Alexan CityView Apartments

we live 3 weeks.
For the money, this is the best price and quality.
Bryant Park I get 1 hour exactly.
There are minuses in the complex, but believe me, it's the best for the money that can be rented!
Very good insulation.
No parking problems.
Excellent delivery bus every 10 min(6-30 am to 9-30am, and back 5-30pm to 8-30pm) to Grove Street (17-25 minutes).
Walking to light rail 46 St = 15 minutes.

UPDATE: My statement about paying extra for guests at the pool is true and has been confirmed by management in an email to residents recently. I'm also dropping my rating from 3 stars to 2 after finding out about some safety concerns I read in other reviews and confirmed online.

My honest review of the Alexan City View apartments is that it is okay, but could be better. I have only been living here for about 8 weeks now, but I have experienced enough to be able to write a fair review in my opinion.

I believe that the community looks great on the surface, but I am not sure that the quality of the apartment finishes and/or the current shape of some of the amenities justifies the high price of rent. I think a bit more attention to detail could have been paid to the aforementioned in order to justify the amount of rent Alexan City View desires. There is also an annual amenities fee of $550 currently, which is understandable, but if I am expected to pay these fees, I would expect that the amenities are kept up and always made available to residents (within reason). For example, in the pool table area, there are holes in the wall, the shuffle board pucks are damaged, etc. I was also told at some point (maybe a four weeks after moving in) that I would be required to carry a key chain pass to be able to use the pool area, which is fine because individuals from outside the community were using the pool, BUT that I would also have to pay $10 for all of my guests (which was not explained when I was thinking about moving in, nor was it in the lease. I asked management to point it out in the lease in the case that I missed it, but I received no response. I have been to the pool once after that and was not charged for my four guests, so I am not sure how true it is.

I also am not a fan of certain requirements or community rules, such as the requirement to pay $35/mo. to have someone collect your trash. I had an issue where my trash was not collected for a few days in a row and I had to take it out myself eventually. I thought I might be putting my trash out on days that were not collection days, so I asked about the schedule and mentioned the issue I was having, but again, I was ignored. I do not mind taking out my own trash, so let me decide if I want that service. The same is true with parking; though $35/mo. for a parking space in a garage is great considering the area, I do not want to be forced into paying for parking when it seems like there are tons of spots available on the street for free.

Another major frustration is the fire alarm. It seems that it is triggered A LOT. I often come home from work to find the fire doors in the hallway closed, which will happen when the fire alarm is triggered I believe. It may also occur when the building loses power, which has happened a few times already as well. It is frustrating to have to reset every clock in the apartment over and over again, and it is even more frustrating to be awakened by the loudest alarm (it seems) and flashing/blinding lights early in the morning. I was startled by the alarm twice in less than 2 months already; once on the weekend around 8 AM in the morning, and again early this morning at 1 AM. This is frustrating and I am not sure what is going on or if Alexan City View has a good handle on it. If it continues to happen, it may become a safety concern as I am sure some people will begin to ignore the alarm (as best they can) and stay in their apartments. If there is a real fire, that would obviously be very bad.

Other than that, I like the community. It is nearby shops and restaurants, the movies, and public transportation. There is green space to play Frisbee, fly a kite, walk your dog, etc. The location on the water is one of the best for views of NYC. I have dealt with very nice people in the leasing office, especially Terrell, who is always great to deal with. I love my apartment and the space it provides me, but I am just not sure that I will stay another year if certain things aren't figured out and my rent goes up.

Management is so bad there.. I don't even know where to start. They are always busy and never have time for tenants (unless you're signing a lease), communication is very poor, if you stop by with a problem you typically walk away with 3 problems.... and these people who work at the leasing office I had a feeling some of them were retarded. Shuttle bus is a joke, never on time. You can spot suspicious individuals around community (my bike was stolen), garbage all over garage, dirty hallways, smelly gym... just stay away.

