Stonehenge Village

Sorry, I can't let this stand unanswered.

I was a resident there for two years. I found the building well managed by manhattan rental standards. I got to know the managers there very well and they cared greatly about the quality of the building. This is an ex Mitchell Lama building and there were certainly neighbors who were problematic. But the rents were to the lower side of what Stonehenge aspires to be (higher end rental) but I think fairly priced relative tot he market. You want a no-rent-stabilized building? Go around the corner to the Key West or the Westmont. But I am pretty sure they charge more for similar apartments thought footprints are smaller. There is sometimes garbage in the halls (we had only one tenant who did this), and roaches (I have never seen a NYC building without them even though I hate them). The old men are one of the most endearing part of the building. They were fantastic with my kids. If you see one with a mushpot rottweiler named Zeus please pet him for my little boy. I moved to Riverdale for more space, more bathrooms and at less price, but even in sleepy Riverdale you get pot in the hallways. In fact I doubt you can avoid it in the very best of Manhattan buildings.

This is Manhattan. It is overpriced. It has whacko neighbors of all sorts depending on the building. It's pricing is out of synch with supply and demand because of rent stabilization, zoning laws, building codes, and a million other things that put friction on normal supply and demand. Rent stabilized tenants throughout the city are insulated from market prices and real estate prices. They ALL have a sense of entitlement (I have lived in several buildings with RS tenants).

If you got to NYC in the last 5-15 years and you want neighbors who went to college with you and dress really well, etc. move to such a building. But the rents will be more expensive than what you paid at Stonehenge.

Those old men were part of what made New York great before people like you got here. If you don't like dealing with them, please go back where you came from and let New Yorkers live in peace and free from pretentious transplants.

I don't mind the building, stonehenge is a good mgmt at well. They are fair. The apartments are nicely renovated.

Or just pay a lot more for a building that may and probably does have its own problems.

Aboutready, are you affiliated with Stonehenge Village?