building at 585 West End Avenue

People are afraid to speak up, but I have many contacts in this building. The scaffolding has been up for 9 years.People on lower floors are deprived of light and air. There have been animals on the scaffolding. There are cellphone towers, to generate more money for the owners, on the roof that buzz loudly 24 hours a day, interrupt phone and internet service, and emit who knows what? There are... [more]

People are afraid to speak up, but I have many contacts in this building. The scaffolding has been up for 9 years.People on lower floors are deprived of light and air. There have been animals on the scaffolding. There are cellphone towers, to generate more money for the owners, on the roof that buzz loudly 24 hours a day, interrupt phone and internet service, and emit who knows what? There are serious mold issues in the building. The management are arrogant, greedy and unresponsive. The tenant population is a revolving door. They are corporate renters or rent is being guaranteed by someone. That is why the rents are outrageous. People do not move there to create a home. Doormen often chatting and away from door. Some old time tenants have "deals" such as combined apartments, without an adjustment in the stated number of apartments. Tenants decorated lobby at their expense 25 years ago. VV dark lobby.... they reduced the wattage. Landlord only added air conditioning. Apartment hallways look like public housing. One passenger elevator has graffiti scratched into the surface, a la 1970s subway cars. Previous work on facade done by cheap, unskilled crews who created more building problems. Only building in the vicinity run like a slum. Check out online other buildings owned by this group. This is their "jewel in the crown". They are a disgrace. [less]