I'm giving this super-modest community center a whopping 5 STARS. If I could give it a 10, I…read morereally would! It's totally old-school and that's why I like it. I used to work in the fitness industry for well over 10 years. In my former career, I was as a personal trainer, group exercise instructor, and also part of the fitness management team. I've been to facilities all over the USA, including South America, Europe and the Caribbean. I have quite the insight about fitness equipment, brands, what motivates people, and so forth. My point is, this modest facility has everything one could possibly need, but without all the overly- pretentious- unecessary-fluff and without the weirdos. They offer plenty of cardio options. The ellipticals were modern, in perfect condition, smooth and well maintained. Treadmills were smooth. Recumbent bikes and spin bikes were available. As I was checking in on yelp, there was a Spin class in progress. Folks were respectful on the indoor track. Interactive sports was a whole vibe! There were several pick-up basketball games happening, like 2 or 3 going on. And folks were talking plenty of smack! I was low-key watching the basketball drama as I was walk-jogging around the indoor track. Totally entertaining and hilarious. It was awesome! 2 Pickleball games were happening as well as volleyball games. In another room there was also a bunch of tables, I think it was a ping-pong room...?? They also offer an indoor skate night. I have no idea what that means or when it happens, lol!! I just saw a bunch of signs for skate rental, and a bunch of racks which housed thick plastic covers for the floor, I guess to make it smooth for indoor skating?? They have a machine weights circuit, a free weight/squat and leg press room, another weight room with dumbbells and other free weight exercise machines. There was an area for group-ex classes, so lighter dumbbells, steps, stretch mats, bands, weighted bars. I used this area to use the hand-held weights, cool down and stretch. And plenty of space on the side of the indoor track to do your own thing. I saw folks practicing volleyball, pickleball, and just independent exercises. This "community center" truly has it all and seriously, competitively compares to other fitness facilities in the area. It may not be as sleek, posh, and modern as your overly-priced $80 - $200 per month facilities, and lacks towel service, steam room, sauna, and locker rooms. However, the equipment is the same! And you have an indoor track, which most gyms do not offer and plenty of social and interactive sports. I came on a Wednesday evening after work, and it was not overly crowded inside. Outside parking was a pinch tricky, but I was able to secure a spot. I enjoyed working out here. I would like to come here once or twice per month, to offset the monotony of my current X-Sport, recently bought out by LA Fitness gym membership that has a lot of run-down, broken equipment for months without repair. It reminds me of going to the campus gym in my college years. Very nostalgic! Anyways...highly recommend.

This facility works for indoor track events. That's one major part of this center. It is strange…read morethat this is connected to a couple schools. There's a community center. I'll say it definitely needs to be upgraded. Time is back in the day there, with outdated options for especially young folks. There is good parking here. Before you laugh, Arlington is known for this being a major challenge. For once you can pull in, without a meter or parallel parking! There's some okay basketball hoops here. Also little kids will enjoy the climbing and playground equipment. This is a family friendly place. My hope is they will update it in the near term.

Unbeatable location btw 2 metros (both less than a mile) and next to several bus stops. Tons of…read morerestaurants, parks, the Cathedral etc all within a few blocks. Nice rooftop deck, responsive resident manager and nice eclectic tenants and owners.

I've lived in DC a long time and watched as the real estate market has increasingly made it…read moredifficult to enjoy affordable home ownership. Fortunately, The Crestview remains a well-kept secret and thus its prices are moderate. With all the fun sprouting up nearby, affordable park-side living may not be long-lived. For now, however, you can still find it at 3601 Wisconsin Avenue. You can also find a parking space. Now that's a deal.

This property is a beautiful property, very nice, and Tamika the property manager is very kind,…read morethis property really has an excellent team.