I was excited about moving into this quiet "luxury" community until the the first week of move in. I had the "pleasure" of working with a leasing agent named Ashley. She seemed to have the 9-5pm mentality, meaning if a problem arises before the leasing office opens or after the leasing office closes, she ignores the problem!

-Ashley never added the amenities on my key. When my friend couldnt use the key early one morning, MAY I ADD, SHE WAS SITTING AT HER DESK!!, she refused to open the office door, to even ask what the problem was! Khalifa, another leasing agent had to help my friend!

-Ashely never showed us the many entrances and exits to our floor, leaving us to load our groceries and furniture from the front elevator to our door, which was really far. It wasn't until a month later, that we realized that there was a elevator 1 DOOR DOWN FROM MY APARTMENT in the opposite direction! The crazy thing is that she actually lived on my floor!!!

-Ashley didnt give me the transmitter, I had to go to the office to request one, even though you're supposed to get it when you sign your lease.

-The base rent amount they said I would be paying, never turned out to be the actual amount that I paid! I found myself going to the office for a break down every time I got the bill!

-This vending trash service, leaves the hallway smelling really bad, every morning and night!!!! You really wouldnt want a guest walking in those hallways after 9pm

-ZERO SECURITY
My CO2 alarm kept going off, and the fire department, could get into the building!!!!!!!! They didn't have the entry code and claimed that management never gave them code, meanwhile my way of getting wasn't working because ashley never activated my key for entry.

-When someone tried to enter my apartment at 1am, I called the cops and took about 15 min to enter the building!!! The following day, the same guy (who everyone seems to think is resident) came back, then ran. They had no way of finding out where this guy lives, because THERE ARE NO CAMERAS IN THE HALLWAY, EXITS OR ELEVATORS. The police dept. advised me to move out, because there wasnt much they could do with so little cameras in the building!!!!! Every time I threw my trash out, or walked the hallway my heart would beat. I ended up keeping my son away until I moved to a safer environment.

-Garage doors and garage gate left open for over a month!!! I have even sent emails about my safety concerns and no one emailed back!!!

SIDENOTE: TWO CASES OF ASSAULT REPORTED PRIOR TO MY INCIDENT! (THE SECOND BEING A FEW WEEKS BEFORE MY DOOR WAS TARGETED) AND THEY HAVE DONT NOTHING TO PREVENT CRIMES IN THE COMMUNITY!!!

From what i was told by management, the owners of the building try to cut cost where they can, so they couldn't care less!!

After a few months of living here, i had to move because of my safety. Can you imagine the money I had to dish out for that short period of time!!!!!!

These people spend more time planning stupid events and sending stupid emails!!! With sooooooo many other places, ACV is not worth your money!!! Im loving my new managements!

Horrible place. Management is out of control. They will say or do anything to get away with their deceptive practices. My girlfriend was attacked on New Years and to this day we have not received any update from management as to what they're going to do about it. When I spoke to the manager, Peggy Crowley, about this a few weeks ago she asked me if I had called the Bayonne Police Department. I asked her if she could do it because the Police Department had already been trying to get ahold of her to get more information about potential suspects. Her response to me was "I will if I have 5 minutes". Wow! I was flabbergasted!! She spends more time putting updates on Facebook and Twitter than about protecting her tenants. She also made it seem like there are cameras all over the place, when in reality there is only one camera by the entrance to the garage. Lastly, it took them over two weeks to notify the rest of the tenants about this attack. And this was only because we kept putting pressure on them to do something! I can't even begin to imagine what other criminal activity is going on in the building that we are not notified about. Scary!!!

Their facebook page has a promotional video where they say every apartment is entitled to one free indoor parking spot, and the advertising on their shuttles all say free garage parking. When you ask management about this, they say this is not true anymore. Talk about false advertising!! DECEPTIVE PRACTICES!!!!

Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere. This place is dangerous!! There are many other options available!!!