New York Room For Rent - 3 Bedroom apartment for a roommate in Bedford Stuyvesant (NY-17055)

If it weren't for my roommates, this would have been more horrible than it was. They were absolutely the best!!
First off, communication with landlord was good. Check-in was a breeze, keys were left in the mailbox for me. He was very responsive to problems or questions, very accommodating to my mother and the fact she is a single parent.
So i begin with my experience while staying here. Mind you i'm a college student from OHIO, doing my third internship in NYC. When my mother & i first arrive, the outside of the building looks rundown. The glass in the screen door is broken, it's wide open. There's several bags of old ads on the ground, a broken TV & the trash bins. My mother seemed to be hyper-ventilating at this point. The whole building smells of "litter box", which now it's me hyper-ventilating (i'm deathly allergic to cats). We make it up to the 3rd floor to where i will be living for 3 1/2 mths. The apartment was clean, my room was nice and clean (HUGE). Don't think the comforter was clean, BUT I brought my own stuff to use anyway. I questioned the fact that there wasn't a shower curtain, rod, nothing in the bathroom. I called the landlord, he stated if i wanted to purchase that stuff, he'll reimburse my mom the money. We did/he did.
My first couple months were great, mind you there's supposed to be a cleaning lady/person that cleans every 2 weeks that we are charged $50 a month for, NEGATIVE!! I think i seen this person a few times maybe, i really couldn't tell what was cleaned (?) The apartment was still dirty to me. There were a couple occasions where my grandmother cleaned the whole apartment , when her and my mom came to visit. My roommates were so estatic, they offered to pay her for doing it. She refused the money of course....
From here I find out we have visitors (mice & roaches), FML/just kill me!!!! It got to a point that i was sending my mother a picture of a dead mouse once a week for the remainder of my stay. This being after the landlord sends an exterminator to the apartment also. Of course, I guess roaches only come out at night, so i never really seen them as much as the mice (which always seemed to be in my freaking room) UGGG!! NOW i know why the whole building smells of "litter box".
Out of the 3 times staying in NYC/Brooklyn, this was the only place that i came in contact with bugs & mice.......Oh, and some guy shot a cop on the street. NYPD had the street closed for a day. BUT i survived. It's NYC for petesake, RIGHT?
Everything needs improved , the whole building (maybe just sell it, tear it down, start from scratch). Sorry, NOT sorry!!!

Enjoyed living in this appartement, the landlord was also very friendly.

The apartment is nice but would need some basic amenities. Decoration is classic and most of all finishing touches are of poor quality. Pieces of the ceiling fall when it's raining hard.