200 Water Street Apartments By Rockrose at 200 Water St,

Manhattan, NY 10038

Great rooftop & staff

Young post-grad crowd

Nice building for young professionals, crowd is very young
Good location easy to get around

No notable cons really- Fidi things tend to close early or not be open on the weekends so something to keep in mind

None

Doormen were great and everything well organized

I didn’t have any issues other than the appliances were antiquated and needed a refresh.

Extremely clean, responsive management, wonderful facilities, I always felt safe here

Can get a bit loud on the weekends with all the college kids

Has all amenities

None - price is steep though

No complaints for the past 2 years.

Leasing office isn’t easy to deal with

NA

A lot of amenities, clean, doorman, good location

Management is difficult and sometimes rude

Clean and responsive mgmt

Leasing office is hard to work with, rent increases by $500+ per month per year

This building is mostly young people and young families so it is a pretty nice scene. The building has good amenities and the building owners are responsive to requests. All the front desk men are super nice too and always give a nice hello and good morning.

Amenities on a different floor can be inconvenient at times

none

The front door men & maintenance staff are angels. Incredibly responsible and helpful, even in a building with tenants that make it feel like a college dorm.

Management. Raising rents insane amounts without making any fixes to the apartments that warrant those rents.

doorman building, good amenities, close to so many subways

expensive, need to share with several roommates

This building is full of people right out of college who are flexing their units to make it affordable (which can be a pro or con depending how you view it). If you are also in this category it is great, because the building is accommodating of it and it can be nice to live amongst peers. It definitely gives you the opportunity to live in a luxury apartment that you might not otherwise have. The maintenance staff is fast and they are very nice. MOST of the doormen are very helpful. The building is clean. The views in the 2 apartments I had were incredible. The closets are spacious. The appliances are updated and everything is remodeled. Duane Reade is right downstairs. Overall it was a very positive experience.

Most of Cons are not a big deal or are just more circumstantial. I didn't love living in FiDi, but that may not be the case for you. It just felt dark and cold to me since it isn't very residential compared to other neighborhoods. By the time I hit 25, it felt like it was time to move on as new waves of 21 year olds moved in. When you live on the higher floors, you have to switch elevator banks to go the laundry room which is just a slight inconvenience. Some of the doormen can be a little rude at times, but I also understand they have to deal with a lot from tenants. I don't really have much else negative to say about 200 Water.

Prompt maintenance
Not noisy
Great rooftop
Clean

Management can be rude
Expensive
Strict rules on rooftop

Lovely front desk and building team. Repairs and requests are fixed timely. Building is clean and quiet most of the time.

Rent is increasingly high.

Perfect View of East River & Brooklyn Bridge
Great Natural Light
Friendly Doormen & Staff
Quick Service Response
Cleaners/Laundry Service in Lobby
During COVID, roommate negotiated free 3 months rent. Still shocked!

Nothing alarming to report! The rent is just too damn high

N/A - Just wish the rent remained more affordable

Best doormen in the city
Amazing views

12-15% annual rent increases and no building or apt improvements to show for it

Building was clean and front door staff is always helpful. Amenities are great and building service team is always responsive for break/fixes.

- Building restricts the rooftop unnecessarily, sending emails about no noise, no parties, no alcohol, no glass, etc. If its July 4th, forget about having a great time on the roof as they hire security guards to check your building access, and only allow 1 guest per tenant.
- Building sends multiple emails about prohibited marijuana use, no door decorations around holidays, and strictly prohibits gatherings and Halloween parties.
- Much like the rest of Manhattan, they will raise your rent year over year and if you try to negotiate with their leasing office they will either ignore your emails and/or give you some sob story.
- There are a lot of college students in this building and the walls are pretty thin, so expect to hear a lot of noise bleed over from neighboring tenants.

