Professional Apartment Cleaning in NYC
NYC apartments are a breed apart — pre-war radiators, galley kitchens, bathrooms the size of a closet, and somehow, dust in places you didn't know existed. Since 2014, we've completed over 78,000 cleans across the five boroughs, and the majority have been apartments exactly like yours. Our W-2 employed cleaners follow a 55-point checklist built for New York living. Flat-rate pricing, no hidden fees, no surprises.
What's Included Every Time
Our comprehensive checklist ensures nothing is missed, backed by our re-clean guarantee.
Dust all reachable surfaces including shelving & mantels
Vacuum & mop hardwood, tile, and laminate floors
Wipe down kitchen counters, stovetop & backsplash
Scrub exterior of all kitchen appliances
Disinfect bathroom sink, toilet, tub & shower walls
Clean mirrors, glass surfaces & chrome fixtures
Empty trash & replace liners in every room
Make beds & straighten linens
Wipe light switches, door handles & intercom panels
Dust baseboards, window sills & radiator covers
Clean inside microwave & exterior of dishwasher
Spot-clean cabinet fronts & entry closet shelves
Keep your home spotless and save up to 30%
Book recurring service and lock in a dedicated team at a discounted flat rate. No hidden fees, no lock-in contracts. Just a beautifully clean home on autopilot.
100,000+ Queens, BK & Manhattan cleans
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Where We Serve in NYC
Our W-2 professional cleaning teams are dispatched daily across the major boroughs of New York City.
Why NYC Apartment Cleaning Is Its Own Discipline
A suburban house cleaner shows up with a caddy and a vacuum and has a garage to park in. In New York, your cleaner is hauling supplies up four flights of stairs in a walk-up on Avenue B, navigating a kitchen where the oven door hits the opposite counter when it's open, and figuring out how to vacuum around furniture in a 450-square-foot studio without bumping into everything. That's a different skill set entirely.
We've done more than 5,100 apartment cleans in Chelsea alone — mostly studios and one-bedrooms in pre-war buildings where the bathroom tile grout hasn't been updated since 1962. Up on the Upper West Side, we've logged over 7,400 cleans across classic sixes, postwar co-ops, and everything in between. In Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, over 1,600 cleans in buildings where every apartment has a slightly different layout because the building was carved up from a single brownstone decades ago. Every neighborhood, every building type, every quirk — we've seen it.
The difference between a cleaner who knows NYC apartments and one who doesn't shows up fast. Knowing that pre-war radiator covers need to be dusted from the inside. Knowing that the gap between a New York galley kitchen counter and the stove collects more grease than most people realize. Knowing how to work a mop in an L-shaped bathroom without soaking the hallway. Our teams have been trained in these details because they've cleaned tens of thousands of apartments just like yours.
Doorman Buildings, Walk-Ups, Key Handoffs — We Handle It
About half our clients aren't home when we clean. In doorman buildings, your concierge lets us up. In walk-ups, you leave a key with a neighbor or give us a code. In newer buildings with virtual key systems, we coordinate access so you never have to rearrange your schedule around your cleaning. Every Maid Marines cleaner is a W-2 employee — not a gig worker from a random app — with a full background check, bonded and insured. We've been trusted with keys to over 13,000 NYC homes since 2014.
We're regulars in Murray Hill and Kips Bay (over 4,000 cleans), the West Village (3,200+ cleans), and Gramercy and Flatiron (3,000+ cleans). Our teams know these neighborhoods because they work in them every single day. They know which buildings have freight elevators, which supers are particular about cleaning supply storage, and which lobbies have strict sign-in policies. That kind of knowledge doesn't come from an onboarding video — it comes from years of doing this work.
"I've lived in a Chelsea walk-up for six years and never had a cleaning service that actually understood the space. Maid Marines is the first team that didn't just shove my furniture around — they worked with the layout and got into corners I'd given up on."
Verified Client
Chelsea, Manhattan