I happily lived at Carlyle for several years. It's a three-tower condo complex with a doorman (in…read morethe South building, 2151, and keypad entry in the other two buildings), two gyms, a pool, parking garage, dishwashers, and in-unit laundry. I also loved that it was pet-friendly with no weight restrictions on dogs AND backed on to a very large dog park. The complex is convenient to the King Street Metro station and Whole Foods, as well as Old Town and the waterfront. There has been some turnover with the staff since I was there, but generally speaking, everyone is pretty great. In particular, Mike (in maintenance) is the best. Q knows all three buildings inside and out, and can answer any question. Each building and unit seems to have its own eccentricities. If you're thinking of buying or renting, definitely ask the next-door neighbors. I occasionally heard about issues in other units with plumbing, noise, or ants, but my unit was completely quiet and I never saw a bug in my years of living there. I lived on a high floor and, due to a wind tunnel in my hallway, had some problems with venting issues from the roof. Periodically, they power-wash the garage, and you have to find a place to park your car for a full day on a weekend. Also--and I think this is changing a bit--the residents are largely at or over retirement age. Seeing someone under 40 in the elevator was a rarity (not including condo employees). It's hit-or-miss whether you'll find a unit that has been updated. When I was living there, the building was about 15 years old, and several original appliances died during my time there. Particularly if you're considering renting, or you're a buyer hoping to avoid a renovation, look for a unit that has been updated (or add a clause about replacing appliances to your lease). On the whole, I definitely miss many aspects of living here. It was a lovely building with amenities in a great location with some excellent staff members and quiet neighbors. Just poke around after your open house or showing and check for oddities on your particular floor.

I lived at Riverpark for many years. Left a few years ago…read more The good: Riverpark is a cool piece of mid century modern architecture. in a cool neighborhood with access to lots of things people want- all the stadiums, a theatre, nightlife on the newly redeveloped wharf, easy access to three metros, to name. Some neighbors are nice. The not so good: The PR department at Riverpark has been working hard to give prospective members the impression that if they were to join Riverpark, they would be in a wonderful cohesive community. My intel tells me that the management is even offering free water bottles to anyone that writes a positive review of Riverpark. why? 1. They start off with 60 year old stock pictures of what was then this cool midcentury shangri la. 2. facebook (fb) posts celebrating the birthdays of residents that have been there many years. You know, like they really care about every one of their members (more on that later). 3. FB posts of people having a wonderful time at board sponsored parties. 4. a fb post - a tribute to the current board members with their pictures thanking them for their service and a great year. yep - all of this ; all while at the same time many other members were being forced out and otherwise disenfranchised- an unfortunate outcome of some that same board's recent decisions. One of them was in 2022 the President imposed the first of now annual, continuous special assessments that well, in my case, was another 70 percent raise in fees for starters; a considerable bite in anyone's income. A member that can't meet their demands will likely find themselves left to their own resources. The management consists of first, a part time board consisting of elected volunteers. Most of the board featured, had not been at RP a long time before being made a director. I believe the crisis started around 2013, when many of these new members moved in. Many of them came because they couldn't afford a single family house and were attracted to the low prices and reasonable fees and thought they could make alot of money when they resold. Many of them were young professional types under 35 and didn't seem to understand what a cooperative is - and they decided they had to "save Riverpark.". So they got on the board to do the bidding. The board had also became manipulated by an aggressive for profit management company that moved in around 2015. And they in turn also let construction companies take them for a ride for some reason. So-To buy at Riverpark, be prepared to write another blank check every f$ year because this board thinks they are Congress and can (and will!) demand as much they want, (especially to cover for the financial consequences of mistakes, or "perceived" lapses in /judgment best practices, conflicts of interest real and perceived (such as observations of some board members buying up units that became somewhat distressed after the punishing assessments were voted on for one). also, there were times that board members overstepped their authority and made financial decisions without the knowledge or approval of the membership (such as selling off the cell tower, then oopsie! nobody told them that they had to pay taxes on the proceeds). And so now, they can also impose special assessments and other various money grabs as often as they want, all with no constraints imposed in the bylaws. who were their advisors? I believe Prospective buyers have caught on. take a look at recent for sales in Zillow in 2025/2026 where owners are trying to get 140k for their two bedroom apartments. when the projected fees are 10 times what the projected mortgage would be. The president of the board, one who presided over much of the disaster at Riverpark over the years is now leaving DC. their place is up for rent (why not sell ...I think I answered my own question) the culture can be to focus on the "positive" to the point of toxic; to which in my view is don't lie but don't tell the whole truth either, especially if your truth happens to make the board and management look bad. Possibly the free water bottle offers were in response to counter bad but truthful blogs like this one. well at least my truth and the truths of my ex neighbors that have been forced to leave. I believe they made the last balloon payment on that 10 year 2nd mortgage they took out in 2016. so things are looking up- perhaps the projected and outrageous fee to mortgage ratios will become more reasonable. not so fast. another loan with terms as terrible as the last is coming or another assessment of equal or greater value will be approved now that that loan is finished The board is committed to paying for this 67 million dollar (and going up) 10 year plan to rehabilitate Riverpark- with the membership being the only viable funding source. I recommend being a renter to try before you buy if you must. but keep your moving company's phone number on speeddial.