Treat your tenants less like children and more like adults

Front desk was great

area could be scary sometimes

Young building, amazing location, great management

Needed more laundry units, but if you did laundry on days other than Monday and Tuesday you were ok

Great luxury building, well kept, friendly staff, able to put up flex walls to share rent with more people and an amazing rooftop to use and have people over at

Expensive, had multiple roommates when I lived there

None

- very kind doormen and porters
- quickly responsive to maintenance issues

- getting too expensive for what you get

Clean with great doormen, handymen and employees. Very responsive and feels very safe.

It is almost impossible to get in touch with building management when you need them. The gym could definitely use some improvements and ultimately more space. The lounge is unnecessary and a misuse of space. The roof is policed insanely and it’s almost like they don’t want anyone to use it. No improvements have been done to our unit yet last year they increased rent by 17% and this year 16% and all they improved was an unnecessary pickleball court, which is definitely fun but not worth such an increase. I know the apartment rents are skyrocketing but this is honestly just insane. They are essentially forcing long-standing tenants out at this point rather than appreciating them.

Treat your tenants with dignity and stop with the insanely high price increases. It only contributes resentment.

Amenities, laundry, responsive

Pricey, Elevators out of service time to time

Servicemen were always very prompt to fix issues and come back to fix recurring issues. Never had issues that persisted, and felt like it was good value.
No amenities fees
Elevators were usually always reliability, rarely out

Has all the cons of any office-to-residential converted building. One wall that is shared with someone's living room was always a bit noisy but never disruptive.
They tightened a lot of the rules with the rooftop, but I rarely used it, so wasn't too much of a bother with me.
Ethernet ports/wiring for bedroom were not functional and couldn't be used, even after asking about it during touring.
Exhaust vent in the bathroom is not usable by default and supposedly is an extra charge (according to other tenants, haven't asked myself).

Nice furnishings and well kept

Can’t bring more than two guests.

Cheap rent if you have roommates

Horrible neighbors since most of them are in college

Lots of young people
Amazing roof top
Grills
Responsive
Safe

Gym is small

The building, doormen, handymen, convenient location, feels safe, clean

The heating system isn’t the best

Generally clean building, good amenities

Loud parties that sometimes would happen, unresponsive management

Make management easier to get a hold of

Great location next to Fulton station and Seaport

-rent keeps going up without any improvements done. We were there from 2021-2023 and the first update our rent (for a 730 sq ft studio) went from 3k-4k/month, and the next proposed raise would be from 4k-4.4k/month

-they often lose packages or get delays on them

-they don't enforce wearing masks at all, and also the building staff barely wear them, or wear them with nose showing

-they don't enforce anything about smoke or parties either. Idgaf if my neighbors do either, but I do care that I can't sleep and my apt is getting hotboxed nightly

-much stuff like grout and etc is badly maintained, so many badly painted over mistakes.

-needs more lighting in apts, and the AC/heat is shit

Beautiful building, clean, owners are responsive to maintenance requests or other needs, friendly staff, great location, amenities are amazing.

noise complaints go unresolved, neighbors are mostly young crowd/college students, price is high

Wish the price was more reasonable

While neighbors could be loud, the street noise is minimal. The building is really close to the Seaport, which has gotten livelier and is a great place to walk and sit by the water. Cabs are readily available outside and you get a warm and safe feeling coming home late at night. The building is also clean and well-maintained - garbage room emptied multiple times a day, lobby floors mopped daily, etc. My high-floor unit was also bright and spacious with an amazing view of the Brooklyn Bridge. I really loved living here and my experience was very smooth. Doormen are efficient and polite, maintenance was timely and rarely needed in the 3+ years I lived here.

Too many college kids/recent grads flexing units. It really depends on who your neighbors are though as walls are quite thin (I could hear my neighbors laughing and slamming drawers shut etc). Had a new neighbor who lived alone and it was peaceful, so it depends. A few bugs, but you get those in any apartment. Never had any roaches or mice though. Appliances could be more modern, but overall not bad.

Stop flexing to recent grads, as there are many great tenants in their late 20s/30s who would love living here but are put off by the younger crowd.

The building was clean and items in our apartment were repaired in a timely manner.

