Glen Oaks Village

I bought an apartment about 2 years ago, after selling my home on Long Island. It was an investment in one of the best run co-​ops in Queens. Glen Oaks is a self governing co-​op run by a board of directors, who all live in this community. The monthly maintenance is very reasonable considering the prime location and what you get. The maintenance personnel are very friendly and helpful if you should ever need them. They do a wonderful job in keeping the Co-​op functioning. We just had a record snow storm, and within 2 days, all the streets were plowed. I know I made the right decision moving here. So much so, that I just helped my son purchase a 3 ½ room for himself.

This is the worse place to live!!! I do not even know where to start. The maintenance fee always goes up and maintenance do nothing. People leave things such as garbage and junk outside and maintenance will go past it for days without picking it up. When you call the office they have a nasty attitude and take forever to get back to you.
The village recently replaced all our windows with brand new ones and the work was horrible. I can feel the cold from outside. When we told them about it all they could say was that they didn’t see anything. The worse part is that they take forever to do repairs but meanwhile Ill see them driving around or parked in the drive way just sitting around doing nothing. When they actually do work its at 8am when people who work the night shift are sleeping. In winter they never put salt on the side walks and when they do its around 11 am when people have already fallen on their way to work.
My family and I live on the first floor, so this means we can hear everything from our upstairs neighbor (I MEAN EVERYTHING!!!) the floors are so old I can hear every creak, I can hear every call they make, every fight they have and every time they have sex. The co-​op tells us to report anything but they wont help us if the neighbors retaliates. Reporting them would just piss them off!!! I don’t understand why Glen Oaks have so many rules but wont go around to see if people are actually following the rules.
Living here is horrible and I feel bad my family lives in horrible conditions and now I see why all the apartments are empty in the village. I have convinced several people including coworkers from buying these co-​ops and I feel I have done my part in rescuing these people. I had a few people come by and experience it for themselves.
PLEASE DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE BEAUTY ON THE OUTSIDE INSIDE IS HORRIBLE AND LIKE A TRAPPED PRISON!!! SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!

Maybe I’m biased since I’m so used to the life in Manhattan. But this place is sooooo weird! Especially if you do laundry in the daytime, you will find yourself in scenes from the walking dead… Can’t wait to move out of here. Another downside is that you gonna have a car here. If not, it will take you 1.5 hour minimum to go ANYWHERE!

I live here and proud of it this is the best coop in queens by far. When we were looking for houses, we wanted to buy a place where the place was flexible. Glen oaks allows you to build an attic and plus lately they have allowed people to build and entire floor! They allow pets. Amazing benefits lots of park space, basketball courts and shopping centers!
They have a very strict coop interview and only take the best of the best! I would buy another place here if I could! Love it

Glen Oaks is the best Coop community in NYC. The maintenance is pretty low compared to other coops and is zoned for one the best school districts in Queens. Glen Oaks has two express bus routes (QM6 and QM8) and one local bus (Q46) that runs through the neighborhood. The neighborhood is safe and is patrolled by the 105^th precinct and private Glen Oaks security.
You are allowed to build out your attics or open up a basement in your coop. You can also build balconies, patios and management is flexible with most modifications. Pets are also allowed.
The neighborhood also has several playgrounds, basketball courts, little league and recreation rooms that you can rent for your events.
This is a great neighborhood and hopefully with the Coop strict screening process it stays that way!