East Campus

East Campus offers a variety of living styles across townhouses, split-level apartments, two-person apartments, and double rooms.

Building Fast Facts

To choose a room in this building during Room Selection, students must be part of a group. There are no corridor-style singles available.
Beautiful views of the city, Morningside Park, and campus
Located in close proximity to Columbia Dining @ Faculty House and The Fac Shack
Building has air conditioning
Bathrooms and kitchens are cleaned by residents
Two-person apartments in the high rise are duplexes with stairs
Townhouses, including kitchens and baths, along with the main and second floor lounges were renovated over Summer 2025

Room Selection 2025 Data:

Room Selection 2025 data shows that the students who selected into this building were 89% rising seniors, 10% rising juniors, and 1% rising sophomores.

100% of students who selected into this building participated as part of a group.
- 11% were in mixed-point groups with an average point value of 33.51
- 84% were in rising seniors groups
- 4% were in rising juniors groups
- 1% were in rising sophomore groups
4 and 5-person apartments were the first rooms in this building to be filled
- 100% of 4-person apartments were filled by rising seniors
- 80% of 5-person apartments were filled by rising seniors and 20% of 5-person apartments were filled by rising juniors in mixed point groups
6-person apartments were the second group of rooms in this building to be filled
- 99% of 6-person apartments were filled by rising seniors
100% of 2-person apartments were filled by rising seniors during the first two days of selection

Please keep in mind that class make-up in each building varies year to year based on student preferences. This should not be used as predictive data for the upcoming academic year.

Building Details:

Housing Rate:

View Rate Structure

Entrance Location:

Ancel Plaza

Elevators:

High-rise: 2

Townhouses: walk-up only

Single/Double Rooms*:

570 singles / 76 doubles (8 doubles are corridor-style)

Air Conditioning:

Yes (seasonal)

Bathroom Style:

Private bathroom within each apartment

Cleaning Responsibility & Schedule:

Bathrooms: Resident responsibility

Kitchens: Resident responsibility

Trash & Recycling: Residents are responsible for disposing of their waste.

High-rise residents should dispose of trash in the trash chutes (small bags of trash) by the elevator or the recycling bins in the room adjacent to the lounge.
Townhouse residents should dispose of trash and recycling in the courtyard receptacles.

Flooring:

Hard surface

Furnishings:

All rooms are furnished

Type of Room Lock:

CUID Tap

*RAs are assigned single rooms. Not all singles will be available.

Building Amenities:

Bike Storage:

Not available. See the list of bike storage locations in our residence halls.

Clothing Donation Bin:

Located in the laundry room on B1 level

Computer Lab & Print Station:

Computer labs available on 10th and 18th floors

Print station available in building lobby

Fitness Room:

Available on 8th and 16th floors

Kitchen:

Private kitchens available in each apartment

Building kitchen available on 6th floor

Laundry:

Free laundry facility on B1 level

Lounge:

A lounge with a piano and big screen TV available on second floor

Study lounges available on 12th, 14th, and 20th floors

What Former Residents Say:

"This was the best living arrangement I've had in all my time at Columbia because it allowed me to live with my friends while we all had our own spaces as well. The kitchen and bathroom were amazing and it was also really nice to have lots of space in the living room and a big kitchen table for us all to hang out together."

"The building is very close to where I had a majority of my classes. I often only needed to cross the law bridge to pop into St. Paul's or Schermerhorn for my classes. I loved the vending machines and the courtyard. The lounges were also really nice and the practice rooms were incredibly helpful. I didn't use the exercise room, but friends I know who did liked it!"

"I loved my room, and I wish I could stay in it forever. I enjoyed the view that it had looking over Morningside park. I hope the next person enjoys it as much as I did."

Features of East Campus Housing Options

East Campus offers distinct styles of housing: apartments, flats and corridor-doubles in the high-rise and townhouses. Review the table below to learn more about each option.

Feature: Elevators/Staircases:
Flat: Flat access: elevator within building
Within flats: no staircases
Duplex Apartment: Apartment access: elevator within building
Within apartment: staircase divides living spaces among different floors
Townhouse: Townhouse access: via stairs in the courtyard
Within townhouses: staircase divides living spaces among different floors

Feature: Microwave:
Flat: N/A
Duplex Apartment: N/A
Townhouse: Microwave in kitchen

Feature: Kitchen Layout:
Flat: Galley
Duplex Apartment: Open to living room
Townhouse: Open to living room

Feature: Shower Style:
Flat: Tub/shower combo
Duplex Apartment: Tub/shower combo
Townhouse: Walk-in shower

Feature: Dishwasher:
Flat: N/A
Duplex Apartment: Dishwasher in kitchen
Townhouse: N/A

Note: There are only 8 corridor-doubles in East Campus. These rooms are accessible by elevator. They do not have a living room or kitchen. The bathrooms is a tub/shower combo.