850 Amsterdam Ave Apartamentos

is out of order half of the time and they are painfully slow. The cherry on top - roaches! There are SO many roaches in this building. An exterminator needs to come in every two weeks (which you have to sign up for every time) to lower the count. I lived here recently up until a couple of months ago so hopefully this gives more recent context. Trust me. Don't live here. It's definitely not worth the price they charge you at.

Although the immediate area is not the nicest, I have never felt unsafe. We have doormen on the clock 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, that are all very nice. The building amenities are more than sufficient - with a great laundry room in the basement and a small gym on the first floor. We have elevators, a wonderful (and very helpful) super, and nice thick walls so I don't hear my neighbors. The cons of this building are as follows: the street-facing apartments are very loud (Amsterdam is busy and the noise comes in like you wouldn't believe through the windows!) You get over this after a few nights, but it is a pain in the beginning. Rent is a bit high for the area, and the management company has terrible reviews (but I, personally, have never had an issue with them). My apartment in particular is VERY bright (gets flooded with light in the morning, lots of South/East windows), the layout is open, and charming. I do think it is one of the more newly-renovated apartments, so I am not sure what the other spaces are like. There is an arched entry and arched pass to the bathroom that are very cute and add to the aesthetic beauty of our neat little apartment. I have wood flooring and a modern, open kitchen. There is ample closet space and a large amount of kitchen storage space. OH - and it is pet friendly!