<p>My D will be attending this fall. Currently she has a bank account at the local credit union we use. I would like to find a bank near NYU that also has a branch near our home town. Can anyone tell me which banks are in the washington square area?</p>
<p>rookiemom, someone told me that there are Bank of America branches around the NYU area.</p>
<p>Try banks</a> "washington square" ny - Google Search</p>
<p>B of A isn't quite so close:</p>
<p>"bank</a> of america" "washington square" ny - Google Search</p>
<p>Look up Chase too...soooo convenient, they're everywhere, including ATMs at most Duane Reade drug stores.</p>
<p>yes I use bank of america and there are so many in the area!</p>
<p>There is a B of A two blocks west of Third Ave North, mostly on the way to WS.</p>
<p>I use Citibank. There's one right behind Bobst.</p>
<p>Chase also has a special College Checking thing that you may want to check out. I have it and it's really convenient and easy for a college student to handle.</p>
<p>I use Commerce Bank!</p>
<p>WOW
thanks so much for the great response
I looked into Bank of Amercia and there is one in our home town...so I think that's the way to go
thanks everyone!</p>
<p>I highly recommend Chase, there's locations literally everywhere around "campus." Bank of America really only has one convenient branch (and it's somewhat far), same for Wachovia.</p>
<p>I use Bank of America and there is one right back on Broadway.. like 2 blocks from Washington Square. It is convenient, trust me.</p>
<p>There are also Chase, Washington Mutual, Commerce Bank, and Citibank really close. If you want convenience, I'd say go with Chase. It's everywhere.</p>
<p>Yes, but Chase is only big in the city, right? B of A is much more prominent outside the city, I think... I'd go with B of A if you're looking for something that will also be available at home. There are two of them on Broadway, one on 8th St. and the other one a couple blocks north, I believe, and then there's one on University Place and 14th as well.</p>
<p>I think Chase is everywhere...if it's in New Orleans (where there were quite a few as well), it's anywhere haha.</p>
<p>Basically, the majority of the next four years will be spent here...I'd highly recommend Chase because it's literally EVERYWHERE...I can be anywhere in the city and walk a few blocks and find a Chase. There's also Chase ATMs at every Duane Reade, a drug store chain that is also everywhere (means no extra fees yay). You should definitely consider whether or not there's a couple Chase banks in your hometown, but, honestly, I'd Chase it up, if I were you.</p>
<p>does it really matter in this day and age of electronic banking and ATM cards good everywhere? I wasn't going to get a local bank at all????</p>
<p>Uh, you get charged fees if you withdraw money from ATMs that don't belong to your bank, so it DOES matter (unless you don't care about being hit up with avoidable fees). In a lot of cases, you get charged anywhere from $1-3 by the ATM AND your bank will charge you another $1-3 - that's per withdrawal, mind you.</p>
<p>Bottom line: if your bank has a branch in NYC somewhere and you don't mind having to make a trek once in a while to get cash, no need to switch accounts to a bank that has an ATM next door to your dorm. If you have an account at a local bank at home that doesn't exist 100 miles away from your house (like I did), you should move some money to a NY bank.</p>
<p>I know we have wachovia, but you can open a student checking with Wachovia, parents can fund with money and you are allowed 12 non wachovia transactions per month without any fees. Also, it is better to go to any CVS, Duane Reed, etc, use your card and get cash back with any of your purchases, it costs nothing. It's cheaper to buy a pack of gum and get cash back, than to go to any ATM.</p>
<p>okay im going to nyu this fall so i dont have any first hand experience...but just talking in terms of numbers, i have the "Not for Tourists" guide to NYC which has all the information you need to know about what to find in the diff parts of NYC...for The Washington Square / NYU area they list..</p>
<p>3 Bank of America branches, 2 ATMs
7 Chase branches, 7 chase atms (all at duane reades)</p>
<p>they list some other minor banks but those ones have two or three locations in the area maximum</p>
<p>Like I said earlier, get Chase if you can. Anywhere there's a BAC, there's a Chase location or at least an ATM a block away. The reverse is far from true.</p>
<p>Banks near Wash Sq - Chase, Washington Mutual, Bank of America, Citibank.
I got Chase because you can use any ATM in Chase or Duane Reade (a very popular NY drug store) for free. So you basically have an ATM or 2 on any given block in most of NY. Also they have a good student account with no fees and stuff til you graduate.</p>