Apartment Cleaning in the Bronx from $151

CleanWhale cleans Bronx apartments the way the borough is actually built: identical layouts by the hundred, elevator complexes and walk-ups, steam heat and cast-iron radiators. Whether you are in a 72-building co-op or a six-family walk-up off a numbered street, an apartment cleaning starts from $151 for a one-bedroom, and you can book online in a couple of minutes and keep the same cleaner every visit.

The housing stock, and why it shapes the clean

The Bronx is a borough of large postwar complexes with repeating floor plans. Co-op City alone is roughly 16,000 apartments across 72 buildings — about 50,000 residents — and Parkchester adds roughly 12,000 more. That means one address can hold a hundred nearly identical units, so a cleaner who has done your line before already knows the galley kitchen, the parquet, and where the radiator cover sits.

Because so much of the city's stock predates 1947 and the majority of buildings run on steam, cast-iron radiators are the rule, not the exception. In older Bronx apartments those radiators were sized to heat the place on the coldest day with a window cracked, a holdover from the 1918 flu era, and cleaning the dust and grime behind the covers is a normal part of a thorough visit. Where a child ten or younger lives, window guards are bolted into the sills — they get in the way of washing the lower sash, and we work around them rather than forcing them. Many pre-war co-ops here also ban in-unit washers, so laundry lives in a basement room; we plan around that instead of assuming a hookup in the unit.

Getting into your building

Most large Bronx complexes are elevator buildings with a lobby attendant or a management office rather than a white-glove concierge. For move-outs or heavier jobs a building may route crews through a service entrance and a freight elevator booked to a fixed weekday window; some buildings do not allow weekend freight runs at all, so we schedule around the window your management gives us and pad the cab. If your co-op or managing agent requires a Certificate of Insurance, we issue one naming the building as additional insured — the baseline is $1M, some boards ask for higher limits, and the cert usually clears within about 30 days, so give us lead time before a first visit. For walk-up buildings the mechanics are simpler: an intercom or a buzzer, a key left with the office, or a lockbox for owners who travel. We handle keys under a documented sign-in and sign-out so a recurring visit does not depend on you being home.

What we clean here

Every visit covers the shared checklist — kitchen surfaces and appliance exteriors, bathrooms, floors, dusting, trash — and then a few Bronx-specific things:

• Dusting and wiping cast-iron radiators and the grime that collects behind and under their covers.
• Parquet and wood floors common in the complexes, cleaned with the right amount of water so seams do not swell.
• Sills and lower sashes worked around fixed window guards where a child lives.
• Stair flights in walk-ups — we count the flights up to your door as a pricing factor, since carrying gear to a fourth-floor unit is not the same job as a lobby-level one.
• Kitchen tile and backsplash in the galley kitchens these buildings repeat floor to floor.

Pricing

Pricing is flat and posted up front, not quoted after the fact. An apartment cleaning starts from $151 for a one-bedroom, $179 for two bedrooms, and $207 for three bedrooms. Sales tax at this job address is 8.875%, added at checkout. Recurring plans — weekly, twice-monthly, or monthly — carry a discount off the one-off rate, which is where the Bronx model makes sense: predictable price, a set day, and the same cleaner who already knows your unit. Route density in a single complex means we can hold a regular slot for you without the premium a one-off across town would cost.

FAQ

Do you clean in Co-op City and Parkchester?

Yes. These complexes are a core part of what we do in the Bronx — repeating layouts mean a cleaner assigned to your building learns the floor plan fast, and recurring plans keep the same person on your unit.

Will it be the same cleaner every time?

On a recurring plan, yes, as far as scheduling allows. Consistency is the point of the subscription: one person who knows your radiators, your floors, and your key handling.

My building wants a Certificate of Insurance. Can you provide one?

Yes. We name the co-op and managing agent as additional insured at the $1M baseline, or higher if your board requires it. Certs usually issue within about 30 days, so tell us early.

Do stairs cost extra in a walk-up?

We count stair flights to your door as a factor in the quote. A ground-floor unit and a fourth-floor walk-up are priced honestly for the difference in effort.

How is the tax figured?

Sales tax follows the job-address jurisdiction. For Bronx addresses on this page that is 8.875%, shown at checkout.

Can you work around basement laundry and in-unit washer bans?

Yes. Many pre-war co-ops here don't allow in-unit washers, so we plan the visit around that and don't assume a hookup that isn't there.

We cover the Bronx broadly — Co-op City, Parkchester, Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Kingsbridge, and the walk-up blocks in between. Riverdale is a different kind of neighborhood inside the same borough and has its own page. Book your apartment cleaning online and lock in a recurring day with the same cleaner.