🏠 City University of New York — Parent Guide

🏠 How housing selection works at City University of New York

CUNY is largely a commuter system.Most CUNY students live at home with family or in private off-campus housing throughout New York City's five boroughs. The vast majority of CUNY campuses do not operate residence halls.

Campuses with residence halls.Four CUNY campuses operate of their own:

• of New York (CCNY)— The Towers at CCNY, in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan. Apartment-style for CCNY undergraduates and some CUNY graduate students.
• Hunter College— Brookdale Campus residence on East 25th Street, Manhattan. Primarily for Hunter undergraduates, transfer students, and some CUNY graduate / Macaulay Honors students.
• Queens College— The Summit on the Queens campus. Apartment-style with full kitchens.
• College of Staten Island (CSI)— Dolphin Cove (opened 2014). Apartment-style on the Willowbrook campus.

How to apply.Each CUNY campus operates its own housing application process, with separate timelines, costs, and eligibility rules. Apply directly to the campus housing office of the school you've been admitted to.

Off-campus housing.CUNY's central student-affairs housing office maintains resource guides for finding off-campus apartments and roommates throughout New York City. Many CUNY students live in roommate situations in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx where rents are lower than Manhattan.

Greek life.Several CUNY campuses host recognized fraternities and sororities, but Greek-letter organizations do not maintain on-campus chapter houses anywhere in the CUNY system.