2/27/23
Ongoing/Unattended Trash/Litter for about 1 year
I moved into the Atlantic Briarcliff Apartments in June 2022 and immediately noticed piles of trash behind my apartment building and adjacent buildings (about 8 months now). I’ve notified management multiple times- about once a month or so requesting status updates- but the trash conditions appear unchanged, if not worse. I spoke with a neighbor of mine who had lived there about 8 years and she said there has always been some level of trash behind the apartment.
The trash piles are directly... behind the complex, away from prying eyes unless your balcony overlooks it, so I believe management just doesn’t care to fix it. Management says that they believe the tenants are throwing their trash over the balconies because the nearest trash depot is on the other side of the complex- which is a problem in itself. But the complex is not (or is taking their sweet time) cleaning it up or taking any steps to deter the littering. There are trash bags hanging in the trees that I see outside my window every day. Each time I reach out to management, they offer excuses for why they just ‘haven’t gotten to it yet’, but 1 year is long enough and they have actively chosen not to hire a trash company. They are in no rush to clean it up and the trash will continue to sit there, polluting the ecosystem, for as long as it takes for someone to enforce them.
I feel strongly about the safety and cleanliness of the environment, and I am passionate environmentalist. I offered multiple times to help/participate in a clean-up crew but none of my efforts have led to any results. At the start of my lease, I cleaned up 2 trash bags worth myself, but it became obvious that the issue deserved much more attention, with rotting materials that seem to have been there well over a year, if not longer.
I believe that the standards of apartment living include a clean, well-kept environment for healthy living. Currently, or at least for over a year, the complex management is neglecting this issue and warrants further investigation.
and keep our city beautiful.
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Property Manager at The Atlantic Briarcliff responded to this review
Hi, thank you for your feedback. As mentioned to you multiple times we have addressed this issue in the past a couple of times but unfortunately have been short-staffed and weren't able to have our maintenance team go and clean it up like in the past... . This area has officially been cleared out by an outside contractor and all the tenants in your building have been made aware of the consequences if they do not properly dispose of their trash.
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