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Features & Services

Reception Desk

Location: Near main entrance.

Access: Monday-Friday, 9am to 8pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am- 6pm. (Holiday hours may vary).

Telephone number: 212/995-3131

Desk services:

  • Information about the residence hall, procedures, services, and activities.
  • Check in and check out.
  • Maintenance Requests.
  • Key return and problems.
  • Pool table equipment.
  • Mail and package pick up.
  • Vacuum cleaners loans.

Safety and Security

Safety and security are everyone's responsibility (link to Students section: Staff Services Offered), but this residence also has specific building security procedures:

  • NYU Public Safety Services officers on duty 24 hours a day.
  • Protection telephone: 212/995-3130.
  • All residents must present their NYU ID cards on entry.
  • All guests must be signed in and out by their resident host and leave picture ID at the guard station.

Room Features

  • Traditional suite-style residence hall with bath in each unit.
  • Air-conditioned.
  • Undergraduate residence
  • All floors coed; single sex in rooms, suites, and apartments.

Building/Community Features

  • Study rooms, TV lounge, game room, community kitchen.
  • Classroom.
  • Three blocks from Coles Sports Center.
  • Coin operated laundry in basement.

Room and suite types

  • Double rooms with 2 persons per room.
  • Triple rooms with 3 persons per room.
  • Triple suites with 2 bedrooms and 1 or 2 persons per room.
  • Quad suites with 2 bedrooms and 2 persons per room.

Kitchen

  • No kitchens in student rooms and suites.
  • Minimum 10 meal plan always required.
  • Community kitchen in the basement.

Bath

Full bathroom with tub/shower in each suite.

Furnishings

  • Long (80 inch) twin beds, desk, dresser, and wastebasket for each resident.
  • Windows have blinds.
  • Carpeted floors in student rooms and suites.

Telephone

  • NYU local telephone service is provided at no additional charge. Your telephone number is included with your room assignment, and telephone service is available when you check in, including call waiting and voice mail. There is one phone jack per resident sharing one line per bedroom. Residents provide their own telephones (no cordless or wall phones).
  • NYU long distance service information will be mailed to your home address before or provided at check-in. Charges will be billed to each resident's hall address monthly.

Internet connections

Ethernet connections to NYUNet and the Internet for each resident are provided in each bedroom. Connection information will be mailed with your room assignment before you arrive, will be available at check-in, or may be accessed at www.nyu.edu/resnet. Residents provide their own computers with Ethernet cards, cables, and software.

Cable TV

NYU Cable TV service is provided, with one cable connection per bedroom, for access to national cable networks and special programming. Residents provide their own televisions and connecting cables.

Dining Services

  • Starbucks @ the Square directly next to the residence hall on the corner of Washington Square East and West 4th Streets.
  • Minimum 10 meal plan always required.

Maintenance Concerns

Report maintenance concerns to the residence hall reception desk. Service Requests should be submitted at the first sign of a problem. If there is damage in your room, do not repair it yourself. Skilled repair personnel will fix it for you. Preventative maintenance and routine repairs are done without charge, though you will be billed for any damage caused by your negligence or actions.

Emergency repairs include major leaks and flooding, inoperative door locks, and any problem that endangers safety or property. In case of an emergency, contact the reception desk or any member of the residence hall staff immediately.

Mail

Mailing Address format (do not include the residence hall name):

Student Name
79 Washington Square East, Room Number
New York, NY   10003

Shipping packages before arrival: Do not send boxes or packages for arrival at your residence hall before you check in, when you can pick them up the same day a package notice is placed in your mail box.

Description

  • Traditional suite-style residence hall with bath in each unit.
  • Air-conditioned.
  • Undergraduate residence
  • All floors coed; single sex in rooms, suites, and apartments.

Features

  • Study rooms, TV lounge, game room, community kitchen.
  • Classroom.
  • Three blocks from Coles Sports Center.
  • Coin operated laundry in basement.