Student intern looking for (private) dormitory near Manhattan

<p>Dear people here,</p>

<p>I am a foreingn student and work for an internship in a laboratory from September 2009 on for 6 months with no payment at NYU.
I am desperately looking for a possibility to live together in a building with many other students of my age (around 20-28) on the same floors, having a kitchen together etc, I do not want to live in a single room.
If the people are not all students but around my age it would also be ok.</p>

<p>Official dormitorys from NYU seem out of question because I don't have student status as NYU student as it was told me. So I have no access to the official dormitories.</p>

<p>Do you know any address or informative URL or contact apart from Off</a> Campus Housing Office and studenthousing.org and craigslist where I can especially find rooms in floors where students live together? Maybe there are private and relatively affordable dormitories not too far away from Manhattan where I will work (23rd East Street) ? Maybe something from the church?</p>

<p>I was told from off-campus housing that my status as a foreign student gives me access to private dormitories but not to the official ones from NYU.</p>

<p>Room-sharing is out of question for me.</p>

<p>Thanks very much in advance, I would appreciate your help very much.</p>

<p>I cannot vouch for any of these:</p>

<p>[Manhattan</a> Youth Castle New York City Furnished Apartments Dorms Budget Lodgings Accommodations](<a href=“http://www.lodgingsinternational.com/accommodations/1108.htm]Manhattan”>http://www.lodgingsinternational.com/accommodations/1108.htm)
[NY</a> Student Housing](<a href=“http://www.nystudenthousing.com/]NY”>http://www.nystudenthousing.com/)
[Educational</a> Housing Services | It?s How You Want to Live!](<a href=“http://www.studenthousing.org/]Educational”>http://www.studenthousing.org/)
[International</a> House - New York - more than graduate student housing](<a href=“http://www.ihouse-nyc.org/s/707/start.aspx]International”>http://www.ihouse-nyc.org/s/707/start.aspx)</p>

<p>Next time, I suggest using Google.</p>