I've been living at the wave for almost a year and wanted to share my experience. This building is like living in a frat house. There are tons of young kids who have frequent parties in the apartments, their balconies, and the roof. There are always "strangers" coming and going, and sometimes the front doors are even left open so that anyone passing by can come inside the building. There are also... [more]
I've been living at the wave for almost a year and wanted to share my experience.
This building is like living in a frat house. There are tons of young kids who have frequent parties in the apartments, their balconies, and the roof. There are always "strangers" coming and going, and sometimes the front doors are even left open so that anyone passing by can come inside the building.
There are also several airbnb units which we suspected for a few months and then finally confirmed with a quick internet search.
The building is also poorly managed; repairs to our kitchen sink and windows (which wouldn't close fully for the entire duration of the winter) took over six months, and the repairman left messes in the apt after they were completed.
The shared outdoor spaces are constantly dirty with spilled beverages, cigarette butts, and food remnants -- to the building's credit, they do have full-time custodians -- but the frequency with which these areas are used make it nearly impossible for them to keep up.
The pool area smells of chlorine ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/shower-before-swimming_n_5658846.html ) and is used during off-hours as an infant swimming school... for infants in DIAPERS.
The elevators, when working, are also extremely slow, because 80% of the building uses the single main elevator.
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Response by jelj13
over 10 years ago
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From the messes in the rental photos for the largest apartments, I'm not surprised.
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Response by NWT
over 10 years ago
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It does have the funniest ad copy, even for Williamsburg. The writer must've been drunk.
"The Brooklyn Wave is made from thousands of individual pieces of brilliant, translucent, polycarbonate film that have been cut into individual, Wave like shapes. The instillation represents the beauty power and essential nature of water. The Brooklyn Wave is a permanent version of the artists national interactive, public art project
"The Wave, Who’s Purpose is to call attention to the critical importance of water in all of our lives and to foster a sense of common connections through our shared responsibility to protect this vital resource. Participants coming to Wave sites at museums, schools, libraries, galleries, parks and other public venues contribute to the project by cutting ‘Waves’ that are then added to the current and future project instillations.
"All of the pieces contained in the Brooklyn Wave have been created by individuals of all ages and abilities that have attended the wave installation.
"The Wave an 89 unit luxury rental building located off the water in prime Williamsburg. This building features top of the line renovations with every amenity you can think of."
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Response by waveresident
over 10 years ago
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There's definitely a reason 53 units out of 89 are open for rent. No one wants to stay here. The building also has an "events coordinator" (not sure what her actual title is) who organizes events for the building which include things like roof parties and ROCK CONCERTS (on the roof!) -- it just doesn't make sense why this behavior would be encouraged in a "luxury" building.
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Response by fieldschester
over 10 years ago
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This is Bburg, right?
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Response by NWT
over 10 years ago
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As jelj13 said, the photos are a hoot. I like the leftover beer keg up on the roof.
It's a drunkard's dream. Note how the sofas are placed right next to the refrigerators, with the door opening to the couch rather than the counter.
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Response by fieldschester
over 10 years ago
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Rent in my mother's basement can't be beat but Bburg is really tempting. I could give it a try, of course I'll have to leave before I turn 26 - I do have self respect.
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Response by snezanc
over 10 years ago
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I would never rent in a new development that isn't advertised by a reputable agency. It's clear that someone bought this building on the cheap from the developer during the recession and chopped up the units to squeeze in as many people as possible. They have no name or reputation to protect and clearly could care less about the building and its inhabitants. The residents in the building are giving as they got. You deserve a better building and yet I'm at a loss how anyone could be fooled at renting in that building or any of the other shell-corporation owned new development rat traps in the area.
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Response by fieldschester
over 10 years ago
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This is the nature of this neighborhood.
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Response by anne_1412309
over 10 years ago
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Like many here we had horrible experience renting at the Wave. Multiple appliances went unfixed, the bathtub was not grouted--and when finally done and was incorrectly and it washed out. Broken toilet seat never fixed. The elevator CRASHED--not just broke and we never used it again. Literally you could hear people yelling at management in the hallways. The mailroom is so insecure--packages stolen and their only fix is to have your mail delivered to the other side of the building. but the WORST was our door lock broke and was not fixed for three weeks. Talk about unsettling in NYC!!! Despite one thing after another we tried to remain civil and calm. Declined to renew rent (unit subsequently rented for way less than we were paying). The final blow--after emailing repeatedly to get my security deposit back they kept $300 of myit because of hole in the wall that needed some spackle. Truly this building's management has no shame,
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From the messes in the rental photos for the largest apartments, I'm not surprised.
It does have the funniest ad copy, even for Williamsburg. The writer must've been drunk.
"The Brooklyn Wave is made from thousands of individual pieces of brilliant, translucent, polycarbonate film that have been cut into individual, Wave like shapes. The instillation represents the beauty power and essential nature of water. The Brooklyn Wave is a permanent version of the artists national interactive, public art project
"The Wave, Who’s Purpose is to call attention to the critical importance of water in all of our lives and to foster a sense of common connections through our shared responsibility to protect this vital resource. Participants coming to Wave sites at museums, schools, libraries, galleries, parks and other public venues contribute to the project by cutting ‘Waves’ that are then added to the current and future project instillations.
"All of the pieces contained in the Brooklyn Wave have been created by individuals of all ages and abilities that have attended the wave installation.
"The Wave an 89 unit luxury rental building located off the water in prime Williamsburg. This building features top of the line renovations with every amenity you can think of."
There's definitely a reason 53 units out of 89 are open for rent. No one wants to stay here. The building also has an "events coordinator" (not sure what her actual title is) who organizes events for the building which include things like roof parties and ROCK CONCERTS (on the roof!) -- it just doesn't make sense why this behavior would be encouraged in a "luxury" building.
This is Bburg, right?
As jelj13 said, the photos are a hoot. I like the leftover beer keg up on the roof.
It's a drunkard's dream. Note how the sofas are placed right next to the refrigerators, with the door opening to the couch rather than the counter.
Rent in my mother's basement can't be beat but Bburg is really tempting. I could give it a try, of course I'll have to leave before I turn 26 - I do have self respect.
I would never rent in a new development that isn't advertised by a reputable agency. It's clear that someone bought this building on the cheap from the developer during the recession and chopped up the units to squeeze in as many people as possible. They have no name or reputation to protect and clearly could care less about the building and its inhabitants. The residents in the building are giving as they got. You deserve a better building and yet I'm at a loss how anyone could be fooled at renting in that building or any of the other shell-corporation owned new development rat traps in the area.
This is the nature of this neighborhood.
Like many here we had horrible experience renting at the Wave. Multiple appliances went unfixed, the bathtub was not grouted--and when finally done and was incorrectly and it washed out. Broken toilet seat never fixed. The elevator CRASHED--not just broke and we never used it again. Literally you could hear people yelling at management in the hallways. The mailroom is so insecure--packages stolen and their only fix is to have your mail delivered to the other side of the building. but the WORST was our door lock broke and was not fixed for three weeks. Talk about unsettling in NYC!!! Despite one thing after another we tried to remain civil and calm. Declined to renew rent (unit subsequently rented for way less than we were paying). The final blow--after emailing repeatedly to get my security deposit back they kept $300 of myit because of hole in the wall that needed some spackle. Truly this building's management has no shame,