building: in the listing, one of the reasons I picked this long term rental was it listed laundry in the building. That is not true. When I asked about it to MyNyHousing, they mentioned there were laundry mats around which wasn't ideal for my particular position which is one of the reasons I picked this place, not based on laundry around. That needs to be edited to be correct.
- Broken Blinds, TV's barely hanging on walls: while the apartment was clean, there were some obvious shotty repairs or lack there of. 2 of 3 blinds were completely unusable. As a single woman that was facing a street that made me uncomfortable and seems like something they knew about. I wish that had been fixed prior. TV in the bedroom and the living room were both barely hanging into the wall. When I mentioned the living room TV, I was told this was by design, but I didn't mean angled I meant it was falling off the wall. However, it didn't seem like something MyNyHousing was interested in fixing. The bedroom TV did eventually fall.
- Faulty Radiator Issues Building-wide: The building is older, similar to the neighborhood which does add charm, however the radiator issue is beyond creaks and hissing. It's very loud banging all night long that as if someone is taking a sledgehammer to metal. I had to eventually leave the airbnb a week early due to this issue. I could not sleep with ear plugs or ear buds, because it shakes the floor at times. It's not livable and cannot be ignored, my Airbnb host who was never Hannah but rather MyNyHousing basically said it's the way it is and didn't seem any urgency in fixing it. I gave up my last week that I paid just to have peace and it seemed like a bad experience in the end.
Because of this last issue, I would not recommend staying here in the fall or winter, you will not sleep.