Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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Housing

Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School Housing

The Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (WCGS) offers affordable apartment housing to all full-time students for the Ph.D. training period. Student housing is within a few blocks of classrooms and laboratories, in a neighborhood of residential buildings, shops, restaurants and medical facilities on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

The Weill Cornell Housing Office makes the housing assignments for our students, accommodating students and their families in studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, or dormitory-style residences.

Types of Housing

Sloan House, an apartment residence located at 1233 York Avenue contains studios, 1-bedroom apartments, and shared apartments. They are fully furnished (bed, nightstand, lamp, dresser, dining table with chairs, and computer desk and chair). Furniture cannot be removed. Studios and one-bedroom apartments are available for families or domestic partners. Amenities include 24-hr lobby service, laundry facilities, and access to Olin Hall fitness and basketball courts.

Jacob S. Lasdon House, an apartment residence located at 420 East 70th Street, contains fully furnished studios, one-bedrooms, and shared apartments. Amenities here include 24-hr lobby service, central air conditioning, laundry facility, small fitness rooms, an outdoor terrace, community room, squash courts, and access to the Olin Hall fitness room and basketball court.

303 East 71st Street, an apartment building located between First and Second Avenues. Studios and one bedroom furnished apartments are available. Furniture cannot be removed.

Olin Hall is a student residence located at 445 East 69th Street.  Adjacent, fully furnished, single rooms share a connecting bathroom. Amenities include 24-hr lobby service, laundry facility, air conditioning, fitness room, basketball courts, outdoor terrace, study room, and access to the Lasdon House squash courts and fitness rooms.

Stahl Properties: The Weill Cornell Medicine Housing Office is now offering studio and junior one-bedroom units at Stahl Properties on East 64th and 65th Streets. All apartments are remodeled and our students are the first occupants post-renovation. Features include: • In-building superintendent • Laundry • Standard kitchen appliances • 24/7 security patrol • Hardwood floors • AC units. All utilities (electric, gas, heat) will be included in the monthly housing fee. Residents will be responsible for setting up and paying for internet and/or cable.

The House @ Cornell Tech: This brand-new building on Roosevelt Island offers high-end amenities—including a fitness center, rooftop lounge, 24/7 concierge desk, communal workspaces, and more—and was designed with sustainability in mind, meeting both LEED and Passive House standards. Visit The House at Cornell Tech website.

In addition to the housing units listed above, there are a few apartments available on East 66 Street, East 77 Street, East 81 Street, and at Stuyvesant Town in Lower Manhattan. 

Brief Housing Guidelines

For a complete list of the housing guidelines please visit the Weill Cornell Housing Office website: https://housing.weill.cornell.edu/

Pets: Pets are not permitted in WCM Housing. They are permitted in MSK Housing but only in studios and one-bedrooms (family housing). Pets are not permitted in MSK Housing shared apartments.

Guaranteed Housing: Housing is guaranteed for all incoming single students enrolled in WCGS Ph.D. Programs if they wish to live on campus. Ph.D. students may live in student housing for up to 7 years.

Family Housing: Spouses and children of incoming graduate students are provided family housing with proof of marriage or domestic partnership. These consist of studios, one-bedrooms, and a limited number of two-bedrooms.

Open Housing: Students in two-shared apartments in Lasdon House can live together regardless of biological sex, gender, or gender identity.

Moving-out: All students are expected to notify the Weill Cornell Housing Office of a vacate date at least two weeks prior to moving out. Vacate dates should coincide with the stipend termination date (i.e. the last day in the laboratory).

Internet

Lasdon/Olin Hall: Both of these housing buildings are connected to the secure, school-wide, wireless server. Ethernet ports are also available in each room for wired connections.

Sloan: Sloan house is not connected to the wireless WCMC server. As such, residents in Sloan have the option of purchasing Internet services from external vendors and are reimbursed for their internet bills every year by the Graduate School Office (restrictions apply). 

Contact us

For assistant with any graduate school housing related affairs, please contact the housing office at housing@med.cornell.edu or visit http://weill.cornell.edu/housing/.

Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences 1300 York Ave. Box 65 New York, NY 10065 Phone: (212) 746-6565 Fax: (212) 746-5981