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The Carteret

Chelsea, Manhattan, NY 10011

262 units·18 floors·Built in 1927
4.0

22 reviews

Rent-stabilized apartments

This building has apartments that entitle you to a renewal and limited rent increases.

Good cause building

This building guarantees a renewal and capped rent increases, if you follow your lease terms.

Highlights

7
Evictions
1
Open violations
No
Litigation cases
No
Bedbug history
Pet friendly

Renter recommendations

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Renters recommend this building

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Renters approve of the building's owners

Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Recent renter reviews for 208 West 23 Street, Manhattan highlight a building with a prime Chelsea location, responsive and friendly staff, including doormen and maintenance, and well-maintained communal areas such as a rooftop deck and gym. Tenants appreciate quick repair responses and efficient services like laundry and package handling. However, common concerns include pest issues (particularly roaches), occasional noise from neighbors and street, small apartment sizes with thin walls, and high rent increases. Some tenants report building infrastructure challenges like noisy heating pipes, recurring construction, and water pressure inconsistencies. Overall, while management and location are strong points, improvements in pest control, noise mitigation, and rent policies would benefit residents.

Reviews

Former tenant·9 minutes ago

Great staff- super responsive

Pros

Staff is super responsive and always helpful! If you put in a complaint the night of they’re there the next day.

Cons

Roaches. Since it’s a prewar they can be occasionally in the basement. Make sure to cover your sinks at all times because they will come up that too and holes in walls! I’ve seen 3 in my apt in the past year!

Advice to the owners

Work on pest control a bit more

Former tenant·9 months ago

Great building overall

Pros

We stayed 1y in this building and had a great experience. Nice doormen, good quality appliances and when something broke, it got fixed really fast. Noise levels were really doable. We never heard upstairs neighbors. Staff is really nice. Location is great too with lots of connections with subway

Cons

The building tends run quite hot but that's a NYC thing While the location is good, we didn't love the area, it's quite busy on 23rd st.

Building ratings

Cleanliness

-

Trash management

-

Pest control

-

Water pressure

-

Heat

-

Neighbors

-

Noise levels

-

Owner responsiveness

-

Rents and deposits

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Renters received their security deposits back

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Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 6 days ago

Average violations per unit in this building is better than the city average.

Building average0.00Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
0Class C
Immediately hazardous

Rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

1Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

0Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

0Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

Building owners and associates

Change of ownership/management in 1999

Renter Q&A

Is the noise really bad or it's tolerable?

Over 2 years ago

Depends what you mean- from the apartment, you don't hear the noise. However, when you exit the apartment, you're immediately on a busy street, which we didn't like.

9 months ago

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