Viridian

I was one of the first tenants in this building. When I moved into my unit it was not finished, and was a complete mess — it looked as though no one had come in to even check it before we were given the keys. My husband is really handy, so we took down a list and took pictures of everything that was unfinished and emailed the office. They were pretty good about fixing some things, but there were just so many things in the apartment that needed to be done asap in order for us to really start living there that we wound up doing a bunch of it ourselves and letting the office know this. (I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS) We lived in our unit for over 3 years, and when we finally decided to move, we were moving out of state. I would say that overall our experience living in the building was ok — we had a lot of turnover on our floor, and there were always problems with the amenities and we were constantly waiting for those be fixed, but for the most part, it was ok. My biggest issue was when we moved out, I had contacted the office several times about all of the things that we had done to «upgrade» the apartment and installed ourselves as our unit wasn’t finished when we moved out. I wanted to know if we should uninstall these things and leave the apartment in the unfinished manner in which we found it, or leave them and not be charged for having them there. Never did I hear from them before we moved out. My husband and I did A LOT of work to make sure that we took down all of the shelving we put in, sealed all of the holes we had made in the walls, repainted, cleaned etc. We took photos when we moved out as well, to document that we had left the apartment in great condition. Well, needless to say, we did not get our deposit back. The office came back to us saying that there were so many damages to the apartment that they needed to keep our deposit, which was over $ 3000 in order to fix the problems. When we asked for photos of what was wrong, I was appalled to see that they had come into our place while we were not home and taken photos of what our apartment had looked like in the process of us taking down shelves etc. and tried to use those as proof that we had left our apartment messy. My husband was dealing back and forth with Shelia when we had moved, showcasing over email to her all of the photos we took when we moved in as well as the photos we took when we moved out. We threatened to prosecute in order to receive our deposit back, but what really could we do — we were now living on the other side of the country! What really bothers me about the whole situation isn’t so much that we didn’t get the deposit back, it’s that they lied and tried to claim that we had done things we didn’t do. I felt betrayed that they came into our apartment without our knowledge and took photos that looked like we had left the place a mess and that they had to clean it up. It really bothered me because had I know that we weren’t going to receive any of our deposit back, I wouldn’t have spent my last hours in NYC trying to clean and make sure that everything was perfect before we walked out of the door. I would have just left it a mess, and let them keep the money. I feel that these people are dishonest, and that there are no good intentions with this place. Do not trust them for a moment, and if you decide to move in, have someone clearly evaluate your place, document with photos, and have both parties sign off on what it looks like. They will definitely try to keep whatever they can from you, and that should be enough to warn you to not move in.

Viridian
Environment: ³⁄₅
Employees: ⁵⁄₅
Amenities: ³⁄₅
Security: ⁴⁄₅
Cost: ³⁄₅
Accessibility: ⁵⁄₅
Total: ²³⁄₃₀
Synopsis: One of my friends live here and I have been here on many occasions. He said he has been living here for about a year and really likes the space. I would also have to agree! Would I live there? I would definitely live there for the price he WAS paying for.
Environment: It is tucked nicely away in Greenpoint, in Brooklyn. I honestly would not imagine such a place existed here, but it does. My friend stays in a one-​bedroom flexed into a two bedroom and one bath. The living area space is pretty big, connected to an open kitchen. The lobby area and «graden» is pretty dark. Upon arrival this time, I saw a bucket that was collecting water? Was it leaking from the roof? I am not sure.
Employees: I have only spoken to people at the front desk. They were all very courteous towards me, so I have no problems.
Amenities: They have a lounge area with billiards and television, which is awesome especially since you will be able to throw parties. They also have a daycare-​looking area, which I didn’t look into. They have a pool and gym, which I have not used. In the apartment, there is a dishwasher and central air. They have a washer unit, but it was broken and never fixed? WHATTT! Lastly, the building has a door man. If you want to enter the building you need a fob-​key.
Cost: He pays on the lower 1,000s but it anticipated this his lease will increase pretty substantial that he may have to leave.
Accessibility: It is only 2 – 3 blocks to get to the G/​Green train. I love it!

I made this listing 5 stars because Unilocal would block it if it were one star. But rest assured this place is a 1 star. In fact if I could make it zero stars I would but I cant. Rather than write paragraph upon paragraph of negative reviews, I’ll provide you with a bullet point rundown of why the Viridian (AKA 110 Green Street Apartments) suck.
1. The washer/​dryer doesn’t work in any apartment. Hello laundromat.
2. The sub-​metered the utilites so you pay $ 400.00 a month for electricity.
3. They don’t fix anything. I’m serious. They really don’t fix anything. Ever.
4. They won’t give you back your deposit unless you sue them or go to the DA.
5. The pool is open 3 hours a day max. It’s locked shut.
6. Both treadmills in the workout room are broken.
7. Cigarette and Pot smoke in your apartment. Every unit is connected to same ducts.
8. Bad doormen. They hire temps who can’t do anything besides grab a package.
9. No number to call in an emergency. Dishwasher overflows? Deal with it.
10. They rent to drug dealing pimps that play loud music all night.
11. Rent a garage space and they won’t give you a door opener for a month.
12. A home invasion happened a while back. Probably drug related.
13. The rents are sky high. The service is horrible.
14. Air Fresheners placed around building spray noxious chemicals ever 10 mins.
15. Landlord is flat broke, and never makes any improvements.
16. 90% of the people who move in, leave after a year. Hence the open apartments.
17. Kids room is filthy and they never clean it.
18. Lights in the indoor garden are turned off at night.
19. Common areas of building don’t have AC to save landlord money.
20. They’ll promise to clean your place before you move in, but won’t.

This place is not worth the money. Check out the viridian blog on tumblr.