Parkchester Preservation Management

I was unfortunately denied an apartment with Park Chester due to my credit history. I don’t have any credit history, don’t use credit cards. But I make more than their required salary request. So no stars

One star because I can’t give them minus stars. There parking policy is first come first serve basis. So why are they dening residents to purchase a parking permit. The receptionist said it because they had staff stay late on certain days to to purchase the parking stickers. Security told me that they ran out of stickers. I could understand if the parking spaces were to keep for the year for the individual who got a numbered space for himself. But no its first come first serve basis so it don’t make sense. Parkchester sucks. It’s like a dried piece of shit who somebody put powdered sugar on it and in the end it’s still just a dried piece of shit!

I have lived in Parkchester for 11 years now. We are a family of four, including 2 young children. This is a residential community and we have always felt safe in the neighborhood.
Parkchester allows you to see three apartments before you decide which one you want to rent. We live close to the oval in a building with small hallways. This is nice since we know everyone on our floor. Management has always responded to repairs in a timely manner.
It is frustrating to go to the laundrymat every week. The local public school is not appealing to us but there is a charter school and affordable catholic schools to enroll the children in.
The commute to midtown is easy but it is very hard to find parking during the days.
I recommend parkchester to my friend it is affordable and provides a residential feel with huge apartments.

If Unilocal had a rating of 0 points or high MINUS points, that’s is the true rating that I would pick for this place.
I’ve been living in Parkchester since 2002; It’s 2013 and it’s time to move out. They took me to court over a washing machine THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN MY APARTMENT. Here’s the funny part: anyone that owns (not rents) an apartment here in Parkchester are allowed to have a washing machine in their apartment, but tenants can’t.
One would think that the rule of NO WASHING MACHINE would apply to EVERYONE that lives on the premises, but obviously it does not. How did I find this out? When I spoke to one of the reps at Bronx Civil Court about this issue, that is exactly what she told me. And she lives here in Parkchester too.
My lease is up (FINALLY) in March 2014. I am NOT renewing it, I will be moving out of here due to the unfair treatment and unnecessary court dates that they did against me in July 2013 and September 2013 over stupid reasons. I’ve always used the Laundromat either downstairs or elsewhere if the Laundromat downstairs was crowded. For some reason Management «imagined» that I had a machine in my apartment.
If I had to do it all over again back in 2002, I would have never moved here. This place sucks and so does the Management, Legal and Security Departments. I cannot wait to move out of here in March. I won’t even step foot on this place again, not even to visit someone.
My advice? Move here if you want to, but you will soon find out that it is not a great place to live. Management is always ready to sue their tenants over the most stupid reasons. Mine happened to be about a washing machine that doesn’t exist. There are other better apartment complexes within the NY/​NJ area that you can invest your money and time in where the Management doesn’t act like assholes. If you want to be treated fairly & with respect, not taken to court over stupid reasons, and live your life in peace, DON’T MOVE HERE. Don’t say I didn’t warn you either.
This review is based on the unfair and disrespectful way I’ve been treated by Parkchester Preservation. They are nothing but a bunch of bullies that treat good tenants like crap.

Well, I renewed my lease for one more year in Parkchester, and I will say that there have been improvements. The security presence is much more noticeable. There were some crime issues with some derelicts from neighboring communities coming into Parkchester to deal drugs and there were even some incidents of murder. So you see security out and about morning/​noon/​night, either on foot patrol or in vehicles. They built a new security post down by Archer Avenue, which is where the derelicts trickle from and into the complex.
Maintenance is very good at keeping the grounds and buildings clean, and answer service calls in a timely manner. Now they are going to upgrade all the water fixtures throughout the complex. There is still ongoing construction across the grounds, with the medians and pipes. I saw some new fencing popping up in the medians and the new vintage lamps have gone up, as well.
My upstairs neighbor either left on her own or was evicted. Either way, she’s gone. The new neighbors are MUCH much quieter. It doesn’t sound like the Thanksgiving Day Parade is coming through the upstairs apartment every night. PEACE AND QUIET!!! :) :)
On the negative side, a lot of businesses have shut down so there are tons of vacant storefronts that are always getting demo’d/gutted but nothing is opening up. But, an Applebee’s and Blink Fitness opened last year. I’m curious to see what is going to be done with all this empty real estate. It would be nice to see different types of restaurants open up. You can only do so much with a ton of spanish or chinese spots and pizzerias all over the complex. A variety of food and stores would greatly improve the area. Maybe a better pharmacy. Walgreens sells nothing you need, the mom and pop pharmacies sell no name brands and I’m on the opposite end of the Duane Reade… a Rite Aid would be GREAT. Both Rite Aids in the area are too far to walk to…
It would be nice if they just upgraded all the bathrooms and kitchens like those «contemporary» apartments have. I only pay $ 100 less a month than the «contemporary» apartments are leased at… so…come on. Let me have some stainless steel, wood and marble!

