NYU Housing!

[njmd55]

hey guys
just wanted to know if any of you know the housing options for medical students at NYU. I know they have dorms but I REALLY don't want to live there at all. NYU is my first choice and I really want to go there if I get accepted. But the housing is the biggest problem!! Any suggestions would be helpful!!
thanks

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[swtiepie711]

hey guys
just wanted to know if any of you know the housing options for medical students at NYU. I know they have dorms but I REALLY don't want to live there at all. NYU is my first choice and I really want to go there if I get accepted. But the housing is the biggest problem!! Any suggestions would be helpful!!
thanks

The feeling I got from NYU both before & after interviewing was that everyone lives in the dorms. Those that opt not to do so because (a) they have extra $$ that they don't mind throwing away on the ridiculous price of apartments in NYC or (b) they can't due to a significant other situation & thus must find somewhere else to live in NYC

Also, I was shocked to learn from my family & friends that many (most?)people in NYC use brokers to find apartments & that brokers take a fee to help you find somewhere to live. I'd never heard of this before and don't know if this is common practice anywhere else...

I must say that this is also my biggest problem w/ NYU & i'm sorry I couldn't be more help figuring this out! w/ NYU!

 

[airshad8]

dude...live in staten island/queens/jersey...and if you're bravee the good ol' bk. you'll find a cheap place and it's only a train ride away..

 

[jash0624]

Alphabet city.

 

[deleted77919]

I'm an MSI at NYU.

Most students do indeed live in the dorms. Rubin Hall has standard type dorm rooms, single person, with sink. The commute is great (an elevator ride). It also makes all hours studying pretty easy and there's always someone else around when you have a quick question. Great study spaces, I could go on and on. The living arrangements were one of the things I liked most.

There is also housing across the street in Greenberg Hall. This has 3 bed room apartments and studios. A luck few find their way into Skirball, but this is mostly 4th yr couples and residents.

Non-NYU Manhattan housing is inordinately expensive. If you do not have a trust fund I would not recommend it.

Getting to and from Brooklyn isn't terrible.

The only students I know who live off campus are those with SO's or those with family in NYC.

Remember, the nearest subway stop is a 15 minute walk (if you walk fast, you have to get to 33rd and Park, NYU is at 30th and 1st) so even if you live near the subway on the other end, it's a bit of a hike. There are those who do it, but it makes life harder. If you have any other NYU questions, don't hesitate to PM me.

 

[Funky]

the rooms in rubin hall are pretty tiny. it's like a cubicle big but atleast it has a high ceiling

 

[bretticus]

They're just standard dorms -- the BYOAC sucks though...

 

[geno2568]

dude...live in staten island/queens/jersey...and if you're bravee the good ol' bk. you'll find a cheap place and it's only a train ride away..

wow...u sound like you have never been to New York before. no offense, though.

 

[lkychrms19]

If you do have a SO (a boyfriend not a husband) what are your choices? Is it possible to get school subsidized housing with a SO when you're not married? At NYU, and at any school?

 

[muncher]

1 good thing about the dorms... there are like 4 big screen TVs, a xbox 360, pool / pingpong tables in the lounge.

 

[swtiepie711]

If you do have a SO (a boyfriend not a husband) what are your choices? Is it possible to get school subsidized housing with a SO when you're not married? At NYU, and at any school?

What I got from NYU was that even if you're married, there's no assistance for housing. Some schools (i.e. Mount Sinai, if you're looking for another NYC school) do have subsidized housing for couples (don't know if they require you to be married - I'd assume so, or at least domestic partners [can be same sex or opposite sex domestic partners - usually just have to register with the city]). Depends on the school so I'd check with them.

 

[epigastric]

The feeling I got from NYU both before & after interviewing was that everyone lives in the dorms. Those that opt not to do so because (a) they have extra $$ that they don't mind throwing away on the ridiculous price of apartments in NYC or (b) they can't due to a significant other situation & thus must find somewhere else to live in NYC

Also, I was shocked to learn from my family & friends that many (most?)people in NYC use brokers to find apartments & that brokers take a fee to help you find somewhere to live. I'd never heard of this before and don't know if this is common practice anywhere else...

I must say that this is also my biggest problem w/ NYU & i'm sorry I couldn't be more help figuring this out! w/ NYU!

Brokers are common practice, because Manhattan in particular has amazing turnaround on vacant apartments. First, the average landlord requires proof you're making close to 40-45x your current rent (other states, standard is more like 20x), which means that even several years out of school your parents might still be needed to sign a lease. Second, unless you have a friend who owns an apartment and wants to lend it to you, that listing you just saw on CL already has ten people lined up to see it with security deposit in hand. Third, summer is the absolute busiest time of the year for apartment rentals.

I'm not saying there aren't ways to get around brokers, or that brokers are great. Sometimes you can luck out and find an apartment where the broker fee is covered by the building (getting rarer, though). And the broker will ignore your price range and show you fabulous apartments that are in no way affordable in the hopes that you'll go for it and increase their fee (a % of the yearly rent). But brokers have huge lists of actually available apartments and can save you time. I spent a month in NYC trying to find an apartment, gave up, paid a broker an exorbitant amount and found one with their help in two days.

The student housing could save you so much grief and money.

 

[deleted77919]

NYU has couples housing available. However you must either be married or in a documented domestic partnership (counts for heterosexual couples too). I think for a partnership you have to show a frequently used joint bank account, co-ownership of an automobile, proof you have cohabitated foir at least 48 months, etc. I think they require two out of the three? Maybe?

Anyway, couples housing is basically not going to happen your first year and probably not your second either. I heard this year there were a few 3rd year couples who did not get housing, all 4th years who requested it got it.

P.S. For the singles out there, if you request a corner room on your housing form then your room is actually 11x14 instead of 10x14, and it's the same $600/month.

 

[deleted77919]

They're just standard dorms -- the BYOAC sucks though...

AC's aren't too hard to come by, some students are selling them around move in time. And there's an appliance store, PC Richard and Son's not too far away. Besides, electricity is free so it means you can control the temp of your room.

 

[Cirrus83]

The feeling I got from NYU both before & after interviewing was that everyone lives in the dorms. Those that opt not to do so because (a) they have extra $$ that they don't mind throwing away on the ridiculous price of apartments in NYC or (b) they can't due to a significant other situation & thus must find somewhere else to live in NYC

Also, I was shocked to learn from my family & friends that many (most?)people in NYC use brokers to find apartments & that brokers take a fee to help you find somewhere to live. I'd never heard of this before and don't know if this is common practice anywhere else...

I must say that this is also my biggest problem w/ NYU & i'm sorry I couldn't be more help figuring this out! w/ NYU!

lol, wait, brokers aren't a common thing elsewhere?!
You can find an apartment without a broker though, it's not impossible. But it is a bit easier with a broker.

I recall the dorms at NYU being kinda expensive anyway.

 

[deleted77919]

I recall the dorms at NYU being kinda expensive anyway.

$600/month in Rubin (smaller room) $640 larger room. Rubin is inclusive of utilities (hooray! and I have a great view of the East River!). Greenberg is about $850 + utilities if you're living in a 3 bedroom and almost $1200/month +utilities in a studio. Skirball is about $1500/month for a 1 bedroom, but forget it if you're not a married 4th year or a resident.