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Waterside Plaza

30 Waterside Plaza, NY 100103.2 ★ (153 reviews)
Rental complex with 4 buildings
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Summary

Waterside Plaza is a roughly 1,470-apartment East River community built around a two-acre, car-free landscaped plaza with large apartments, views, an indoor pool and on-site services. Residents value the space, setting and community. High electricity bills, management follow-through and recurring heat, water or moisture problems are the most important cautions.

1,470 unitsBuilt 1973Managed by Brookfield Properties

Reviews

Waterside can feel like a neighborhood of its own, with river views, open pedestrian space and families who stay for many years. The strongest criticism is equally specific: unusually high electricity bills and difficulty getting management to resolve billing, heating or water-related problems.

Google
3.2
153 reviews
Openigloo
3.4
5 reviews
ApartmentRatings
2.8
48 reviews
Yelp
1.0
2 reviews

What residents praise

The riverfront setting is hard to replicate

Residents repeatedly praise the East River and skyline views, landscaped plaza and the calm of living away from through traffic.

Apartments offer real space

Large layouts, closets and renovated homes stand out, especially for families comparing Waterside with newer, smaller towers.

A long-term community still exists

Many residents describe helpful concierge and leasing staff, family-friendly outdoor space and relationships built over years in the complex.

What residents complain about

Electricity can change the monthly budget

Multiple residents report unusually high submetered bills and difficult disputes, including months when apartments were lightly used. Ask for recent bills for a similar-size home.

Heat, leaks and moisture recur

Cold apartments, water or sewage intrusion, mold and plumbing problems appear across several buildings and recent resident accounts. Inspect the exact home and ask what has been repaired.

Management follow-through frustrates residents

Critical reviews describe repeated transfers, unanswered requests and slow action on apartment, garage and quality-of-life problems.

Amenities

Waterside Plaza has attended lobbies, laundry rooms in each tower and landscaped outdoor space above an on-site garage. The Waterside Swim & Health Club occupies a separate annex with fitness facilities and an indoor lap pool.

In the apartment
Air conditioning
Dishwasher
In the building
24-hour doorman
Elevator
Fitness center*
Pool*
Shared outdoor space
On-site parking*
Package service
Resident storage*
Shared laundry

* Fees apply to marked amenities. See Costs in the Availability tab.

Also here: Bike storage · Free weekday shuttle to Union Square and Grand Central · On-site retail including supermarket and dry cleaner · Resident lounge and conference room · Rentable community/party space · Playground

Location

Waterside Plaza is located at 30 Waterside Plaza, New York, NY 10010. Waterside sits east of the FDR Drive between Kips Bay and the East River, creating a secluded waterfront setting with no subway immediately nearby. On-site retail and the resident shuttle offset some of that isolation, but daily travel patterns matter more here than at a typical avenue building.

SupermarketsParks
  • 1 min
    Gristedes
  • 9 min
    Gracefully
  • 11 min
    Morton Williams
  • 12 min
    D'Agostino
  • 12 min
    D'Agostino

Building records

The housing-complaint rate is below that of comparable buildings, with heat, noise and mold prominent in the reports. Open floor, leak and roach violations make apartment condition and maintenance follow-through worth checking.

Reported housing complaintsPast 3 years

Reported housing complaints
Housing-related reports submitted to NYC 311 by residents or the public. A report describes a reported issue, not a confirmed violation.

17.8 reports per 100 apartments, versus 28.8 for other comparable apartment buildings in New York.

CategoryReportsLatest
48
Apr 2026
27
Jun 2026
19
Aug 2026

HPD housing-code violationsPast 3 years

HPD housing-code violations
Housing-code violations issued by NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development after an inspection. Routine administrative filings and notices are excluded.
ConditionCitationsStatus
10
8 open
24
6 open
7
4 open

27 additional older citations remain open.

Rent history

Studios ask about 8% less than the Kips Bay median and are around 1% larger. One-bedrooms ask about 11% less than the Kips Bay median, with similar apartment sizes.

Typical rents

Typical rents
Final asking rents from listings that ended in the past year, compared with the same apartment size across buildings in Kips Bay.
Studio
$3,656median / mo
−8% vs area
$3,325–$4,091497 sq ft · 1% larger than area
1 bed
$4,425median / mo
−11% vs area
$3,858–$4,862672 sq ft · same size as area
2 beds
$5,827median / mo
−13% vs area
$4,955–$6,8351,013 sq ft · 15% larger than area
3 beds
$8,020median / mo
−5% vs area
$7,015–$8,7101,158 sq ft · 21% larger than area

Concessions

Historical concessions
Free-rent offers on listings that ended in the past year, including listings with no offer.
AllStudio1 bed2 beds3 beds

3% of listings offered free rent, most commonly one month.

No free rent recorded: 97%1 month: 3%
3%of listings offered free rent
No free rent recorded
97%(114 of 118)
1 month
3%(4 of 118)

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