i lived at 205 west 88 street hands down the worst experience of mine and my partners life. the doorman is an african man konote from africa and he was a very aggressive, confrontational person who treated delivery men and mail men like slaves. i found it so uncomfortable how he would scream at them trying to deliver food if someone opened the door coming in and they tried to walk in . for gods sake they are delivering food its an average building not the ritz . he has the tiny bit of power and is probably paid minimum wage and he has clear favourites in the building he gushes over while completely ignoring older, rent stabilised or ppl who dont feel like making a conversation with him every time they walk in . i found him extremely creepy as a female staring at women coming in and out of the building and then leaving our packages outside our apartments. i think we can all pick up our own packages on the way in. god help you if you ever fall out with him he will ignore you and bad mouth you to other tenants in the building . luckily i had plenty of friends here being an older couple and many years here so they told me everything he said and lied about. perry from mgmt is useless he wont help you at all , they have changed doormen and supers more than i have changed my underwear. vernon was fired because he sexually harassed a woman and was drinking on the job . or do you prefer konote the creepy , aggressive doorman. when things are broken they wont fix it. they were one of the only buildings who didnt lower the rent and in fact increased post rent. they are absolutely terrible. a part time doorman , cockroaches in a laundry room where the machines are always broken , constant water and building issues , a mail room that has been cut in half, an un safe building across from the projects where junkies and bums hang out, a mgmt company that wont answer the phone and wont call you back , you have to wait months for repairs and perry in mgmt office totally sides with all the workers especially if you are a woman he wont listen to your side of the story . ppl dont bother . this is a rent stabilised building posing as a posh building which it is not. read more