Walk-up buildings
The walk-up is not the problem.
A five- or six-story walk-up is often a good candidate for a roof-first path. One household is enough to start the building check. A person confirms the roof and the route inside; the building conversation is ours, not yours.
Own or manage this walk-up? Evaluate the building. Outside the live zone (W 57th–110th St)? Send it for a feasibility review.
How it works here
Down from the roof, not up from the street.
A walk-up often offers two paths worth checking. First the bulkhead door onto the roof, then the way down: a riser (the vertical cable shaft) or the building’s cable-TV wiring (coax). The survey tells us what yours has.
A compact unit on the roof
If the building checks out, the proposal identifies the rooftop unit, switch, mount, cable path, and power source. The published sample license covers house power, access, insurance, and removal terms.
The in-building path
If existing coax is usable, service can reach the apartment without a new hallway run. Otherwise, the survey identifies an agreed cable path from the roof. We tell you which method applies after the building check.
Apartment by apartment
Each household orders on its own — $89, $119, or $149 a month, taxes included, no contract, no data cap. Apartment installation is $150 once.
If you rent here
One apartment is enough.
You don’t have to organize the building or pitch your landlord. If roof access needs the building’s sign-off, we contact ownership as ConnectNYC, about the building — and we don’t use your name in that conversation unless you opt in.
If you own it
The survey costs the building nothing.
The path comes down from the roof — no street trench, no basement buildout. The license is non-exclusive and published for your counsel to read, and management gets one building-use connection per its terms.