Image of Manhattan Park In Winter With the onset of winter and cold weather comes the perennial issue of keeping your Roosevelt Island apartment warm. A new resident of Manhattan Park is freezing in his apartment and asks the Manhattan Park Google Group (you must be a resident to join thought there are groups for other buildings as well) this:
Hey all,
I’ve got what I’m told are the older heaters at my place. This is my first winter at the 40 building. I can generally feel warm air blowing, but I can literally leave them running over night at the “warm” setting and the place is still frigid.
Shouldn’t it be legal to have actual temperature settings on these things?
A Manhattan Park Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) Delegate replies:
It is my understanding that all of the heaters are old heaters. BUT – if your heater isn’t working, just call the doorman and tell them that you need to have a work order to have your heater calibrated. We need a maintenance guy to do this every year for some reason, but then the heater works fine. The nob should click when you turn it, otherwise, I’ve found that it isn’t working right.
Hope this helps.
Another Manhattan Park resident advised that the heating/air conditioning repairman is very good and fixes everything. Give it a try and I hope you stay warm.