Kew Gardens

Disorganized management will enter your apartment constantly. Smells like cigarettes in hallways and cigarette smoking in gardens enters apartments through your windows and AC unit. Shared laundry room is filthy and stocked with old and rarely-maintenanced machines. Many apartments suffer from reoccurring mice/rodent problems. And its over-priced.

Kew Gardens was originally built in the 1920's. It has the charms of an old building: Brick construction, actual hardwood floors, and architecture with character. Of course, that means it has all of the flaws of an old building, such as creaky floors that aren't level, and poor sound insulation. The building is also not equipped to handle the degree of mail that comes in these days thanks to online retail: boxes are left unsecured and unattended in the common areas. The management team is... friendly and responsive to complaints, but in order for this building to be a really attractive place to stay they are going to have to do more to modernize the building than put a fitness studio in the bottom floor. Some serious renovations are needed. Lee mas