Waterside Plaza LLC

Great views, secure buildings with the best doormen!

Waterside Plaza has been one of the worst experiences I ever had living in the city. The apartment is located in the middle of nowhere, there is nothing there. Most of the people living in the building are international diplomats, who on occasion, will look to fight you in the hallway. The walls between apartments and the hallways are incredibly thin, and you can hear everything coming out of anyone's apartment. When you move to Waterside, you will see the supermarket Gristedes. You will think that "Oh wow how convenient that there is a supermarket next to me." But then when you go inside you will see for the first time in your life, cereal boxes costing 10 dollars, PER BOX! I highly recommend every single living breathing person to avoid Waterside Plaza. Just turn around, walk away, there are other apartments available. Just do not go to Waterside Plaza, you will thank me after.

Seriously the worst management office in all of NYC. They are extremely rude and unhelpful and refuse to help anyone who lives at waterside. The doormen are great, I just wish the management office would all get fired and they would make Carlos (best doorman) in-charge of Waterside.

The maintenance department is a mess. They don't respond to calls and are very limited in what they can do. When you move out they charge you to refinish the floor for $600 regardless of what it looks like. This may resolve though...as I've requested the department in housing look into this. Not to mention...during the "inspection" which the maintenance employee determined I would have to pay to refinish the floor...she lingered around threatening to "find more things to charge" despite my countless requests for her to leave. No respect for tenants or their money.

Negative: Far from subway, the west side is very noisy from the FDR, the north side is very COLD in the winter, very expensive electricity bill, inefficient heating & cooling system from the 1970s, electricity bill is removed from the rent, so the management office has no incentives to support tenants to reduce the electricity bills, high price for value & price increase every year... (except for rent stabilized tenants).. The walls are very very very thin.... be careful, what you whisper about your neighbor! Gristedes, SPA and other services are overpriced, poor waterside emergency response management during Hurricane Sandy. Positive: Nice community (UN families, medical students and older rent stabilized tenants...), GYM(5 star), Shuttle to UN & Union Square, Gristedes: Although overpriced it is good to have grocery shop on the plaza. Nice staff, River view, Security 24/7, School right next door, Great place to sit in the plaza overlooking the river. Clean. Apartments are spacious compared to ST or PCV with modern kitchen facilities.