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Features & Services

Reception Desk

Location: straight back from main entrance.

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

Telephone number: 212/992-1010

Desk services:

  • Information about the residence hall, procedures, services, and activities.
  • Check in and check out.
  • Maintenance Requests.
  • Key return and problems.
  • Reserve practice/conference rooms.
  • Movie and game sign out.
  • Vacuum cleaners and cleaning equipment 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: 212/992-1210.
  • 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.

Description

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

Building/Community Features

  • Study lounge, pool table, TV lounge, piano practice room, computer lab, conferenece room, exercise room.
  • Card operated laundry on each floor (laundry card machines in lobby).

Room Features

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

Room and suite types

  • 2 bedroom apartments with 1-3 persons per room.
  • 3 bedroom apartments with 2 persons per room.
  • 4 bedroom apartments with 1-3 persons per room.
  • 5 bedroom apartments with 4 rooms for 2 persons and one single for 1 person.
  • Low Cost Triples: somewhat smaller studio apartments for 3 students.
  • Low Cost Suites: somewhat smaller 2 bedroom apartments with 1-2 persons per room
  • Limited single rooms, all in 2,4, or 5 room apartments.

Kitchen

  • Kitchen with refrigerator, stove, oven, and sink.
  • Dining area with table and chairs (or breakfast bar and stools in Low Cost Suites).
  • Residents provide their own cookware, dishes, and supplies.

Bath

Full bathroom with tub/shower or stall shower in studio apartments. Two bathrooms in two-bedroom suites for four and three-bedroom suites for six persons. Three or four bathrooms in three- to five-bedroom suites for seven to eleven residents.

Furnishings

  • Long (80 inch) twin beds, desk, dresser, and wastebasket for each resident.
  • Dining table and chairs (or bar and stools) in kitchen area.
  • Lounge chair and/or two-seat couch in common living areas. (Except in Low Cost Suites).
  • Windows have blinds.
  • Hardwood floors in student rooms and suites.

Telephone

  • NYU telephone service is provided at no additional charge. This includes unlimited local calling, call waiting and caller-id. Free voice mail is provided upon request. Your telephone number is included with your room assignment, and the telephone service is available when you check in. There is one telephone jack per person sharing one telephone line in each bedroom. Residents provide their own telephones.
  • NYU long distance service information will be mailed to your home address before school begins or provided at check-in. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us by email at telephone.service@nyu.edu or by telephone at 212-998-3333, option 2. For further information about our services, please go to: www.nyu.edu/its/telephone/student.

Internet connections

Ethernet connections to NYUNet and the Internet for each resident are provided in each bedroom at no charge. Connection information will be available at check-in. Residents provide their own computers with Ethernet cards, cables, and software.

Cable TV

Cable TV or 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

No Dining room in residence hall.

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
80 Lafayette Street, Room #
New York, NY 10013

Shipping Packages before arrival: Do not send boxes or packages for arrival at your residence hall before you check in. You can pick packages up the same day a package notice is placed in your mailbox. Package distribution hours may differ by building.

Mail Room Hours: For specific mail room hours of operation please go to the Reception Desk of the Hall Office.