Academic, Study, and Practice Spaces
With 58 classrooms, academic space is the foremost building use, with nearly 40 percent of the square footage directed towards educational purposes. The Paulson Center will also provide NYU’s music and performing arts programs with state-of-the-art, purpose-built spaces for its music and theatre students, including a 350-seat theatre, dozens of new music instruction and practice rooms, and an ensemble rehearsal and performance hall.
Rooms are primarily being used for scheduled classes. If available, they may be reserved.
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Academic Spaces
Types of academic space: Classrooms | Theater Production | Studios | Music Rooms
Floors 2 & 3 (Rooms 200–220, 300–318):
40 classrooms with individual seating in an classic arrangement
Floor 4 (Rooms 400–418):
18 classrooms with paired tables in a circular formation
Recommended Access:
The entrance at the corner of Bleecker St. and Mercer St. is the closest to these classrooms. After entering take the stairs or elevator to your class' floor.
You may also enter at the corner of Houston and Greene St., take the stairs or elevator to the second or fourth floor and walk to the north side of the building where these classrooms are located.
Please note: the third floor is interrupted by The Commons and you are unable to walk from the north side to the south side of the building without moving to the second or fourth floor first.
Classroom with classic arrangement
Classroom with circle arrangement
Floor 4 (Rooms 460–467):
Production shops and dressing rooms
Recommended Access:
The entrance at the corner of Houston and Greene St. is the closest to most theater production spaces. You may also enter at the corner of Bleecker St. and Mercer St., take the stairs or elevator to the fourth floor, then walk along the perimeter to the south side of the building.
Floor 5 (Rooms 500–521 A-E and 561-565 F-H)
Includes general studios, dance/martial arts studios, and cabaret studios
Recommended Access:
The entrance at the corner of Bleecker St. and Mercer St. is the closest to most studio. After entering take the stairs or elevator to the fifth floor.
You may also enter at the corner of Houston and Greene St., take the stairs or elevator to the fifth floor and walk along the perimeter to the center or north side of the building.
Dance studio
Floor 5 (Rooms 560, 562, 570, 582):
Includes ensemble classrooms and a percussion studio
Floor 6 (Rooms 620-683):
Includes the ensemble rehearsal and performance room and music instruction rooms
Floor 7 (Room 710-793):
Includes practice rooms and a music library
Recommended Access:
The entrance is at the corner of Bleecker St. and Mercer St., take the stairs or elevator to your floor and walk through the floor to the south half of the building.
Orchestra ensemble room
Study Spaces
There are a variety of drop in lounge and study spaces throughout the Paulson Center, inlcluding the Commons and collaberative study rooms.
Types of study space: Study Rooms | Open Spaces
Floor 2 (Room 257):
Includes a quiet drop-in study room
Floor 3 (Rooms 350-354):
Includes: 4 collaboration rooms, a medium and a large quiet drop-in study rooms
Recommended Access:
The entrance at the corner of Bleecker St. and Mercer St. is the closest to most study rooms. After entering take the stairs or elevator to the second or third floor.
You may also enter at the corner of Houston and Greene St., take the stairs or elevator to the second floor and walk along the perimeter to the Commons to reach the second floor study room or take the stairs on the west wall up to the third floor.
Quiet drop-in study room
Floor 2:
The Commons features a large hall for drop-in study, eating, and gatherings
Floors 2–7:
Open lounges can be found near both primary elevator banks on each floor. You will also find some seating along the glass perimeter and just outside classrooms.
Recommended Access:
The entrance at the corner of Bleecker St. and Mercer St. or Houston and Greene St. After entering take the stairs or elevator to any floor between 2–7.
Open lounge seating
Small music practice spaces are available for Steinhardt music majors. Many of the rooms will accommodate a musician and a piano accompianist.
- Floor 7 (Rooms 711-792)
Recommended Access:
Both main entrances at the corner of Bleecker St. and Mercer St. and the corner of Houston and Greene St. are close to practice rooms. After entering take the elevator or stairs to the seventh floor.
If you have questions about the Paulson Center, please contact AskCampusServices@nyu.edu.