Recently moved in and the process was absolutely painless. High ceilings, spacious apartment with all the amenities and the staff is extremely attentive and friendly. Rent is reasonable especially for the location which is only getting better. I would recommend a move to the area and atelier!
Beautiful, well maintained property. The building staff are all incredibly personable and very helpful.
I used to say I d never live in Williamsburg but Atelier totally changed my mind. Fantastic staff, clean and gorgeous building, super pet friendly with great neighbors. 5 star indeed
Supreme management, supreme staff,fells like home.
Carlos and Marino are like family.
Beautiful building and great staff. I love the location and my apartment!!!
In the decade I ve lived in New York City in luxury buildings similar to Atelier, including those in Gramercy and the Upper West Side this has by far been my worst experience. Living at Atelier during COVID made the pandemic infinitely more stressful. I did not feel I had anyone in my corner "at home."
I ll also mention that I have avoided writing this review. I had no interest in engaging with Atelier after our sour encounters this year. I wrote a long reflection here but Google refused to upload it (it will be shared on my blog and Instagram); this is the brief version.
A lease is not a short-term commitment. A negative experience for any tenant is always the responsibility of the landlord, and I don t believe the current stellar ratings on this building are earned (or real notice that, on Google, the last one was uploaded a year ago).
I moved in on November 2019. My second-floor studio is directly across the loud community room and gym. My south-facing windows offer this: raucous, bright, unending construction with workers that stare, shout, and spit.
I pay $3150 for this tiny studio on the second floor, though for this price I can currently have, in this same building, a 1-bedroom penthouse with dining alcove.
An apartment like mine is projected to go for $2595 (if not less) when I move out, nearly 20% less than what I ve paid the last 11 months.
Initially, I was content with the experience. The doormen are delightful (Mostafa, Lubna). The handymen are quick to respond and friendly (Jose, Robin). I m certain these people are paid way less than what they are worth, but they were the only positives that continued to work hard during COVID.
But the noise and bright lights from construction, the loud booming parties in the community room, and the shrill conversations right outside my door turned everything sour. I wanted to leave by December 2019. I emailed the community manager, Christian Schilhab, who reminded me it would be $9000 just to break the lease. He offered solutions that never manifested. I decided to endure.
Like thousands of Americans, I got laid off during COVID, but I still continued to pay my rent from my savings. I volunteered to help COVID patients following an open call from the governor for those with medical training. This was months of work without pay.
I stayed transparent with Schilhab through the process. It would still cost me around $8000 to break the lease, even though Atelier was giving "new" renters the option to walk away from their lease if they got laid off. I was livid; I'd already paid nearly $30,000 to the building in rent but I was treated worse than new tenants. They refused to extend this deal to me.
Everything that made the building "luxury" was closed for months -- the gym, the roof, the community room, the terrace. Even the elevators were down for weeks at a time. The rent did not change.
Despite all this, for $3150, I asked if I could move to another unit in the building for the same price. Schilhab again refused and quoted $3330+ (in that ballpark) for something on the same floor. Higher floors were exponentially more expensive. It's laughable to me now to see how far prices have dropped. When I spoke to him on the phone, and I had him on speaker, my partner and my sister both heard him lose his temper when I mentioned -- rightfully -- that a moratorium was still in place. I talked him down and decided not to communicate with him from that point on.
I'll leave you with this: we found a gorgeous apartment a block away, with a balcony and roof, closer to the park, market, and train, with bigger ceilings and better amenities. It's family-owned!
Companies like Atelier are the lifeblood of gentrification in Brooklyn. All that's luxury is the French etymology of the name. The company does NOT care about you. You are a lease, and they'll do all they can to remind you of that.
From this experience I have learned to give back to local Brooklynites. I refuse to live in McMansion luxury rentals like Atelier that suck massive profits from locals.
Great building, staff are excellent - very helpful and friendly. The apartments are great too - extremely modern and comfortable. It didn't take long to feel at home.
Everyone who workday here is friendly and was very helpful with my move. Made it very easy for me to transition into the building.
This building is amazing! The location is ideal, so much to do and see around the neighborhood. The staff was super helpful and friendly. Stella who gave me my tour was very patient with me and all my questions about the apartment and it's facilities. The roof top was the highlight of my tour, their maintenance team does an amazing job with keep up the area. Top contender for my next home!
I moved to Atelier last Friday (Nov 30, 2018) and the apartment is simply amazing. Fortesa helped me find the ideal apartment a month ago in less than 30 minutes and the application was approved and ready overnight. Applying for the apartment is very easy.
The apartment comes with amazing amenities such as a great gym, maintenance, lounge, garden and a rooftop. It is a very clean and friendly apartment and the staff has been absolutely amazing and helpful. The apartment itself is very clean and has great kitchen appliances, washer/dryer in unit and a great layout! The location is also great as it is in the heart of Williamsburg. 10/10 would recommend!
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