I was double charged for my last month of electricity and sent to collections even though I paid the first time. The front desk people are creeps (constantly flirting with women way younger than them) and rude to men.

Address the issues at the front desk and stop double billing for the last month of electricity.

Near a great subway line

Full of loud obnoxious students

Access to seaport, great walking and running options. Friendly, responsive staff.

Gym is a bit small

Friendly staff; clean and well-maintained.

Noise in hallway when neighbors throw parties or return home in early hours of the morning; large rent increases.

I would recommend this building

The apartment was spacious
Maintenance was quick and effective
Laundry was convenient

Rooftop always closed and has a lot of stipulations
Gym is tiny and pretty much non existent

A+ amentities- great rooftop, friendly doormen, well kept apartments with nice appliances + dishwasher, huge laundry room with plenty of new(ish) machines, fast quality dry cleaning & tailor, gym is decent, nice common areas. Easy to pay rent via the app and maintenance is responsive.

Long waits for elevators especially at peak times. They can get really crowded and take forever stopping at every floor.

If anything, would just be in regards to the elevators.

Amenities, building responsiveness

None to note.

i never had an issue with management they always got back to me

there were days the garbage people missed the place and had piles of trash in the front

-Doorman
-Transit
-Location

-Laundry in building
-Price
-Noise
-Busy

None

-Doorman building conveniently located next to a Duane Reade, Starbucks, the Seaport, and many trains
-Decent staff
-Quick turnaround time with repairs

-Very young, sometimes loud building
-Management is not always the easiest to work with
-Rent increased every single year

Amazing luxury building, management works fast to fix problems!

Loud parties and neighbors

Leasing manager could work more efficiently/ lacked communication

Good location
High rise
Allow pets
Has gym

Expensive
Loud
Feels like a dorm with the students that live here

Very clean lobby and public spaces

Very thin walls

Great front desk staff, responsive porters/repair people, fantastic location.

The terrace below me would get loud with large parties.

No comment here

Responsive staff, newly renovated, best rental experience in nyc

Expensive, can be loud

N/a

This building has it all! I loved my time here and all the amenities and perks it had to offer. Staff is also really sweet here.

hmm nothing really. everything is great. I did live on the top floor so sometimes rooftop can get noisy - but it's usually the weekends so understandable

Amenities are good and pretty well kept

Neighbors can be a bit noisy but it’s the nature of the building
Furniture on rooftop could be updated (not lost comfortable)
Gym equipment is a bit outdated

No advice to give

Clean and well-maintained

Loud neighbors, no ability to negotiate rent

Natural light, apt size, Christopher from leasing, doormen, rooftop

Raise rent an absurd amount and will not negotiate slightly

Negotiate rent for tenants who are within good standing.

Up to date appliances

Not enough laundry

Very clean nice

The area can be alot

20/30-something tenant base
Friendly doormen
Great location
Nice amenities - rooftop, laundry room, dry cleaning

Lack of pool / over the top amenities
No In-unit laundry

Great building and people, not much to change!

Love how clean the building normally is, garbage shoot/room is always cleaned. Friendly staff, quick elevators, high ceilings, nice views from the roof. Maintenance is super quick if something needs fixing! Good doorman that are good with calling!

Laundry on the lower level, hard to do laundry switching back and forth. Thinner walls so sometimes I can hear the neighbors dogs. Only 1 person allowed with you on roof as a guest.

Make the roof less strict, why I wanted to move here for the main reason

Building and common spaces are always clean

Big roof

Door men and security are rude

Tiny gym

- Super responsive management
- quick maintenance
- no pests

- noisy building
- elevators break a lot

Nothing to add

Rooftop!!! In building gym and laundry always come in handy. Super close to AC and 23 train station. Safe building with Doorman. Also right across from the seaport area which is fun to walk around. Close to bike path.

To afford it, we had to install flex walls.

Clean, nice door men, quick with maintenance requests

The tub backed up twice when we weren’t using it, after hours, and it would have a terrible smell

Good online portal for anything that was needed. Quick and efficient with any work requests.

