Henry Hall Apartments

"I’ve lived in Henry Hall for three years. Here are my thoughts. -The building is cute, however I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s beautiful. It has that cold, unfeeling Hudson Yards quality that permeates the real estate in that area. -The apartment windows are broad and triple paned, so no outside noise gets in. The floors in the apartments are made from cold pale wood, a trademark of cutting costs in real estate. Be ready to invest in some area rugs. -Each apartment has updated appliances, dishwashers, and in unit laundry. There is an attentive but grossly overworked super named Brian who will take care of anything that goes wrong in the apartment (in the day time, at night you’re on your own), and trust me when I say, things will go wrong. HH is a new and cheap build so there are constantly things breaking within the apartments. -The restaurant may or may not be cursed. In the past three years, One of the waiters entered my closed bedroom and stole a necklace from me while attending a party in my apartment. Two bartenders have died in car accidents. People have gotten fired for being blackout drunk at work, and more recently the manager died in a murder suicide. -On the topic of the restaurant, you’ll be lucky to walk out of there with a bill of 200$ before tip. The service is terrible. Bartenders are creepy and inappropriately flirtatious. The food is okay, but not worth the price. The interiors are a gaudy, modern art deco style you could find looking at any midwestern millenial’s Pinterest board. -The doormen are purely cosmetic. They don’t know anyone’s names, and you’re lucky if you get a nod for a greeting when entering the building. I once witnessed a doorman watch a wheelchair bound resident struggle to open a door for over 30 seconds before walking over to help her. I’ve had strangers led up to my apartment with no warning from the doormen. A serial killer with an axe could be in the lobby asking for me by name and they’d send him right up. -on a positive note, the building has many bathrooms which is handy. However I can’t imagine they’re cleaned very often considering a homeless gentleman was discovered to have been living there for over three months at the beginning of my lease. -Lastly, I feel the neighborhood needs to be mentioned. After having lived there for three years, I think the most accurate way to describe Hudson Yards is corporate and cultural hellscape. It’s a developing area, so most of what you see is the construction of hideous glass monstrosities for the extremely wealthy and tacky to reside. There’s no restaurants or bars (besides the cursed one in HH) and you’re just steps away from Times Square, so you can imagine the human runoff that ends up in Hudson Yards. Then you have the vessel, which is now permanently closed because the amount of people who have thrown themselves from the structure (can you blame them?) The area with the most to do is the local mall or perhaps the two story Whole Foods near by. The neighborhood was rebranded as Hudson Yards after being called the Avenue of Death for decades. I’ll let you do your own research on that one. Not unlike a downtown transplant clout chaser, Henry Hall attempts to pose as a valuable, worthwhile institution, but once you see past the facade all that’s left is a high class wannabe with no hope of making it in the scene. It doesn’t help that it’s located on what was once called “Death Avenue”."

"TERRIBLE building. Their smoking policy is not enforceable against rent-stabilized tenants, so you are constantly breathing in secondhand smoke. Additionally, the gym, which is supposed to be exclusively for tenants as per the lease agreement, is VERY accessible to non-residents, as the owner has a handshake deal with a trainer to operate out of the building. This trainer is incredibly rude, and so are his clients. Not to mention, this is unsafe given he has FOB access to the gym basement with no cell service. Management is terrible, and repair requests go unresolved for months at a time. The one and ONLY upside to this building is concierge, Kevin."

"When we first moved in last June I felt older than dirt and thought since most residents were youngish they’d look at me like I was Moses’ mother but I was wrong. Everyone is super friendly; the staff is amazing and when we decided to change apartments, management facilitated the move. This building is wonderful from soup to nuts. We love it! It’s like one big family!"

"I have been living here for about six months now and have nothing but good things to say about HH. Everyone who works here is friendly and helpful, the building is very clean and well maintained, and the apartments are beautiful with nice finishes and quality appliances. I haven’t heard any noise from any neighbors either, which is a huge plus, especially as an RN working overnight shifts and needing to sleep all day! Views are also great!"

"It's early days and some of the commercial parts need to be finished, but the apartments are of high standards and offer amazing views. The rooftop has also extraordinary NYC views. The apartment has full amenities and the value for money is good. The Lobby has a great design with a very interesting feel, somewhere in between apartments, a high class bar and a restaurant with a touch of designer furniture. Highly recommended."