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Yale School of Art
1156 Chapel Street, POB 208339
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520-8339

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Off Campus Housing Resources

  • Yale is home to 6,500 Graduate and Professional School students, many of whom prefer to live off campus. The University offers limited on-campus housing options for graduate and PhD students, so the Yale Housing Office maintains a portal with Off-Campus Listings in which the property owners are verified.
  • We recommend starting there, or with listings that will be updated on this page from within the School of Art community, or on the closed Facebook Group. As you look for apartments Yale recommends trying to stay within the Yale Shuttle routes to benefit from campus safety and campus police/security, but this is of course up to you.
  • Additionally, students leaving the program will soon have apartments that they are vacating, and we will begin posting those opportunities here; there are some property owners in the vicinity who have routinely rented to School of Art and Architecture students and those individuals can be easy to work with.
  • When using outside listing resources such as Facebook or Craigslist, be mindful of course of scams and bad actors. Anyone presenting themselves as a Yale student, staff or faculty should be able to verify their identity with a university email address that ends either in yale.edu orbulldogs.yale.edu; NEVER @yale.com. Do not send passwords, verification codes or money to anyone without verifying their identity or signing a vetted lease.*
  • ** Facebook Group for Yale Off-Campus Housing and Roommates
  • This is a closed group, but listings are pretty current and reliable. Access requests are usually granted within 24 hours.
  • Other resources include:

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**Most MFA students opt to live off-campus, and where they choose to do so is a personal preference. The information compiled here is from the advice of previously enrolled students; the School itself does not endorse any specific properties or management companies.

The Yale Office of Off-Campus Housing advises students to consider housing within the perimeter of the Yale Shuttle routes however the University is large so proximity to School of Art buildings should be considered.**

The School of Art has three main buildings which house departmental facilities and workspace, the addresses of which are:
-Green Hall, 1156 Chapel St (Graphic Design Studios, Photo Labs/Studios)
-353 Crown Street (Painting Studios)
-36 Edgewood Ave (Sculpture Studios, some Photography Studios)

*We have mapped these locations for your reference, as well as the vicinities that most School of Art students choose to live, HERE.

Student feedback indicates that East Rock, Wooster Square, Westville or the Whitney Ave. section of town are popular areas for those who don’t mind a longer walk though the majority of students live in close proximity to the School for convenience when keeping late hours in the studio.

As another guide, Off-Campus addresses for previous School of Art students are listed below. The streets in BOLD are the closest to School of Art buildings.

Bishop Street 16, 120

Brown Street 23

Canner Street 52

Chapel Street 1022, 1175, 1180, 1182, 1187, 1191,1195,1204, 1214, 1220, 1275, 1290,

Church Street 227

Avenue 11

Dwight Street 42, 65, 74, 108, 114, 115, 136, 163,176, 179, 188, 192, 194, 223, 227, 239, 251, 275

Edgewood Avenue 10, 102

Elm Street 376, 434, 436

Greenwood Street 136

Howe Street 70, 80, 91, 94, 100, 127, 131

Huntington Street 228

Lawrence Street 188

Livingston Street 70

Lynwood Place 2, 75

Nash Street 99

Orange Street 625

Park Street 111, 165, 168, 210

Pearl Street 33

St.John Street 311, 316

Victoria Court 118

Wall Street 4

Willow Street 285, 287

York Street 129

Approx. 4 MFA students lived “on-campus” in University Housing facilities during the 2018-19 academic year (such as HHH at 420 Temple, Harkness at 367 Cedar, Mansfield St. and York-Crown at 141 York).

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Sam Callahan - GD 1st Year - Looking for a room for rent, where dogs are allowed and on-site laundry facilities. samantha.callahan@yale.edu

Brianna Bass - PP 1st Year - Seeking a whole place for rent Email briannakbass@gmail.com

Han Gao - GD 1st Year - Looking for a whole place to rent with on-site laundry facilities. $1500/month max, email derrickghan@gmail.com

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RENTAL LISTINGS FROM SoA STUDENTS

Updated Fri, 7/24, Available 8/15/20 - 1 Room in a 3 Bedroom available - $705/month RIGHT ACROSS FROM SC STUDIOS - $2115 ($705 each) and utilities (+-150 total/month) / 1 Year lease Located at 26 Edgewood Ave, Shared with Graphic Design 2nd yr Ana Lobo and Architecture 2nd yr Laura Pappalrado Lease starts Aug 15th Photos of the space: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pKoHm6oC-SnQsmE9L52rHZMwQ1N1dsUt/view Text or email me if you’re interested: 786-319-8616, palomasizquierdo@gmail.com