River Park is a great place to live, with an active community full of people in different stages of…read morelife, in a tranquil block in the middle of amazing DC amenities. The location cannot be beat (Wharf, Metro, bus, bike share, Audi Field, Nationals Park, Waterfront Park, less than a mile to the Washington Mall). The architecture is incredible. The infrastructure is getting the updates it deserves. Previous regimes have let the maintenance go so fees are high right now. But it is also less expensive to buy into River Park than neighboring developments, so it feels like a wash. We love it here.

Great place to live! Super convenient and close to everything.,Library and shops, bike trail and…read moreparks. Unique architecture, nice and friendly people around. Definitely will recommend if anyone new in the area looking for renting and comfortable living.

For years, people have been looking for a possible hell on earth. I write to tell you that I have…read morefound it, in all it's dismal empty promises, in the Frederick Court Condominiums. First, this is not a condo complex. Sure, people "buy" homes (most likely in foreclosure) but they immediately rent them out to the slums of Arlington society, sadly - self included. I rented here out of desperation and regret every penny I ever poured into this trashy dump. I did not live alone. Oh no. I was invaded numerous times by the rat and mouse army as well as bombarded from above by the roach airforce. No matter how clean I kept my house, these critters kept attacking me day and night. Eating through my food and making it impossible to eat in my own house. Afterall, who wants to eat on plates that mice have walked all over? Again, it doesn't matter how clean you keep your pad, you will have creatures invading your space and no amount of d-CON or Raid will stop them. I had a basket full of all of my scarves and the mouse chewed, shat and pissed through it making a nest. The amount of property damage I'll never recover from. Even worse, I woke up to these critters on my bed thus giving me insomnia most likely for the rest of my life. I had my unit sprayed every 2 weeks from May - October and nothing worked. Proof this place is cured to be damned. I also want to add that roaches could be found IN my dishwasher after a fresh cycle. Proving once more that even the cleanest of spaces held roaches. No matter what Google maps says, you're far from everything. The metro is a solid 20 minutes away on the welfare bus. There's a Food Star supermarket up the street that's equally as depressing as the complex itself so basically you're stuck in your shitty house 24/7. The walls aren't very thick. You can hear the sounds of "La Cucaracha" blaring at all hours of the day and night. There's always contruction going on so your hopes of sleeping in past 8am are shattered. Basically, I've got no sleep for the past 12 months. Oh, and there's always some immigrant attorney soliciting business at any given hour. How annoying. No, I don't speak Spanish. The dumpsters are located a solid 5 minute walk from the complex so people don't take out their trash thus causing even more reason for pests to build up. There's also no recycling. Yeah, Fred Court Condos hate the planet. Parking is a nightmare. There's permit parking that's never inforced so good luck finding a spot when you come home at 3am from drowning your sorrows at the local bar. And there's ZERO street parking so you have no where to leave your ride and your friends have nowhere to park when they come visit. Security sucks. The ouside doors aren't locked so I've come home to homeless men sleeping in the hallways and when they leave in the moring the area smells like rotten piss. Don't do any online shopping because if you have packages sent to your house there is no package room and the "management" office won't sign for them. I've had 2 packages stolen before I finally wised up. The complex is on a radiator system so they are in control of if there is heat or not in your apartment. By law, the heat is supposed to be turned on by 15OCT. When I moved out on 30OCT the heat had still not been turned on and the management office refused to provide space heaters. This is also a curse in the spring when the heat is STILL ON and it's 90 degrees outside. There is no central air so invest in a good amount of fans and AC window units. There is a managent office here but since you're in a condo they're pretty much useless. What they are good about is letting muthafuckers into your house without permission!! I woke up on Oct 18 to a man breaking into my unit. He said he was there to look at my radiator to make sure it wasn't leaking. I did not authorize this! The fact these people have keys to your unit and abuse it is CRIMINAL. The laundry rooms are also a joke. I mean seriously - there is 2 washers and 3 dryers for the entire complext. WTH. You can never do laundry because they are always in use. Bottom line this place is a total shit show. Do NOT move here. Do not pass go - do not collect bed bugs, let your $200 slide. NOT WORTH IT DO NOT WANT!! BAAAAD SHITTY SHIT SHIT SHOW! I could continue to name off how horrible my life has been over the past 12 months but I'm worn down. This place, this horrible place, has beat me down leaving me helpless. I'm tired. I barely have the strength to get through this review. Don't move here. Hide Yo Kids. Hide Yo Wife. Hide Yo Husband. Alert the media - FREDERICK COURT CONDOS ARE SOME BUSTED WHACK SHIT **Updated 3/31/2011** Yelp removed my photos of the dead mouse I cought in a trap in my apt as well as pictures of all the mega roaches that crawled around. If you would like to see photographic evidence of this shithole, please email me and I will be happy to send you some.