NO GAYS ALLOW…
We were rejected for being GAY…
I don’t know how
newspaper allow these people to advertised in their news paper. Don’t waste your time going ALL-​THE-​WAY to the Bronx to see these apartments is a catch… They do not have $ 950.00 apartments for rent.
When you get there they show you a (SO-​CALLED) The Premier Collection model apartment.,
is all a scam… The girls who show you the apartment are all full of attitude. They do credit check for $ 25.00 really! I don’t think the people I saw walking around this building would even clear homeland security.
DON’T BOTHER DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME.

Please, if I could give negative stars, I would! This is the WORST management company ever!
I rented at Parkchester x2 years. Initially, I was SO EXCITED to move here! Cute little neighborhood, the apartments are huge by NY standards, inexpensive by NY standards. The commute sucks, but tolerable for such a big apartment.
The application process was painful. I had lived in NYC for less than 5 years, so had to get letters not only from my NY landlords but my last 2 landlords from back home. I also had to get my last 5 years of tax returns. A letter from my employer was needed plus bank statements, paycheck stubs, etc. Hassle, yes, but I did it… only for Parkchester to call and verify all the info on their own too. NOW, mind you, all of the contact info was on my application. If they were going to call anyway, why make me go through the hassle of getting the documentation? PLUS, they don’t do anything by fax, and at the time I worked way downtown in the financial district. So I was always taking off work early to haul it out to their office before 5 pm to provide the info. Whatever… I wanted the apt, so I did it.
Now, I’m a renter not an owner out there. The apt’s are all hardwood floors. I have to cover 85% of the floor with carpeting or area rugs. My responsibility and I have to absorb the cost. Again, not happy about this added cost, but it’s an apartment I like so I do it.
I moved in April 2009. July 2009, I’m home on a hot summer night, lights off, watching TV and something caught the corner of my eye. It’s a mouse. They (P’chester) can’t send an exterminator or service man to my place to plug up the hole unless I’m home. Even though I give permission to enter the apartment and they have keys for ALL the locks (did I mention I had to pay an additional $ 125 for them to install a mandatory deadbolt??? Since when can you rent an apartment without a lock on the damn door???). Anyway… that got resolved, but only after the call was escalated to the manager, and under threat of further action.
The living room wall, one wall in the bathroom, the walls in the bedroom and my bedroom closet were all literally crumbling. Apparently, there was water in the wall, causing the problem. It took 15, YES 15 months for them to fix the walls, and they fixed it only after I took them to court!
There were signs posted several times that they were having issues with the plumming, where the toilet would flush constantly for no reason. If anyone had this problem (I did!), call their service department to schedule an appointment at no cost to the resident. So, when I called, I was right back in the same circle that they won’t send anyone out for service unless I am home to let them in. The problem? That darn thing called a JOB that allows me to pay the rent every month. Needless to say, I wasn’t taking yet more time off for them to fix their problem. My toilet still flushes all the time, for no reason. It’s irritating for me, but it’s costing them, not me. So I don’t care.
FINALLY my lease is up and you can bet I am so out of there. Of course, since I had to have carpeting installed, I also have to rip it up (at my cost). So, I called out to their lovely service department to see what I needed to do with the carpeting once it’s ripped up. It certainly won’t fit down the tiny garbage chute. I was told to just roll it up and they will pick it up, free of charge. I just needed to call back and let them know when to pick it up.
I have secured a service to come and rip the stuff up, and called back to let them know when they would be able to pick it up. SHOCK OF ALL SHOCKS, now the process is different. It’s amazing to me, since the procedure has changed since all of yesterday! NOW, again, I have to be home to let them in. Nevermind that I will no longer be a tenant and won’t even have keys… these people are so stupid.
I could go on and on about how horrible this place is. Everything that was supposed to be fixed before I moved in wasn’t. Since all they do is slap a new coat of paint on everything after each tenant leaves (rather than stripping the paint off or here’s a novel idea… replacing some of the cupboards that are 20 years old!), none of the doors shut tight. I had to leave all the kitchen drawers open a little, because if they closed all the way, they were stuck and wouldn’t open again.
The bottom line, and my whole-​hearted recommendation is that these apartments are NOT worth the stress, hassle and headaches to make up for the «reasonable» rent.