Bernstein Management Corporation

The apartment itself is good, but the management is really bad. Does not have amenities such as pool, gym or doorman.

I've had a good time renting from this company. Maintenance is timely. Public use areas are usually clean. My only complaint is the expensive laundry machines

Overall I have had a positive experience. The maintenance team is fairly responsive and the property is well-managed. Rent is rather expensive for the location of the complex.

Kew Gardens is very convenient to campus as well as the Dupont area. The building is older but has a lot of charm and beauty. The management company is responsive and quick to help.

Great location
Responsive management
Close to restaurants and cafes
Close to buses, trains, always bikes on the CaBi racks

Great location. Very homey!

Pros
- 📞 Leasing office was communicative and efficient. Move-in was smooth (loading dock and elevator available)
- ☕️ Well-accommodated lobby: snacks, coffee machine and magazines
- 🌳🎾 Lots of trees and flowers nearby. Georgetown’s Rose Park & N Street Tennis Courts are walking distance
- 🚶‍♂️Walking distance to GW Law (15 minutes), Trader Joe’s (5 minutes), the West End Neighborhood Library (5 minutes) & restaurants
- Ⓜ️ Metro accessibility: walking distance to blue/orange/silver (Foggy Bottom) & red lines (Dupont Circle) + buses nearby
- So quiet you can hear crickets at night
- 🖨️ Amenity Wi-Fi in business center (PrintWithMe printer = free printing! No paper needed)
- 🏋️‍♀️ Fitness center that has the essential cardio and weight equipment. Smaller sized gym, yet has natural light

Cons
- 💨📢 Loud air conditioner and washer
- 🛜 Resident is responsible for Wi-Fi and utilities
- 📦 Occasionally disorganized package room
- ♻️ No recycling trash chute (there’s a bin instead). You have to take big recycling bags and broken down boxes to the trash room yourself

Good to know
- 🔑🔑 You receive two sets of traditional keys + key fob for front entrance
- 🆘 No 24-hour receptionist (yet there is an emergency number you can call)
- 🐶 🏊‍♀️ 🏫 Near Francis Dog Park, Community Pool & Francis-Stevens school. Pool is free to use if you have proof of DC residency
- 🚒 Near a fire station, yet 24th St NW is quieter than M Street NW
- 🏨🏢 The immediate area has lots of hotels and office buildings nearby. If you face 24th St NW, the light from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) building may seep in at night. You need to walk a couple of blocks east on N St NW for it to feel residential.

Location is fabulous, short walk away to rosslyn metro and peaceful neighborhood. However Bernstein loves to charge residents for petty things (had free printing- taken away, utilities go up to $150 in the winter because it’s averaged over all apartments, unkept promises about amenities with “complementary” amenities fee, etc). Plus laundry costs at minimum $5 to wash and dry. It’s good if you want to be close but this place is not a bargain. Management office is somewhat responsive but unfortunately this is another overpriced building.

Beautiful home, lots of space, good connectivity.

Apartment has cockroaches. One of the elevators is frequently broken and the freight elevator is often used for moving, resulting in only one elevator for the whole building. The maintenance is prompt, but otherwise everything else is terrible. Difficult to communicate with leasing/management.

Leo at Waterfront - Great for Dogs

My significant other and I have lived in this apartment for over 2 years and have found Heather, the leasing manager, to be very responsive.

Great location and the maintenance team is quick to respond to any issues in your apartment. Our bedrooms do lack natural light so that is a big downside, but the living room is very spacious.

I really enjoyed living at the President Madison Apartments in Dupont. BMC is a very attentive management company that seems to be constantly improving its properties, and it's convenient that utilities are included in rent. I walked in to campus each day from this location and found it doable, so I was able to live in a fun area accessible to the metro while still getting to campus easily.

Living at Idaho Terrace is convenient for me. The location is close to campus, the grocery store, and overall it is a safe neighborhood.