Roosevelt Island Associates

Though there is only F train available (or Tram) for transit, the apartment sits at a beautiful location surrounded by parks. Easy access to both Williamsburg and Manhattan.
The place is very safe and family-friendly. Highly recommend for those who are thinking of 'New Jersey-vibe' or want a relaxed atmosphere.
Friendly Doorman/Super and neighbors. Clean, would've stayed longer if it wasn't for the rent price.

There was once incident before I left where the utility(for AC and heat) would skyrocket throughout the building. People have been filing complaint for the absurd amount of utility received but am not sure how they resolved that issue.

Doorman
Laundry
Pet friendly

Transit availability difficult sometimes

Better tenant gatherings

quiet and safe.. does feel like suburb but with the manhattan view

relying on only one subway station

Have lived here for 2 years. Building staff is wonderful. Neighbors are respectful and quiet. Haven’t encountered any pest problems.

AC units frequently break. The water here is very hard.

There are zero pests, super bright and large rooms with closets in each room with laundry in building, rooftop, bbq, gym, 24 hour doorman

It is a 10-15 minute walk to the subway to get to Manhattan

The best things are, the clean roof deck, how responsive the staff is to issues you have, and how safe the neighborhood is

There’s not much to do in terms of nightlife so you’re always going to have to go far

I love my neighbors and the neighborhood. The management office here is difficult to deal with. They threaten legal action when you are insistent on an issue in the apartment.

Management is not great. They need to be replaced ASAP.

SWITCH OUT GRC REALTY. THEY ARENT DOING YOU ANY GOOD.

Nice design and outdoor space

Poorly run maintenance department and not enough regular upkeep of common areas. Doormen do the minimum.

Provide better service and work on communication. For example, send an email for an emergency water shut off or post signs when the garbage chute is out of order.

Also, start cleaning hallways and stairs better and more often.

Cleanliness, gym, roof access

Window replacement made room unusable for a week.

Be willing to negotiate

The doormen are very good, friendly and helpful. The maintenance staff is responsive

They allow the neighbors to leave the shoes and stuff in the Hallways, since there is no air hallways are smelly. They are doing a big renovation, all the buildings are a construction site. construction takes place not only inside vacate apartments but the ones with residents living in as well, noise starts at 7Am, chemicals smell and dust is all over. There is a lounge area with wifi that residents could go while the workers are in their apartments BUT no A/C, so working from home is almost impossible. The apartments are not the greatest, noticeable cheap construction, very thin walls, you can see the where one wall is glue to the other, you can hear your neighbors. I ended up in this place because I was in hurry and didn't have the time to look for a better place but It's awful

Don't be cheap, if you are pushing the residents out of their apartment in order to renovate the apartments at least fix the A/C in the lounge area so this can be a shelter while the construction is on. OR give the residences some rent discount for the inconveniences

Great views, friendly concierge, package is safe, quiet and safe

Expensive, lots of flies in laundry room, not a lot of food chains, only one train in the island

Large apartment, nice neighbors, no bugs

Friendly staff, doormen overworked

- elevator
- doorman
- safe
- responsive maintenance
- large laundry room

- a bit pricey compared to the other buildings on Roosevelt Island

Our experience with Manhattan Park was actually great. From google reviews, I was afraid that management would be hard to work with. Actually, for us, they were always reachable and fixed any problem that we had very quickly (within 1-2 days of request each time).

The hallways were pretty dark. I definitely know there were some pests in the building, but not too different from other buildings of NY. There was nothing extreme.

The great view.

The folks who worked at the front desk were always friendly and kind.

Movie nights.

They kept some of our deposit without explanation, wouldn’t answer the phone, and wouldn’t see me when I showed up in person. The person who did our exit inspection said it was all good so idk.

They wanted to raise the rent 20% every renewal so they was a pain to deal with.

The vent in the bathroom never worked right. We had to have someone come up and deal with the ceiling mold on a regular basis. They would hold a piece of paper on the vent and say, “see, the paper should stick to the vent,” and then never did anything about the ventilation.

Towards the end of our time, they started allowing dogs. Our neighbor had a dog that barked all day non-stop while it was home alone. Management said they couldn’t do anything about it because it’s a service animal. You could hear it echoing all the way down the stairwell from half way up the building.

At one point they took all the screens off the windows for window washing. Then they would NOT replace them them so we started getting a lot of bugs in the apt.

Don’t steal security deposits.

I used to live in a high floor looking at Manhattan with a balcony, great light, amazing balcony. It really felt great to arrive to the 2-bedroom apartment, 2 baths. Great spacious kitchen.

The bathroom of the main bedroom was small (no tub).

Due to balcony door, insulation was week so it could be cold during winter. Electricity bill was sometimes $500 per month.

Change the AC machines for newer/more modern ones.

Gorgeous river views. Updated apartments new floors and kitchen. Nice staff. Honestly if you are kind and reasonable so is the management company. They have been great to us. Amazing pool in the summer with residents getting preference. New lobby, bike room, gym and more. Free pick up and delivery of dry cleaning.

Construction, however this is almost complete. Because electric heat- it’s expensive in winter, especially for corner units. However really low in summer even with AC.

Maintain the hallways a bit more. Understandably you can’t control tenants.