<p>For current students, I would like your opinion about my options. I will be walking home late/at odd hours (architecture), so im worry about safety. Ive read that Howe Street is not the safest. So there are several factors to consider…</p>
<p>-100 Howe St. - 875$ (no elec): was originally my top choice becuz it is affordable, big, nice, has a separate kitchen, HARDWOOD floors, and relatively close to the architecture bldg. I can sublet in the summers to non-yale students, i dont know if this is an issue… (cuz who lives near Yale during the summer but yale affiliates anyway). A place i would consider staying through the whole program, ultimately i want to minimize moving. The only drawback is that this area might not be so safe? can anyone testify as to how safe/unsafe this location is?</p>
<p>-1145 Chapel St - 910$ (no elec):do people stay for years? Is this a tower where ppl actually stay the entire program? location is unbeatable since its right beside the architecture building. (i would sleep more…) It is big and bright, best layout, separate kitchen, BUT it has carpets… And the main drawback is that it is on the 3rd floor, and facing the GPSCY (Graduate Professional Student Center at Yale)… so it might be noisy. Does anyone know how noisy/how often it is? Can you hear the pub everyday? I am not worry about sleep since Im a night owl, but I dont know if I can work with noise.</p>
<p>Im super confused. It depends on how loud vs how safe!
Any comments/stories/experiences are welcomed!!</p>
<p>Both are probably equally as safe. Not sure about the noise from GPSCY. One thing to keep in mind: During the summer months, many Yale undergraduate students, who have moved off campus for the school year, are trying to sublet their apartments. That creates a glut of apartments for the summer months with too few renters. You should err on the conservative side and plan to eat your rent for the summer, or at best, discount the rent by 50% to attract a summer renter. That’s true no matter where you live.</p>
<p>My daughter (summer post freshman year) lived on Lynwood just one block over from Howe. I’m not a super-crazy mom, but it seemed safe enough to me. With full disclosure though, her house was broken into one night (while the house was full of sleeping kiddos) and a few things were stolen. But it was a no-forced-entry thing, so likely a key had not been well-cared-for. I wouldn’t have any qualms about her living there again. It’s true about rents in summer; my daughter is getting an amazingly nice room in an east rock house for less than $500 a month this summer.</p>
<p>That part of Howe is 100% safe. It’s actually a nice, leafy street, and a ton of students live there. There’s a falafel place across the street that’s open until 3, so there are usually people around. Also, it’s actually a lot better-lit than that part of Chapel.</p>
<p>Also, in case you didn’t know: anytime between 6PM and 6AM, you can call Yale Security and get a free shuttle ride to/from campus to anywhere near by (including both of those apartment buildings). I actually live two blocks past Howe (i.e. farther away from campus in the sketchy direction), I walk home every day, often past 2AM, and I’ve never felt unsafe.</p>