The Opal Luxury Apartments

The good: Front desk where they hold your packages from UPS, Fedex etc. Front desk staff is pretty good, they don't let (or at least aren't supposed to let) people in that don't belong. Most make at least some effort to acknowledge you.

Safe neighborhood (For the most part).

Relatively quiet, I've been lucky to not have any trouble with noisy neighbors or noisy people above me.

Shuttle that takes you to and picks you up from the subway. It runs Monday-Friday 6:30am-10am, 5:30pm-10pm. Only issue I have is it should run at least some times on the weekend for the amount of money rent is.

Maintenance is pretty decent.

The bad:

Too many large families, lobby is crowded sometimes with kids.

No bathroom fan at least in the studio apartment.

Place needs some painting especially the stairs.

If you don't have a car, grocery stores are a bit of a walk. About 6-7 blocks away. The bus stops are relatively close, only about a block away depending on which one, but there a few that basically surround the building.

Not that great of a place if you are young, single and looking to mingle. There is only one bar within walking distance and that's a couple blocks away. Most of the people in the building and the surrounding area are families and couples.

Not a lot of privacy. As I stated earlier, the front desk person asks guests to sign in if they are not recognized. Not really ideal if you don't want your business out there.

If you are a serious lifter, the "gym" here isn't going to cut it. They have some cardio machines, tv's in front of them for the people hard at exercise, dumbbells (they go up to 95lb) but no free barbells and a very limited number of weight plates. They do have some machines but if you are a serious lifter you know machines aren't going to cut it. Plus you have to pay $20 per month if you want to use this. IMO for that, the gym should be fully stocked, this gym is more like a crappy hotel gym.

The ugly:

Expensive for what you get.

Feels like a hotel.

For studio apartments the heat is not strong enough in the winter, the heater is too small for an apartment of that size.

Some obviously low income residents. These same individuals are pretty inconsiderate, sometimes honking loudly at odd times, or blasting car music at 2am during the week.

Airplanes, airplanes, airplanes. This apartment complex is located right in an airplane route apparently. Some mornings it's constant, starting at 6am you hear an airplane what seems like every few minutes. You get used to it, but its still annoying.

Parking is outrageous and the surrounding area seems to be lacking in places to park.

Management is constantly changing. When I lived here for 3 years, I saw at least 4 different managers, maybe even 5. Everytime I got to know one a little bit, they were gone, and nobody would tell me why.

this bldg. looks good. but when I moved in one month at the first fl, the dirty water overflew from the toilet at morning of one day, and came into the bed room. it damaged carpet. all apts in the left side of First fl have the same problems. talked with manger but no use. so you can decide do you want to move in or not?

Over Priced, management sucked, walls are paper thin, kids smoking weed in the stair case, a gym with minimal equipment, and you better make friends with the super Harold (who is useless) because only his friend won't get there car towed in front of the building. parking is hard and building parking is expensive $200 a monthan the bus was constantly broken. the only good part was the door men were super nice. (mostly) GLAD I MOVED...save your money, rent goes up every year...

If there was a way to give this place negative 5 stars I would. I regret ever stepping foot into this place. First off lets start off by saying whats shown in the pictures are not what the apartments really look like. The amenities around the building are whats nice. Yes, the keep the grass neat and their little lounge room is nice. The apartments themselves are very basic and the hallways have filthy carpets and stained walls. Even despite all of the negatives, the most positive thing about them is that they allow big dogs. Which comes to the reason why my boyfriend and I decided to move there. We signed our lease on November 21, 2014, with move in date of December 1, 2014. We had already provide them with the one month rent, security, and one month for parking. Hell, we even signed a lease. But none of that matter because I got a call today around 6pm from one of the young ladies at the main office of The Opal. She stated that the building had just been bought today buy new owners and that they wanted to rent the place at a new rate of $2200, not the $1695 + $175 for parking that my boyfriend and I had on our lease. ?????? She also stated that they never cashed the cashier checks we provided them and that we could come pick them up. Did I not mention that we signed a lease and were moving in on December 1st. Disgusting. I have never dealt with any sort of company/business like this before in my life. We wasted so much time with them. Whats pisses me off the most is that they ran our credit. So basically it was brought down for no reason. I recommend everyone to stay away from this place. They don't do good business at all. You just don't do that to someone days before they plan on moving in. We had already called ConEdison and started picking out furniture. But you know what, everything happens for a reason. I know that something better is planned for my boyfriend and I.

I live here. Waiting out my lease. Where do I start, location? If you don't have a car, its a serious issue getting into manhattan. The 'free shuttle bus' only runs on weekdays around rush hour. Service is non-existent. Woe unto you if you have an issue over the weekend or sunday…. no handymen. Like that should be your problem given that you are living in a building where these things are supposed to be taken care of - and you pay for it in your rent. I had a gas leak at 1am, had to call Con Ed myself, gas turned off because of a poor installation - by Opal. But of course no handyman to fix. Until Monday. So who cares if you can't cook? Cleanliness? Don't be fooled by the foyer… do a proper unguided tour and make your own judgement call. Worst of all is the rudeness. Any human being expects civility from staff. Sorely lacking.