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NYU HOUSING OPTIONS
Third North 75 Third Ave. First-year and Upperclassmen • $7,000 - $9,932 • Low-cost housing available • Subways: L, N, Q, R, W, 4, 5, 6 • 15 minute walk to WSP • Doubles and triples • Right across from AMC and West Side Market • 24/7 deli attached to the building (not affiliated with NYU) • Kitchen and bathroom in dorm • Black mold keeps growing • Dance and music room • WSN office in the basement • Renovated student lounge
University Hall 110 E. 14th St. First-year and Upperclassmen
Celia Tewey | WSN
• $8, 522 • Subways: L, N, Q, R, 4, 5, 6 • 15 minute walk to WSP • Doubles • Palladium dining hall is close • Lots of first-years (the dorm is mainly for first-years) • Food downstairs is really good (and vegan-friendly since they offer the impossible meat patties) • Trader Joe’s nearby • Dunkin Donuts right below (and you can pay with meal swipes/dining dollars there)
Sara Miranda | WSN
Weinstein Hall 5 University Pl. | First-year
Sara Miranda | WSN
• $6,694 - $8,955 • Singles, doubles, triples • Low-cost available for triples • Subways: A, C, E, F, N, R • 1 minute walk to WSP • Downstein, Sidestein and Upstein are in the building • Chick-fil-a in the food court • East Tower is better than West Tower • The paint on the ceilings will likely crumble on you while you sleep • If you run out of shampoo, Sidestein is right there (and you can use dining dollars/campus cash) • The cinder blocks are nice and cool for when your bed gets too hot. • WNYU office in the basement • Practice rooms (including dance rooms)
london Guilford House
• 75 Guilford St., Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1DF • Upperclassmen only, exclusively NYU • $8,016-$10,559 per semester • Nearby Transportation: two minute walk to Underground at Russell Square Station (Piccadilly Line), most bus routes nearby • 10 minute walk to Academic Center • Limited studio singles, doubles, triples and limited quads • Closest residence hall to the Academic Center • Russell Square station is literally right behind the hall • Within five minutes of lots of clubs and pubs • Virtually no storage space (buy/bring collapsible storage cubbies) • The kitchen looks dirty, even when it’s clean • Plan to spend a fortune on food unless you plan to live off £3 meal deals
Urbanest King’s Cross
• Urbanest House Canal Reach, London, N1C 4BD Upperclassmen only, not exclusively NYU • $10,559 per semester • Nearby Transportation: 390 bus, 15 minute walk to Underground at King’s Cross St. Pancras Station (Northern, Victoria, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines) • 30-50 minute bus ride depending on traffic or 35 minute walk to Academic Center • You have your very own ensuite room (bathroom included) • Cut + Grind restaurant is attached to the side of the building • Weekly cleaning service • So many people sharing one kitchen makes for a dirty kitchen • Never the meeting place for organized student life activities and far from the Academic Center • Singles in four-person or eight-person suites • No free menstrual products • Unexpected Essentials: Bath mats, oven pans or baking sheets
Ivanna Vargas | WSN
Stay Club Kentish Town
• 65 Holmes Road, London, NW5 3AN • Upperclassmen only, not exclusively NYU • $5,797 per semester • Nearby Transportation: most buses via Kentish Town stops (but no 390 to campus), 10 minute walk to Underground at Kentish Town Station (Northern Line) • 30 minutes via Underground at Kentish Town Station to Academic Center, hour-long walk (would not suggest!) • Studio doubles • “Doubles” are bunk beds — so you’re gonna get close with your roommate. • Amazing communal facilities, including a coffee shop, movie theater, gym and even a disco • Building and rooms are new and modern • Cleaning service • Far away from campus and other dorms
Byron Court
• 26 Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AD • First-year and upperclassmen, exclusively NYU • $7,221-$10,559 per semester • Nearby Transportation: nine minute walk to Underground at Russell Square Station (Piccadilly Line), 13 minute walk to Underground at King’s Cross St. Pancras (Piccadilly, Northern, Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines), two minute walk to bus route 17 at Eastman Dental Hospital • 20 minute walk to Academic Center • Limited singles, doubles and triples (low cost available) • Building amenities include a game room, meditation room and a computer lab • Good sense of community • Rooms are spacious • Really thin walls • It’s a 20 minute walk to the Academic Center and a 10 minute walk to the Underground • Byron Court is the choice for those looking for a calmer neighborhood