VKV Associates own 2245 Barker Ave and 2255 Barker Avenue in the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx. They are SLUM LORDS!!! Their buildings are infested with roaches, mice, rats, bedbugs and termites. They do NOT provide adequate heat and hot water EVER. The apartments need a lot of repairs which they WILL NOT MAKE. They will not repair anything which cost money to fix, like: plumbing, windows which will not stay up, the elevator, is always out of service, toilets won't flush, bathroom and kitchen ceiling constantly falling, infestation of roaches, the front door lock is always broken, Every apartment has mold and mildew. None of the windows in my apt will stay up without being propped up with a stick. In the winter frost collects INSIDE the window in my kids room. The poor excuse for a super cannot fix anything,he just makes a mess in your apt then gets mad when you call the office and tell them the repairs haven't been made. The super can't even speak English, except for profanity, the only reason he has the job is because he's the landlords cousin. Stella the manager is a THIEF, she took several tenants rent check and paid HER DISCOVER CARD with it. Stella's mother cleans around the building, she is a nasty B*tch who accuses my neighbor's 8 year old kid of smoking cigarettes and throwing the butts on the staircase everyday, she' s obviously crazy. She also spits on tenants door and puts garbage in front of tenants door. I moved out of that Rat hole because of the mold and mildew, constantly leaking ceiling, and no heat and hot water, the toilet wouldn't flush on a regular basis' in addition to other repairs that weren't made. These 2 buildings are revolving doors, tenants move out constantly because the service sucks and management is very nasty. One of the owners Vic, thinks he can talk to and treat tenants anyway he wants to because he has a gun. Before they installed cameras several apartments were burglarized by the drug addicted tenant who still lives in apt 4A, they will not throw him out because he has section 8, guaranteed money for them.
The only thing these SLUM LORDS are concerned about is collecting your rent money, they don't care about making repairs and keeping up apartments or the building, they don't care about tenants having peace and quiet. Tenants can make as much noise as they want, as long as they pay their rent. They don't care about tenants safety, in the back of the building where there is an entrance, there is no light other than the light coming from the building around the corner; it's pitch black back there which is very dangerous. DO NOT RENT AN APARTMENT IN 2245 BARKER AVE OR 2255 BARKER AVE UNLESS YOU PREFER A NASTY, UNSAFE APT. AND BUILDING. They are so cheap they didn't even paint my apartment before I moved in. read more