Tenant Reviews for 2 GOLD STREET

I wouldn't recommend this building. We have a 1 bedroom, 1 bath with a balcony for $3,150. There is absolutely no closet space/storage space in the apartment. The building is just too large, its filled with young Pace students. Gym is small relative to the size of the building. We will be moving as soon as our lease expires.

I usually take these websites with a grain of salt as they often seem to be a forum for venting frustration and not an accurate review of a particular building. My review is not meant to 'bash' 2 Gold Street as I genuinely enjoyed living there. The building amenities are great, and the building staff (doormen, etc.) are very friendly. However, anyone contemplating living in an apartment facing the empty lot on Pearl Street, beware of extremely loud construction noise. I live in an apartment on the northeast corner of the building on a relatively high floor (30's), and our windows overlook the vacant lot on the corner of Platt St and Pearl St (on a google map search the lot appears to be a parking lot, but is now being developed as a hotel). The construction noise is UNBEARABLE! The noise starts very early in the morning and is extremely loud despite the fact that we're on a high floor and our windows are closed. At the moment, they're pile driving massive steel beams into the ground to lay the foundation; the constant monotonous banging is enough to drive you crazy, and at the very least will give you a headache. We have complained numerous times to building management and the City of New York (DEP... they handle noise complaints believe it or not) about how early the construction starts, and in some cases, how late into the night it lasts. There are strict requirements as to when construction noise may start/end, but I suppose the contractor obtained a variance to work at all hours. I've been trying to find out if a variance is in place to no avail. The construction starts promptly at 7:30am every morning (like clockwork), but the noise starts much earlier. I don't think they're allowed to start 'working' until 7:30am, but the crew is busy 'prepping' the site for construction, and delivery of materials, etc. occur much earlier then 7:30am. As an example, they're currently driving steel beams into the ground, the banging starts at 7:30am; however, the steel beams are brought to the site and unloaded from a truck as early as 6am, and with complete disregard for people sleeping in the neighborhood, the steel beams are seemingly tossed off the truck and crash on the ground. I can only imagine how bad things will get when they start to erect the structure. For this reason alone, I wouldn't recommend living in an apartment facing this lot (our lease is ending soon and they couldn't pay me to stay, honestly). 2 Gold is a great building... it's just too bad it's right next to a loud and inconsiderate construction site. If you're looking at an apartment facing this lot, do yourself a favor and keep looking.

Amenities = Best in NYC: Swimming Pool, Gym, Pool Table, Roof deck, On-Site Drycleaner Room Size = No complaints: space for Queen Bed, Desk , Chair, Drawers Apartment = Excellent Appliances: Dishwasher, High Pressure Tap, Oven, Micro, Fridge Maintenance = Fantastic responsive Staff, Online Interface is excellent Construction = Building a new Hotel right next doors, Loud noises at 7:30am

Without question, this is one of the worst buildings in the city, and it is almost ENTIRELY due to the management company. The doormen, staff, and such of the bldg are great. However, if you ever need something from the mgmt co - they will refuse to be of assistance. When they strongarmed us in to staying in the building because they wouldn't let us assign the lease to new renters willing to pay MORE, they also failed to disclose the MASSIVE construction project that would be starting and going on for nearly 2 years. I have never met a group of more rude, inconsiderate people than the staff at TF Cornerstone and the leasing office there. HIGHLY reccommend renting elsewhere if you have ANY choice.

I looked at the earlier reviews and was a little concerned about moving here, but I noticed that the negative reviews were from 2010 or earlier, so I spoke to a few folks who lived there before moving in. It has been a month since we moved in and this place is very nice. The apartment has large high celings with lot of windows. The shower pressure (which I am a sucker for) is amazing. Nothing is more refreshing then a nice shower before heading off to work. As for the amenities - the lounge, gym, the pool and the roof top deck are luxurious and well kept. All my friends visiting me loved the amenities. The front desk is very courteous and the building is moving to the FOB system which is nice. There are tons of options for groceries, utility store and dining a stone's throw from the apartment. I travel to Jercey City at times and the NJ path is a 10 min walk away. All the major subway lines are just a block away at teh Fullton St station. All in all, we are very happy with our decision to move here.

raised the rent $800

as a current resident, i have to say this place is the ----. we have everything you could ever need, pool, about 6 roof decks, 5 lounges, an amazing entrance and several doormen on cycle. i can't say one bad thing about it.

As a future tenant, someone who has not yet even moved IN to the apartment, I am already having enormous issues with management. We were promised our apartment under certain conditions by Bob the leasing officer and when he failed to deliver, he denied all accountability of this promise. I'd be mindful and have an attorney inspect the lease as there is a clause in it that pardons TF Cornerstone and all it's associates from all liability. He even had the audacity to suggest passing money under the table. Please do yourself a favor and stay away or you may just find yourself conned out of some hefty cash.

I moved into a 3br/2br share. I have the corner bedroom, which is maybe why I like it so much -- the floor to ceiling windows are insane. I like the view and all the sunlight. Also, BEST water pressure EVER. GO, 2 Gold plumbers, GO! I have been here since Feb 2011.

I second all the reviews about the decent facilities notwithstanding the dorm-like atmosphere, but also want to add that it is overpriced. I moved in in early 2010 and with incentives, was decent but not a great value for the price. Now that the housing market has "recovered", the building went back to charging pre-recession rents and refuses to negotiate. Can't say I blame them, because there is always a steady procession of rich kids / rich Pace U. undergrads willing to pay. I guess the noise wouldn't be so bad, but chances are you might live beside, or under a rich kid / undergrad who is generally a hack. Neighbors on one side occassionally throw a Friday night rager during the winter months when they think it's too cold to go out and they blast music until about 4 or 5 in the morning. People above me must have fat legs because they make it sound like their entire floor is covered in Dance Dance Revolution squares when they walk around. They also throw / drop s*#t (I have no idea what) on the floor constantly into all hours of the night. Every 30 minutes or so the utilities or something else (or someone else) makes some noise above me that sounds like a pile of wood 2 x 4s is being dropped on the floor. Add to that a steady procession of people coming and going, which clogs up the elevators constantly, and I don't think this place is worth the price, which straddles 3K for a 1 bed.