Avalon Communities

After I forwarded my complaint to Avalonbay's highest management, I received a prompt and positive response that resulted in the replacement of the small toilet.
Many thanks to the good people at the top of Avalonbay!

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I absolutely love this building! Spacious apartment, common areas are very clean,
concierge, laundry room in every floor, tv room, sundeck for these hot NY summers and
a gym. It's close plenty of restaurants, and a few blocks from the shops at Columbus
Circle. 2 blocks from the C and E trains

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Living here is great. The maintenance team is very helpful, fast and kind. Especially Sam. He always gets things done. Today he came with Allen and he was also very nice.

I really like the concierge team, too. They're always trying to help you with everything you need. David pays special attention to details and goes the extra mile.

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Never! Never! Never! Choose this apartment!I'm writing this at 1 am! Why? Because I can't sleep! The noise is horrible every night and every early morning! The structure of the wall of this building is wood, so the noise of neighborhood can kill you. As such a expensive apartment, some of the residents have really poor quality! Especially on 4th floor. They do laundry very late night and early morning! Every day!!! Every day!!! Every day!!! You know what? They also do many laundries day time! I just wonder if them open a laundry upstairs. After a whole day work, you will never get a peace relax in this apartment. I really regret to sign the contract. I complained thousands of times. The officer only said they "will" talk to the residents. But I didn't see they do anything. Things never go better! I pay so much money to get a so horrible apartment, I don't want you suffer this with me.By the way, you have to pay 75 dollars to use the gym.

After you are approved to moved in, which will take a terrifyingly quick 10 seconds thanks to your new algorithmic overlord, Your first impression will be that this is a great building. It looks like they borrowed Google's interior designer and had he or she collaborate with Pottery Barn Kids to create some sort of weird lobby scheme. Most of the building is dorm-like. Extremely overpriced given that nearby buildings have pools and actual luxury. Every appliance, including those at the gym, were purchased on close-out sale from Northern China. The ellipticals are for giants. The washing machine has broken repeatedly. In the middle of the night, the heating auto-resets to 60 degrees and the AC auto-resets to 85. The heating/AC units are obscenely large are even more obscenely loud. The entire bottom of a cabinet has completely fallen off. Don't drink the water. We literally receive an email from management warning us not to about every month. Sometimes it comes out brown and brackish, which will give you a clue. At first, they claimed it was due to street construction messing with the water mains. Now, they do not bother to explain. The staff is actually great, the giant robot that is Avalon Bay having hired a bunch of "cool guys" to stand at the front and give you your packages. They are wonderful. Addison and Nadia are cool too. However, the robot is a harsh and unfeeling overlord. It turns out this robot's buildings are notorious for having fires break out in them- sure enough, an electrical fire broke out in the basement. Over a year later, repairs are incomplete. I maintained the lease for several years out of sheer inertia, not because it was a good value or a good experience. Construction noise has been constant for three years and starts at 7am or earlier even on weekends; complaints to 311 do not dissuade the moneyed developers putting up garish condos in a literal panopticon around your apartment. In spite of frequent desperate attempts to create "community," it is hard to trust anyone who will pay this much to put up with this much. Still, the frequency of emails about lobby blood drives and complementary limp danishes on your way to work are only outmatched by emails about water quality problems and warnings not to bring more than 2 guests to amenity spaces. Enjoy life at AVA highline, where you will face a 10 minute walk uphill through a construction zone to reach the nearest subway, and where you can literally see inside your neighbors' apartments. I hear Zuck is moving in next door.

Great maintenance staff!

Nice common spaces.

Some aspects of apartment interiors seem cheaply made (walls, floorboards, cabinetry, closets).

Surprising number of building-wide plumbing related issues for a new building. (Brown water, leaks.)

Units don't seem to match up with floor plan dimensions. Bedroom, for example, has less square footage than suggested.

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These are great apartments, but what makes Avalon Fort Greene really feel like home is the sales office, concierge team and maintenance team. Every one of them was extremely responsive, helpful and kind during the year I lived there. I highly recommend this building!

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Had a wonderful time looking at apartments today and actually got approved for a 1-bedroom with my BF (moving in shortly). We went to other available apartments in the area, but nothing compared when it came to the space, amenities, cost, and staff. We are super excited to call this place home and want to give a shout out to Denise Torres, who rocked our socks off and helped make this an easy process. #Avalon2018

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I really enjoyed my time living at Avalon Fort Greene and would highly recommend it to others looking to live around the Downtown Brooklyn area.

Pros
- Conveniently located near multiple train lines.
- Rent was slightly cheaper than other comparable apartments within the neighborhood (at least when I was searching).
- Overall cleanliness in the building.
- Easy online system for filing maintenance tickets and generally quick responses by technicians.
- Easy online system for paying rent.
- Professional management company.

Cons
- Concierge generally busy and sometimes unavailable for over an hour. Frequent long line for picking up packages; generally a long wait compared to other buildings I've lived at.
- Gym access not included in rent when I lived there (extra $65). This may be dependent on your rental contract.
- Early termination fee of 2 months rent: I ended up moving out early because of personal reasons and had to pay a hefty early termination fee of 2 months rent.

The apartments are nice and clean. We had some issues with our AC unit when we first moved in but they take fixed it right away. Some of the staff in front desk were very friendly while the others were not so much.
Pros:
- Clean apartments and building
- Maintenance does their job well
- Nice view
- Close to subway

We lived in Avalon Fort Greene for 1 year on the 18th floor and we were annoyed by the noise coming from the outside.
Cons:
- Super loud
- Very expensive
- Parking is so expensive (was $375 for SUV, after 6 months $400!) and people works in parking are so lazy.
- Crazy rent increase