I'm a big fan of libraries. Love 'em. And this new location…read morefor the Kingstowne branch of the Fairfax County Public Library system has got some upsides over the old branch at Landsdowne plaza. Buuuut it's also got some aspects that make me go 'whaaaa?' Sunday hours - great. Bigger and roomier and far more natural light - great. More seating - great. Green roof - love it. The library opened a little over a week ago, and an elevator was out of order? I assume that'll be up and running soon? There's an entrance on the ground floor, but it's locked? In the children's section, there's a ledge that looks like a big slide. Kids were playing on it. There are signs that say don't sit or slide on the window ledge. Don't make a fixture that looks like a slide *in the children's section* if it's not to be used that way. Also, signage in the parking garage says to park on the 2nd floor for the library entrance. You enter, go up a level, park, enter .... that's not the library entrance. You're actually supposed to keep going up in the garage, park in the roof. THAT's the parking garage entrance level to the library. Aesthetically, I like the library. I like the expanded hours. But some signage and design choices leave me a bit flummoxed. 3.33 stars

My first library to visit in Alexandria. I went to a book sale here and received my first library…read morecard in Virginia & 5 years. I was amazed at the self checkout and the free hiking kits with state park pass to use for free. Most of the books I looked for were checked out or unavailable. Books were priced at $3 but you could purchase a bag of books for $7 after 2 pm. I found a book I was looking for on Irish nationalism and other books. The staff was very pleasant and helpful in assisting me. I noticed most books were new and in good condition in the library. The library was clean, and the new books displayed were impressive. Finding this library was east to drive to, find, and park at despite the busy traffic in the area. Definitely a library I will visit in the future.

Community that is a community, it is fairly nice and safe, the lake is great for a run. The home…read morecosts are excessive, but the place is nice.

As an association, I will never understand these guys, as their laws/bylaws/etc. are not enforced…read moreproperly or fairly - when I lived there this caused issues between neighbors when it came to things like storage of a boat vs. RV (an RV twice the size of a boat that never moved was allowed, but a boat that was only in the driveway a few months out of the year wasn't). That's not to say the homeowner (not me, fortunatley) didn't kick a few beehives just to stir up some trouble, but when it came to HOA meetings and the stereotypes you only hear about (people psychotically irrational about obscure by-laws) this met every single one of them. ASIDE from that - the HOA also owns/maintains(?) Lake Braddock, which was the greatest part about the neighborhood. It's not big enough to extensively enjoy canoeing, paddleboating, or fishing (you will have to check their by-laws on that - it's not available to the public for fishing), BUT it's really great for a nice stroll around the many walking paths hugging the lake. There are many benches to sit and enjoy a toasty summer evening with your significant other (either of the human or fur kind), and it's overall just a pleasant experience. The loop around the lake is less than two miles, so it can provide a great source for a brisk run as well. I will occaisionally drive by here with my dog to relax even though i'm not in the neighborhood anymore.

We've lived here since 2007. They recently started allowing tow trucks into our (gated) community…read moreto search for expired inspections and registrations. This costed be $170 the other day. I've never been good about getting my inspection done exactly on time but I never thought that this neighborhood would do this to us.

This place would be great except for the fact that the grounds always look like this. See attached…read morepictures.