Jefferson at 55-77 Water

After moving around many times over the past few years we were looking to stay there for a while, but moved out in less than a year.
The apartment is WAY over priced — with rent comparing to similar apartments in Manhattan. And they put all kinds of extra on the base rent, from parking to pets. The termination fee is highway rubbery (even compare to the astronomical rent) and extremely vague in the initial contract, so make sure you are able to stay for the full lease term — but don’t rent there because you will want to leave before the full lease term.
The apartment is not well constructed — we don’t live on the top floor but by the end our ceiling was so water-​damaged it was gross to look at.
The train noise is unbearable, and when the train goes by the entire apartment rattles.
The city-​facing apartment gets unbearably hot in the afternoon because of the huge windows, even with the blinds down. You won’t want to open the windows either (they don’t open very much anyway) because of the noise — you can’t hear anything anyone says or the TV when the train comes by.
Our entire floor ALWAYS smells like pot, leaking out from some residents’ apartments. I’ve witnessed drug transaction in the parking lot, and prostitutes in the building. The park across the street is a popular spot for drug transactions as well after dark.
The parking lot gets full so quickly that sometimes it’s hard to find a spot in my own apartment complex.
The maintenance staff are responsive and nice, but the office staff are awful, unresponsive, and can’t meet any requests.
We’ve also lost a number packages.
Overall we paid way too much for this apartment, and it has been a very bad experience.