200 Water Street Apartments By Rockrose at 200 Water St,

Manhattan, NY 10038

Nice luxury building with big rooms and updated kitchen and views

The worst part of this place was the water. It would randomly turn brown MULTIPLE times a week and we complained multiple tomes with photos and showed our Brita filters and they didn’t do anything about it. The doormen are also a bit crazy if you eat a cracker in the lounge they’ll watch you in the cameras and yell at you. If you have a cup on the roof they’ll watch you in the camera and yell at you lol

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