I lived in this complex for almost 3 years with my son, this apartment complex was so nasty and dirty and I am so happy I was able to move out. the apartment inside had a lot of space and the rooms were big, but the people who lived in the complex, were all nasty as hell, I had roaches in my apartment that I know I didn't bring them with me when I moved here, I had the exterminator coming to my apartment every two weeks for just about the whole time I lived there. I had one neighbor that fed all the stray cats in the area so I would have about 4 or 5 nasty dirty cats that would sit outside my door, my other neighbor fed all the birds he would throw bread off of his balcony and I would had pounds and pounds of bird shit on my bistro table and chairs, the summer time the parking lot would be full of people hanging outside getting high and music blasting till all times of the night. No one every threw their trash in the actual trash, you would be walking pass, water bottles, food bags, I actually parked next to a pizza box someone dropped with every slice of the pizza left on the ground, no one bothered to pick it up. bottom-line, if you care about where you live and what it looks like and not living with roaches then HEMPSTEAD GARDENS isn't for you. But if you enjoy a ghetto environment with a roach or two running around give them a call. I will never recommend this place to my worst enemy, poor living conditions, I always had to call because the pilot light would go out and it would be colder in my place then outside, the AC never worked in the summer until the sun actually went down. I suggest they tear the whole complex down and start over and get rid of the ghetto families and keep the ones that care. read more