<p>I'm living in the NYU Dorms this summer while doing my internship and was wondering what some people's favorite dorms were. I'm living in either a double or triple, so was hoping people could offer some advice. I'm looking for something that's in a fun neighborhood, safe, and just enjoyable.</p>
<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you have negative experiences, let me know those too! Thanks!</p>
<p>(I have choices of Broome Street, Carlyle, Coral Towers, Greenwich, Lafayette Street, Palladium, 3rd Ave North, University Court, University Hall or Water Street.) The only one I've actually seen or been inside is Water Street.</p>
<p>Water street is the nicest dorm, much nicer quality than the others. But as you've seen it's also very far away from the heart of NYU/the city. Other far away ones are University Court, Broome, Lafayette, and Greenwich - although the latter 3 are in very cool neighbourhoods. I'm in Carlyle right now, although it's a bit dormy and sometimes stuff breaks, I really like it - particularly the central Union Square location right by subway. It would be good for the things you want - it's big so has a good atmosphere, fun neighborhood, etc. Others like that are 3rd North, Palladium and Coral. Palladium is very dorm-y. It has a dining hall and gym if that's important to you. They're all safe. And my experiences have been in semester, so atmospheres and stuff will probably be different over the summer.</p>
<p>I'd say go for Uhall, since it's the least risky of the lot. The suites there are all pretty much the same, and because it's the newest dorm, it's also the cleanest. :) Rooms are good-sized, pretty decent common room, kitchen a biiit small but that shouldn't matter if you're only going to be there over the summer. Water St has the nicest/largest rooms (probably because it doesn't belong to NYU - ha!), but it's the farthest away from NYU.</p>
<p>Any more advice? I'm in the same situation with the same dorms to pick from. I'm hoping to live with two of my other friends and we're looking for both a nice dorm and a good location with a fun neighborhood and easy access to transportation.</p>
<p>Because we will be doing internships and not taking NYU classes, it isn't necessary that we stay near to the NYU campus.</p>
<p>Any more advice would be very much appreciated!! Thanks!</p>
<p>I'm also in a dorm-decision stalemate as well...</p>
<p>I'm gonna be a freshman this fall at NYU, and being at Tisch, my dorm options are kinda limited to Hayden, Weinstein, Brittany, Rubin, and Goddard.</p>
<p>Now can anyone happen to answer this next question, cause its specific.....</p>
<p>I understand all these dorms have game rooms... Does anyone know if any of these dorms have a Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) machine? and if so which one(s)?</p>
<p>lafayette is in chinatown. pretty big rooms, and you're right next to cheap food, fake handbags and little italy. the bad side is everything shuts down at 9.</p>
<p>third avenue north is right next to st. marks and union square, a big travel hub of subways. </p>
<p>water street is soooooo far from everything.</p>
<p>broome is in little italy/soho.</p>
<p>i would go with palladium. there's a gym and dining hall in your building, union square is awesome in the summer and the rooms are okay. plus, you're near a ton of subways so it's easy to get everywhere. i lived in goddard over the summer and loved it. (i didn't mind having a meal plan.)</p>
<p>@louiextreme-
Your deciding factor for housing is the dance dance revolution machine?? You can bring your own DDR machine. My best advice is - you need to grow up!</p>
<p>No rly. Everything else about the dorms I'm good with. I really have no preference until I know which one has a ddr machine (plus my pads broke, and I'm not gonna go out and buy a new console and a game, cause the best I already have is ddr for the ps1.)</p>
<p>Honestly, pal, you should open your eyes a little. There are ddr PROFESSIONALS and huge tournaments out there in which hundreds participate. I've seen people at arcades doing some of the most incredible stuff, like playing while wearing earplugs to shut out all sound, playing backwards, breakdancing on the buttons, its unbelievable. I'm not an expert, but I'm still an avid enthusiast like thousands of other people, young and old, so to assume that ddr is some child's toy is a pretty low move for someone as seemingly well-educated as yourself. I suggest you up your perspicacity with these things before making such benighted judgments.</p>
<p>Jemarine... If I were you I would go for University Hall. </p>
<p>Louiextreme... I am going to be a freshmen next year, and I am putting Hayden down as my first choice. Oh, it would be sick if they had DDR there!!</p>
<p>I am an exchange student (from Sydney, Australia) going to NYU for this fall semester.
I have been given the option for a one-bedroom apartment in palladium hall, or a 2 person room in a random draw of halls. </p>
<p>I am tossing up whether or not i should get a dorm room, or just find an apartment on craigslist or something like that.</p>
<p>Are the prices for on-campus housing generally higher than off-campus housing?</p>
<p>Is the quality of the dorms generally good?</p>
<p>Wow lucky, a one bed in palladium? I would definitely go with that. While dorms are more expensive there are a lot of pros and cons. If you aren’t staying the whole year through summer then it’s pointless to get an apartment. As an international student it will be monumentally hard for you to get an off campus apartment unless you have a guarantor from the U.S. Your choices of cheap off campus apartments will be limited if you aren’t looking to have roommates. The quality of the dorms is pretty good, and palladium isn’t an old dorm. On top of it all, it has the largest dining hall, a bunch of events, the gym, a lot of students, and is in union square which is near everything!</p>