Deluxe Room
$525per week
A private room with a shared bathroom down the hall.
BedFull bed
BathroomShared with two or three residents
OccupancyOne resident
In the building15 of 61
Furnished rooms by the week · Midtown East
Sixty-one rooms, four minutes from Grand Central.
Rooms
Per week
- Deluxe RoomShared bath · 15 rooms$525
- Studio BasicEn-suite · 25 rooms$650
- King StudioEn-suite · 9 rooms$745
Grand Central
4 min walk
The place
A 1931 building on East 40th Street that spent most of its life as a hotel and now lets rooms by the week instead of the night.
That history is why the rooms are the size they are, why there is a lounge on the ground floor rather than a corridor you walk straight through, and why the front desk is staffed instead of a keypad. Sixty-one units over six floors, half a block from Lexington Avenue.
Rooms come furnished and the rate covers everything: utilities, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, linens and weekly housekeeping. There is no separate bill, no internet contract and no twelve-month lease. Seven nights is the minimum; most people stay a term or two.
What you do not get is a kitchen in the room. There is a fridge, a microwave and a kettle, and everything beyond that happens in the communal kitchen. It is the one thing worth knowing before you enquire.
In every rate
- Electricity, gas, heat, water and trash
- Air conditioning
- High-speed Wi-Fi throughout
- Weekly housekeeping
- Bed linens and towels
- Communal kitchen and laundry room
- Lounge, recreation room and courtyard
- Front desk, security and mail handling
Three room types
Pick the room, not the lease.
What separates them is space and whether the bathroom is yours. Everything else - what is included, the building, the terms - is the same.
Studio Basic
$650per week
A self-contained studio with its own bathroom, off the corridor.
BedQueen bed
BathroomEn-suite
OccupancyOne resident
In the building25 of 61
King Studio
$745per week
The largest room in the building, en-suite, and shareable as a twin.
BedQueen bed, can be arranged as a twin
BathroomEn-suite
OccupancyOne or two residents
In the building9 of 61
The building
Built in 1931, still six floors of brick and limestone.
It was renovated in 2010 and the bones did not change: tall windows, thick walls, and a courtyard at the back that no new building on this block could afford to give up the floor area for.
Built1931
Renovated2010
Floors6
Units61
Walk Score98
Transit Score100
Midtown East
Everything here is measured in minutes.
The address scores 98 for walking and 100 for transit. Those two numbers decide whether a room in Manhattan is worth what it costs.
From the front door
Grand Central Terminal4 min walk
Chrysler Building5 min walk
Morgan Library & Museum7 min walk
Bryant Park9 min walk
New York Public Library9 min walk
Empire State Building13 min walk
United Nations14 min walk
Times Square16 min walk
Fifth Avenue shopping16 min walk
Central Park9 min by subway
Trains
Grand Central–42 St 4 5 6 7 S4 min walk
Grand Central Terminal Metro-North4 min walk
Grand Central Madison Long Island Rail Road5 min walk
42 St–Bryant Park B D F M9 min walk
33 St 68 min walk
Before you enquire
The four questions everyone asks.
How much does a furnished room near Grand Central cost?
At Seton Residence rooms start at $525 a week for a Deluxe Room with a shared bathroom, $650 for a Studio Basic with an en-suite, and $745 for a King Studio. Every rate includes electricity, gas, heat, water, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, weekly housekeeping and linens, so the weekly figure is what you actually pay.
What is the minimum stay?
Seven nights. There is no maximum, and most residents stay between three months and a year. Rates are quoted weekly rather than monthly, so a stay does not have to start on the first of the month.
Is there a kitchen in the room?
No. Rooms have a mini-fridge, a microwave and a kettle, and the Studio Basic adds a coffee maker, but there is no stove or oven in any room. Cooking happens in the communal kitchen, which is shared by everyone in the building. This is the single thing people most often assume otherwise, so it is worth checking before you book.
Is the bathroom private?
In the Studio Basic and the King Studio, yes, the bathroom is en-suite. The Deluxe Room uses a bathroom on the corridor shared with two or three other residents, cleaned weekly by housekeeping. That difference is the main reason the Deluxe costs $125 a week less.
Enquire
Tell us your dates
Send the dates and the room you want. You will get availability and a full quote back, normally the same working day.
- Phone
- 1-929-630-2212
- Address
- 144 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016