Posted 7/17 // Available 8/1 488 Whitney in East Rock > Hi! My roommate and I are looking for someone to sublet a room in a two-bedroom, 1.5 bath third floor walk-up in a quiet apartment complex in East Rock. Washer-dryer and dishwasher in-unit - the apartment is gorgeous and huge (1300 sq ft) with lots of windows and high ceilings. Apologies for the poor photo quality - had to screengrab images from the video sent by current tenants. Contact ang.zhang@yale.edu https://www.trulia.com/p/ct/new-haven/488-whitney-ave-b6-new-haven-ct-06511–2181034029 Photos: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YcRqIsYqfY58MyyZ5TKhJp-xQM8eSZmN, https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cSLpf8OjI8Wc-iSRtoldATM0K6pJSRYd, https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mcQSGWaOoqcH8nXhlUOLWRoZEMfySphg, https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HJ7sa3Meg1kqUIbzEWLZHQzUDcmfDySl, https://drive.google.com/open?id=1k9tjDZBRXvyjWbQK1WRSs4Vc6ezA-6iM

Posted 7/24 > $725/month, Available August 1 2 Available Rooms in a 4 Bedroom, 2-story Apartment (photos coming soon) $2900 // ($725 each) + electric and gas / 1 Year lease ($1300 is first mo rent + deposit) Two floors, washer and dryer in unit, nice backyard area for BBQs. 188 Dwight St - 2R, New Haven, CT 06511 Shared with Jannick DesLauriers (1st year Sculpture) and Rachael (2nd year painting) Lease begins August 1st Text, call, or email me at 801-884-7555 or madisondonnelly1@gmail.com and I will put you in touch with the property manager.

Posted Fri 7/25: 1 Room in a 3 Bedroom available for August $2055 // ($685/person), heat and water included // 1 Year lease 65 Dwight St, Apt. #12 (5 min walk to downtown, <10 min walk to school of art) Shared with Yale postdoc Sue Hong and incoming med student Darius Mostaghimi Lease dates: Aug 2, 2020 - Aug 1, 2021 Furnished with full-sized bed, dresser, lamp, and kitchen+living room furniture/appliances Street parking, off-street & garage all available Laundry within apt complex Photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ev8A_ybxw2UL6luNOryckpaowGPDalee Contact me at sirileefilekeeping@gmail.com or text 917-952-8717.

Posted 7/8: Available for Fall Semester Looking for three subletters for the Fall semester in our our house, located at the corner of Dwight and Edgewood streets, a very central location only a few minutes away from SoA campus. It’s a five-bedroom, so you’ll be sharing it with four lovely housemates hailing from different parts of campus, including phds in history, music and geology, as well as the associate artistic director of the soon to be opened Schwartzman center. The house has a gorgeous and massive kitchen, a separate study which we share for work, a backyard with a fire pit and barn which we normally use for events. Contact henry.balme@yale.edu

Posted 7/30: 1 Room available in a 3 bedroom apartment, 436 Elm Street, New Haven, CT, 06511 2nd Floor walkup Rent: $1500, $500/Person. Heat and Hot water included. WiFi and electricity are split amongst the housemates, usually amount to 30-40$ each person. Lease: Looking for a August 15th move in, Flexible, the lease is for 1 year. Tenants: Shared with 2nd Year MFA Painting Student Gabriel Mills, and a 3rd year Architecture student. Furniture: The kitchen, living room are furnished. The tenants moving are open to leaving/selling shelves and bed-frames. Additional: Parking lot, on-site parking, washer and dryer in the basement, spacious bedrooms and flooded with light. Please contact Gabriel at gabrielmillsart@gmail.com or 914-525-1235 for more information. I will share with you photos, and videos of the apartment and get you in touch with the property managers if interested! Thank you.

Posted 7/28: 1 Room available in a 2 bedroom apartment. Rent: $450 (1 Block from SOA) Utilities/WiFi not included (+50$) Address: 1180 Chapel Street 2nd Floor walkup. Lease: Looking for a August 1 move in, Flexible, the lease is for 1 year. Tenants: Shared with 1 female med student at Yale (prefer female roomate) Furniture: The kitchen, living room are furnished. Please contact Estelle Maisonett at emaisonett@gmail.com or 631-912-7120 for more information.

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Links of Interest for Grad Student Life at Yale

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ON CAMPUS HOUSING

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Yale School of Art is committed to fostering a safe, just and equitable environment for learning, experimentation and discovery, and to encouraging healthy self-care habits.

Enrolled students with general questions, concerns or ideas to share with regards to student relations and academic affairs should start by contacting Taryn Wolf, Director of Academic Administration and Dean’s Designee, and/or the Director of Graduate Study (DGS) or Graduate Coordinator in their area.

Students are encouraged to explore the expansive resources offered by the University during their time at the School. Additionally, you may recommend a particular resource be added to this quick link list by emailing taryn.wolf@yale.edu

Libraries–
Sterling Memorial
Haas Arts Library Beinecke Rare Books & Manuscripts

Fitness at Yale– Whitney Payne Gym & Aquatics

Health & Wellness

Student Cultural Centers

Office of LGBTQ Services

Religious Services

Drug Prevention

Academic Integrity

Disciplinary Procedures and Misconduct

Complaint Procedures

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