Our Community
Rules & Guidelines
House & Garden Rules
Berkeley shareholders and residents are expected to follow and remain aware of House Rules and Garden Rules.
Building Security & Safety
All residents are encouraged to stay aware of best practices for keeping our building and neighbors safe, especially around fire prevention and theft.
Waste Disposal
Everyone who lives at the Berkeley is expected to do their part in disposing of waste effectively. Our buildings offer additional ways to dispose of items beyond City-managed trash, recycling, and curbside compost collection.
Communications
The Grapevine Newsletter
The Grapevine is the official monthly newsletter through which key announcements and reminders are distributed to all residents from the Board and managing agent.
Join the Listserv
Managed through Google Groups, the email Listserv is a formal channel for the Berkowners Inc. Board of Directors to communicate with shareholders and residents. It also provides a space to connect and discuss relevant topics with other Berkeley residents. A Google log-in is required.
Review Listserv guidelines and join >
Get Berkeley text notifications
The Berkeley has a email/text message "blast" system to share pressing announcements pertaining to our buildings—for example, an elevator or boiler getting unexpectedly shut down for repair, or our garden being closed for weather related reasons. This system is used sparingly.
Social & Recreational Groups
Interested in getting involved with active social & recreational groups?
Please email the appropriate contact on the Committees & Groups Contacts List.
Children’s and Babies’ Circle
The monthly Children's and Babies’ Circle is a wonderful opportunity for Berkeley families to meet, socialize, have fun and make friends. All children who are residents are invited to join us (with an adult) for story reading, musical instruments, marching/dancing/singing, crafts, and fun special events like the Bug Hunt and planting in the Children’s Garden.
Berkeley Social Club
The Social Club provides a welcoming venue for Berkeley residents to gather and socialize. The club hosts “BerkSocials” on the last Friday of every month from 7pm to 10pm in the Berkeley Community Room in the basement of 77th Street. If a scheduled Friday falls on a holiday, the co-chairs may designate an alternative date.
At the Socials, the club offers a variety of games including Bingo, Cards, Scrabble, Uno, Backgammon, and Sequence—or, you can bring your own tabletop game to share.
Compost Tumbler Group
A small organized group of Berkeley households contribute plant-based food scraps to an independently managed, insulated compost tumbler (not to be confused with NYC Department of Sanitation's curbside composting!). The results of their efforts creates community-made compost that’s available to all Berkeley residents and gardeners. The group collaboratively maintains and monitors the tumbler, and jointly participates in the compost harvesting process.
Our Berkeley community compost tumbler group was a case study in the Queens Climate Project's guide for successful composting in apartment co-ops.