Avalon Midtown West should not be on anyone's list when seeking housing in New York City. The building is disingenuous in marketing damaged units to gullible apartment seekers as luxury housing. Cheap materials and poor construction abound in smaller than average thinly walled units. Noise is the norm. You can hear everything in the hall, between units and across the hall, even avec earbuds. Televisions, barking dogs, kids screaming, fights, phone calls, you name it. Metal doors without dampers provide apartment access. Every time tenants enter or exit, doors slam making a startling noise akin to a car backfiring. If you live adjacent to the garbage chute and room, which also houses the service elevator and recycling bin, be prepared for sonic booms as trash is tossed, especially glass bottles hitting the chute's tin lining. When maintenance empties recyclables, you will be bombarded with an intrusive melody of glass and metal smashing glass and metal in the building's collection containers. You should also get use to the constant sound of the clanging clank of the service elevator itself. If you are in proximity to the elevator bank, a piercing ding, ding, ding a thousand times a day will haunt you, if and when elevators work. Look down when boarding, for lifts don't always align with the floor. Live by the patio? Expect carcinogenic barbecue smoke from Avalon's three patio grills to billow blue choking fumes inside your unit. The community patio also emits constant noise from cell phone conversations, kids screaming, radios blasting and parties with ***** pot smoking teens that last long into the night. An errant ball will be tossed into your unit from patio sporting events, for there are no screens on windows. In the summer, uninvited bugs and birds will become your roommates. Most apartments feature twenty-three year old "classic" appliances. Faucets leak, stoves blow gas sideways out of burners on cold mornings, while temperamental dishwashers overflow. But none of these things prepared me for what was next. My unit contained a large closet, 12 X 3, X 8, accessible from the hall containing twenty four radiation emitting smart meters. Radiation closets are located every third floor and are incorporated into units. This explains why Avalon refused to provide a floor plan before I moved in, or allow me to view the unit in advance. My unit also suffers from structural damage due to the building's settling. Cold air gushes inside engendering frigid drafts, condensation and colorful mold. When I informed Avalon that conditions are unacceptable and requested another unit, management gaslighted me. They hired a third party "evaluator" who falsely claimed there was no mold, even though I provided two independent reports, one from a licensed contractor, to the contrary. Moreover, the bathroom does not have a vent and there is a large window in the shower which leaks cold air due to the structural damage. As a result, the entire ceiling is a rain curtain, perpetually dripping on everything including the tiny cheap vanity, toilet and floor. Cleaning is futile, a useless attempt to address the symptom instead of the structural disease. The bathroom tiles are in constant need or re-grouting and the mold stench is unbearable. Regarding utilities, heat is not provided as an essential service. Instead, you get a Motel-Six style inefficient blower, which runs on electricity. Expect your utility bill to be $100 plus as you literally toss money out the window to try to keep up with the cold air rushing in. As for water, there is no individual meter for your unit. Instead, Avalon charges a fee based on aggregate usage of many apartments. If you are away for a month, you still have to pay water for your neighbor. This scheme is patently unethical, especially considering Avalon is charging three to four thousand dollars a month for their perverted notion of "luxury living". I filed a complaint with the City of New York and my allegations were verified in August, 2022, after an exhaustive investigation by the Law Enforcement Bureau (LEB) . Even after Avalon was served with two counts of Probable Cause by LEB, they refused to remedy. Moreover, they failed to comply during the investigation and defaulted on a LEB deadline. When I inquired with management about the status of my request to be placed in a habitable unit, I was informed the manager refuses to discuss this matter with me. Indeed, Avalon dismisses my emails, calls and certified letters regarding these and other valid concerns. So, if you enjoy being harassed, lied to, and bilked, along with unbearable noise, dated appliances, structural damage, exposure to mold, drafts, carcinogens and radiation, then congratulations. Welcome to Avalon Midtown West! If not, run as fast as you can from this horrid excuse of a "luxury" rental operated by lying reprobates who relish in violating laws and making the lives of tenants miserable. Negative stars.

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Very good all amenities