The Balton

Current Resident 949607

Verified Resident • 2021 - 2022

The sense of community within the building, tenants & staff included, is a close knit one. I was pleasantly surprised to find this intimate feeling, in a large apartment building in the middle of Harlem. It's has been a wonderful experience, thus far.

Current Resident 1005612

Verified Resident • 2022

Nice building, clean and quiet, very pleased with my new and dryer in the apartment makes life much easier. It's very quiet on the building, don't hear people running around in the above and surrounding apts

Current Resident 1004983

Verified Resident • 2017 - 2022

I love it at the Balton. It's a great little community. I have grown close with the staff and feel very at home. I love the rooftop in the summer and the courtyard for workouts on the lawn. I do feel like the staff goes above and beyond.

Current Resident 869500

Verified Resident • 2020 - 2022

Love the location of this building! Really accessible to everything in the neighborhood. The building has great amenities and is quick to resolve maintenance requests. I live on a low floor and with the lounge on the corner, the level of noise can be pretty high on some nights. The gym in the building is great. Some of the machines are outdated but it gets the job done. Love the children's playroom and the courtyard especially with warm weather.

Current Resident 988798

Verified Resident • 2012 - 2022

Very well maintained building and the staff is very helpful Wouldn't change ! Love the train station in front of the Bulding and the rooftop in spring Appartment are well equipped and spacious Commun area always clean

Current Resident 297551

Verified Resident • 2011 - 2021

Buildings good - rent stablization is great. I feel lucky to have that. Nothing else to add?????????.,,,,,,,,,?????..,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,??????????

Current Resident 927033

Verified Resident • 2021

I am so grateful to be a part of this fantastic community. The building staff is fantastic, maintenance issues are handled promptly, and the overall community is great. I also love the building's amenities.

Current Resident 153803

Verified Resident • 2011 - 2021

I lived in this community for most of my life and have seen the transformation. I love Harlem. It is a community that is very diverse. However, it can do much better, if it had affordable parking!!!!!

Current Resident 875499

Verified Resident • 2013 - 2021

The building overall is great. The finishes are certainly not luxury quality (for example, toilet covers are cheap plastic, countertops are unfinished wood on the bottomside, and the floors are faux wood that scratches easily), but the amenities and staff more than make up for it. You really can't beat a washer/dryer AND a dishwasher in the apartment. The courtyard is well landscaped with plenty of benches and tables and a mini playground for kids. The ground floor gym is free to all residents and has plenty of equipment (plus, barely any of the residents seem to use it! Most of the time, I have the gym entirely to myself). The ground floor lounge is also quite nice, with two fake fireplaces, large-screen TV's, wifi, a kitchenette, and a pool table. You can even rent it out for private events, like baby showers and birthday parties. There is also a small outdoor roof deck on the 9th floor (out of 12 floors) that has plenty of furniture and some plants. There isn't much of a view, but it does get a good amount of sunlight throughout the day. Finally, the maintenance staff is second to none. The cleaners, super, and concierge desk staff are all so nice. They know many tenants by name, and they do an excellent job keeping The Balton in shape. The super is very fast to complete any repairs, and a 24-hour recorded phone line makes it easy to make any maintenance requests, which in my experience are usually addressed within 2 business days at most (emergency repairs come faster). There is an office in the lobby too, and those staff members seem to rotate out with alarming frequency, so they're not that friendly and don't seem to interact with residents that much, but it's rare that you have to deal with them except for when lease renewal comes up. Most residents keep to themselves or are moderately friendly, though there are some busybodies who complain about any little thing. Not too much noise or loud parties.

Current Resident 717775

Verified Resident • 2019

Excellent location great amenities staff is excellent very helpful building complex is clean, would definitely recommend to a friend. Concierge from 6pm-12am good for ordering online, great restaurants in the neighborhood.

Current Resident 692372

Verified Resident • 2011 - 2019

Love it at The Balton. However, would like to see some residents show more respect for our surroundings, e.g. - keeping garbage out of the hallways and elevators, ensuring their children are not unsupervised in the hallways. Wish we could 'rent-to-own' !

