In a bustling city where the most wallet-friendly apartments can often be cramped, shoebox-sized rooms, Stuyvesant Town offers a unique residential alternative.
Sitting right at the heart of Greenwich Village and near Washington Square Park, there is never a shortage of things to do, places to go or delicious food to eat in Washington Square Village.
With famous venues like the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the avant-garde La MaMa Experimental Theater Club and the Mercury Lounge, the East Village is filled with outlets for expression and live performance.
Since Lafayette Hall is a 20 to 25 minute walk from campus, living there during the school year may be a struggle for those who want to get out of bed five minutes before class.
If you are passionate about living a sustainable, earth-friendly lifestyle or being part of a tight-knit community of students who care about the same issues as you do, the Green House at Seventh Street residence hall might be the perfect fit for you.
If you’re willing to go the distance, Gramercy boasts an impressive computer lab, 24-hour gym, 13 laundry rooms, three small lounges, a study center with soundproof rooms and an additional, larger lounge and a game room which both have leather furniture and sizable flat screens.
Dubbed “G-Ho,” the Greenwich Hotel residence hall is a brisk 15-minute walk from Bobst Library, but the spaces and weekly maid services offered in the building make up for the location’s inconvenience.
