Other Housing Options
Educational Housing Services
Educational Housing Services (EHS) is a not-for-profit organization that provides safe and affordable fully-furnished housing to students and interns coming to New York City throughout the year. EHS manages multiple properties throughout New York City and Brooklyn and is a great short term housing option that offers the opportunity to live in a community with your peers. Check out the website below for locations, rates and availability.
Group Residences
Many students have found that clean, safe, and affordable group residences help ease the transition into New York City life. Spending a semester or a year in such a residence can offer the out-of-town student time to meet compatible roommates and to become better acquainted with the city and its various neighborhoods.
These residences have become very desirable in this tight housing market, and most operate on a first-come, first served basis. Waiting lists can be the rule as early as June, so contact them early.
Group Residences for Men
- The Catholic Kopling Society House
165 East 88th Street
New York, NY 10028
(212) 369-6647
Ernst Endrich, Director
Room rates for students and interns is $220.00 per week as of October 1, 2011 (regular room rate is $230.00). A $70 non-refundable registration fee is required to reserve a room, payable in U.S. currency; cash, traveler's checks or credit cards are acceptable (sorry, no bank transfers).
Group Residences for Women
- El Carmelo Residence
249 West 14th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 242-8224
Call for rates.
- The Markle Memorial Residence
123 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 242-2400
$1,500/month/person. Rates include 2 meals per day. Good security. All rooms have a private bath. Fax an application or come in and fill one out.
www.themarkle.org
Co-educational Residences
Educational Housing Services, Inc.
They provide Off Campus Housing for students. Properties are located in Brooklyn Heights, the Herald Square neighborhood, and Midtown Manhattan. All residences are fully furnished and feature 24-hour security, a lounge, communal kitchen, health club options, are conditioning, laundry facilities, computer centers and a communication package. Daily tours of each residence are available.
Student Housing Center
31 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
(800) 297-4694
www.studenthousing.org
- The New York International AYH - Hostel
891 Amsterdam Ave
New York, NY 10025
(212) 932-2300
http://www.hinewyork.org/rooms.shtml
24 hour security, no curfew, furnished dorm rooms, weekly linen service, self service community kitchen, a cafe, and active courtyard in the back. Please call for updated information.
- The Long Island University Dormitory
190 Willoughby Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(516) 299-2661
http://liu.edu/CWPost/Studentlife/ResLife/staff.aspx
R.L. Conolly Residence Hall a 30 minute subway ride from Cooper Union. Please call for detailed information.
- DeHirsch Residence of 92 Street YM&YWHA
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
(212) 415-5650
www.92y.org
- Educational Housing Services, Inc.
Student Housing Center
31 Lexington Ave
New York, New York 10019
(212) 977-9099
www.studenthousing.org
Educational Housing Services provides OFF CAMPUS HOUSING for students in the St. George Residence located on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, provides 24-hour doorman service and security system. The accommodations have been newly renovated. The Residence offers a central lounge with a community kitchen, vending machines and a recreation area. A laundromat and a fitness center are available to all students. Virtually every subway line is within walking distance. Contact Jesse Bonila at (212) 977-1745. $4200/semester for single rooms and $3200/fall semester and $2100/summer session for double rooms. Fees include a $100 application and membership fee. Balance must be paid-in-full before move in.
Temporary Stays
- The West Side YMCA
5 West 63rd Street
(212) 912-2600
Rent is $102 per night. Maximum stay is 25 days.
New York City Affordable Student Housing
NY Student Housing, LLC, has recently opened their newest student housing residence, University Place, conveniently located in Kensington, minutes from Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn and directly in front of an "F" Train station and the B-35 and B-67 bus stop. In fact many students commute daily to Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn and are thrilled to come home to such a lovely residence.
Just some of the schools placing students at University Place are the English Language School (ELS), Cordoza Law School, St. Francis College, Brooklyn College and NYU.
The property, built in 2000, was designed to look like a fine hotel and affords students the opportunity to have exceptional housing at affordable prices. Students who live at University Place either register with a specific roommate or we make the match.
University Place has 64 rooms with space for 128 students! Rates include a fully-furnished, 400 sq. foot apartment (many with partitions), private bathroom with shower, kitchenette with microwave, air conditioning, sink and refrigerator and freezer, cable TV and internet in each room, 24/7 on-site security, Student Lounge with pool table and big screen TV. University Place is 100% handicapped accessible.
Again, University Place is ONLY for students, and sessions coincide with college semesters.
Please visit www.nystudenthousing.com if you are intersted.
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens Home Sharing Program
What is the Home Sharing Program?
New York Foundation for Senior Citizens' Home Sharing Program matches compatible persons in shared-living arrangements in dwellings rented or owned by one of the participants. The program seeks to match persons for whom sharing of living arrangements would enhance their financial and/or social well being, promote comanionship and relieve feelings of isolation. Potential clients are screened through applications, references and personal interviews. If approved, they are matched with a compatible sharemate. An interview between host and guest introduces them to the possibility of sharing living quarters.
For further information call (212) 962-7559 and ask for the Home Sharing Program Social Worker.
http://www.nyfsc.org/
Housing Organizations
The following organizations give advice on issues involving tenants
- Chelsea Housing Group
(212) 760-4402
- Asian Americans For Equality
(212) 964-2288
http://www.aafe.org/
- Neighborhood Housing Resources of NY
(212) 645-6363
- Cooper Square Committee
61E 4th St. (between 2nd Avenue and Bowery)
(212) 228-8210
- Chelsea Coalition on Housing
Covers 14St. to 30th St., 5th Ave to the Hudson River
326 W17St. (basement)
(212) 243-0544
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
- GOLEs (Good Old Lower Eastside)
17 Avenue B & 169 Avenue B
(212) 533-2541
Lower Eastside Tenants only
- Housing Committee of R.E.N.A.
Covers 135th St. to 165th St. from Riverside drive to St. Nicholas Avenue
544W 157th St. (Basement Entrance)
(212) 234-2285
Thursdays at 8 p.m.
- Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants
St. Margaret's Home
Pearl & 49 Fulton Streets
(212) 539-3538
Urban Compass
Urban Compass is a technology company that provides a best-in-class customer experience for people seeking to rent an apartment in NYC.
Urban Compass offers the following:
- Lowest Broker Fee in NYC
- Agents Paid on Customer Satisfaction (not commission)
- Unparalleled Technology
For Cooper Union students, Urban Compass provides the added benefit of accessing these services through a concierge.
email: cooper@urbancompass.com
phone: 212-U-Compass (212-826-6727)
website: www.urbancompass.com