Large trash (old couches and bulk items) sometimes piled up in the trash room.

Friendly staff :)

Not the best lighting in the apartment.

The amenities speak for itself: amazing rooftop, laundry and gym in building, elevator, and location is prime near major subways and area is safe.

The landlord and staff are absolutely TERRIBLE. You name it: front desk staff, doorman, leasing office, and the superintendent, Jose. Jose is impossible to get a hold of and if you do, he is straight up rude and dismissive. He does not care for his tenants. Most staff is very rude and unhelpful here. If this is something you can learn to live with and avoid, great. If not, it’ll urk you like it did me, especially when I was left with a lot of questions during Covid with no answers. The only people who have been consistently nice are the repairmen.

Learn some manners and fix up the staff in the building. I hated living in a building with rude staff, especially since rent is so high here and I’m paying for these services. Jose should also get a reality check

Moving in was easy. The super is friendly and solved the few minor issues we had with appliances. The door men are nice yet quiet.

Some times the management staff are unresponsive

Ensure your staff are responsive to tenant inquiries

This is a great place for early/mid 20s. Location is ideal to both seaport and fulton st station. The rooftop has unparalleled views, and the apartments are nicely renovated.

Very young building, so once you’re out of that age range it can be a little noisy. Also they don’t allow flex walls to go all the way to the ceiling. Even pre-covid, they started being very strict about the rooftop and guests to the point where it wasn’t as enjoyable anymore.

Go easy on the roof! Obviously no parties, but if a person has three guests instead of the allotted two then use discretion.

Very luxurious, great roof deck, spacious apartments.

Not many to be honest, but I would say the typical holidays were college kids party can be quite noisy. You won’t mind it in your 20s but maybe not a building for families

Keep rent affordable.

Building is run very well, doorman assist in making it feel very safe.

Elevators could not be slower - requires switch of elevator bank to do laundry / gym

Recommend laundry on each floor as opposed to one for whole building.

Doormen, location, laundry

Noise, No full walls

Gym in building, lobby staff, laundry room, rooftop view of most of Manhattan and a lot of Brooklyn

Small rooms and inconsistent access to rooftop

Good staff members, maintenance is great and responsive, large apartments

College vibes ALL weekend! Noise and parties.
The security company for the rooftop are horrible, racist and mean.

Do something about the noise and parties. Get more gym equipment. Be more negotiable- I would stay there if my rent was not up by 600$

Roof deck is spectacular. Finishes and appliances are all relatively updated.

Most tenants are younger college age crowd so they can be kind of noisy especially on Friday and Saturday nights.

Management is very quick to attend to any maintenance or repairs that need to be done and the building has its own app which is pretty cool where you can schedule your reservations at the gym and see when you get packages. They are taking covid seriously and have closed the amenities to all without a reservation

The water is constantly being shut off which is ironic since the building is called 200 water. Today it was off all day and still off at 6:30 pm. management is very money hungry and will charge for every little thing. They were not open to negotiating a lower rent price during covid and now rent in the building has plummeted. There are so many vacancies now they seem desperate for tenants. All the amenities are closed or require a reservation which can be very tough to get.

Be willing to work with people on rent prices! Open the gym! Fix the key fobs so people can get into the laundry room! Open the resident lounge and roof deck. And stop turning the water off!

Young building. Great location to everything with great views of the city

Leasing agency can be a hassle to work with

The doormen are excellent. Top notch humans.

Want to live in a glorified dorm? Want to catch college kids making out in the hallways? Want to listen to the squealings of 19 year olds with daddy’s money as you try to do laundry?

But also how many times have the fobs not worked or the laundry machines are down or the rooftop was closed off or the water stopped working? It’s wild the management company would even consider raising the rent.

Stop renting to kids. Don’t raise the rent if you can’t even fix a fob.

close to everything, great location

entitled young tenants whose parents pay their rent

you are not worth it

Great amenities nice area

Poor management, issues with payment, they took an extra month of rent from us then claimed they never gave us a month free (they did we got our money back)

Be more up front and responsive even during a pandemic