Does anyone have ideas on dorm housing that my daughter can stay at in NYC? She will be interning (ten weeks) at a midtown Manhattan location on Fifth Avenue near Rockefeller Center, which will require very late hours. Not sure how far the walk is to subway from workplace, but it must be very close to subway after work. Any other housing is not possible, and she won’t be making a trip to NYC until summer. I would appreciate any advice, tips or experience about safe summer housing and proximity to subway.
Thanks!
I do know that NYU makes its dorms available to summer interning students, even from other universities, for a very reasonable price. I would check that out.
Columbia University also offers intern housing for non-students during the summer. The cost for 2015 was 3,318 + tax (single, 9 weeks) or 3,689 + tax (single, 10 weeks). They also offered doubles for 2,602 + tax (9 weeks) or 2,889 + tax (10 weeks).
https://www.studenthousing.org/
https://www.nycintern.org/
http://www.newschool.edu/student-housing/summer/
My kid stayed at New School housing because many of their dorms have AC, and it is not the case at many other dorms. It can get very hot in NYC.
There are many subways around Rockefeller Center, E, N Q R, B D F.
http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html
Use MTA planner to figure out which subway/bus to take:
http://www.mta.info/
Most students like to stay downtown, especially around the Union Square (14th) area and that’s where many of NYU dorms are. Chelsea is also another good place to stay.
Summer housing go fast. Your daughter is lucky that she already has her internship. I would sign up for a place as soon as possible, don’t wait until Mar.
The daughter of one of my professional colleagues had a summer internship with Steve Madden last year and was able to get housing at FIT, Fashion Institute of Technology which is on 7th Avenue & 28th Street. That is closer to Rockefeller Center than either Columbia or NYU. Not certain if the dorm was air-conditioned or not but you can easily get or bring a fan.
Fan wouldn’t do it for NYC when it is hot and humid. With all the cement and pavement, it can be like an oven, especially when there is no breeze. Most snowflakes wouldn’t make it without AC.
Ditto what oldfort said. Act fast as thousands of students come to NYC for summer internships.
There have been numerous threads about this topic over the past several years. I’d suggest you do a search.
In Brooklyn Heights very close to the train, just a stop or two from Manhattan: http://www.studenthousing.org/live/st-george-studio