Current Resident 574102

Verified Resident • 2014 - 2018

The Balton is a great place to live. We have lots of amenities without the price and the building is well taken care of. I would highly recommend living here. Great location and access to transportation.

Current Resident 540380

Verified Resident • 2011 - 2018

Great place to live. Some maintenance issues persist with the elevators, but the building staff, super and office workers are all very good. Well laid out apartments in a great location. Would definitely suggest looking here.

Current Resident 539492

Verified Resident • 2011 - 2018

We have been very happy in our home at the Balton, with generally good neighbors, great staff and maintenance staff, friendly front desk personnel, and quality of our apartment home. We would recommend to anyone!

Current Resident 530423

Verified Resident • 2018

These are in a great area amidst a lot of shopping, restaurants, and transportation. The maintenance and office staff are always friendly and quick to respond and are very helpful to our needs, The facilities are kept clean every day.

Current Resident 528858

Verified Resident • 2018

Management was very insightful with information on the building. Also extremely patient with all incoming paperwork that was needed. Staff is polite and friendly. Door person is knowledgeable of tenants and is alert

Current Resident 511166

Verified Resident • 2018 - 2019

The Balton is a wonderful place to live! The leasing office employees are a pleasure to work with, any maintenance request is handled within 24 hours, and the facility is always kept clean and organized. I really enjoy living at the Balton and I hope to do so for many more years to come.

Current Resident 511061

Verified Resident • 2012 - 2018

Poor management. Common areas are not kept up. Management staff is rude and unprofessional. They changed the locks without notice during a holiday and didn't provide access to new keys. Several tenants were locked out over Thanksgiving. Poor communication. No sense of customer wellbeing and community.

Current Resident 486746

Verified Resident • 2016 - 2018

Front desk management does not seem to care about the community.(Rosemary). There is no sense of urgency with building maintenance. Very poor communication between office and residence. E.g online payment implantation was a complete failure. Poor communication. Poor software

Current Resident 439710

Verified Resident • 2010 - 2019

I have had a great experience living at the bolton. The maintenance people have always been friendly and helpful. Its great to live in a building where the people who live and work in the building are friendly and helpful. Especially the door man who has names and apartment numbers memorized and are able to help whenever they can

Current Resident 315385

Verified Resident • 2014 - 2017

Great building with tons of amenities, yet the building has too many problems. No front desk security in a dangerous neighborhood. Many homeless sleeping in lobby. Outside of windows never get cleaned. Excessive/ unbearable heat in the hallways 24/7/365.

Current Resident 303705

Verified Resident • 2011 - 2017

Great place to live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(200 character minimum)

Current Resident 272767

Verified Resident • 2012 - 2016

I was paying much less rent before moving to Balton, so I was wondering whether I should sign the lease or not. So I asked regarding apartment inspection. They told me that no apartment inspection in Balton. Then, I decided to sign the lease because my previous place had inspection twice a year. However, after I moved in Balton, I found out that they simply lied to me to get in me. At that time, they had a lot of vacancies and they wanted to rent ASAP. I was looking to upgrade my life even I would pay much more rent as NHOP(not affodable) resident. Since Balton is HDC sponsored apartment, I did not imagine that they would lie the material fact like some brokers in NYC. So all I want to tell the apartment seekers, please be careful.

Current Resident 259953

Verified Resident • 2011 - 2016

We absolutely love living at The Balton! We moved into our apartment when the building opened and we have had a wonderful experience. Our apartment layout is great and has allowed us to create a nice home. The location next to public transportation is perfect.

Current Resident 259615

Verified Resident • 2010 - 2016

It is a good building overall but some tenants can be problematic. They are the one who have parties all the time and are loud as hell and become obnoxious and threatening if you ask them to be more considerate. I wish the management would do something about these bad tenants. Otherwise, it's a nice building.