The guide

Six ways people end up living here.

Everyone arrives on a different errand — a summer placement, a semester, a lease that ended, a city they have not moved to yet. Each of these follows one of them through, with the real rates and the parts we would rather you knew in advance.

Rooms for rent

A room of your own, let by the week.

What renting a room here means, the three rates, and what the weekly number covers.

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Furnished rooms

Arrive with a suitcase and nothing else.

The actual furniture list, what is missing from it, and why that matters for a short stay.

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Intern housing

Somewhere to live for one summer in Midtown East.

Ten to twelve weeks, no annual lease, and a commute that works from Midtown to downtown.

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Student housing

A term, not a twelve-month lease.

Six campuses inside a half-hour, and a rate that does not have a second half.

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Coliving

Your own room. Shared everything else.

How the trade works, how it compares with a flatshare and a studio, and who it suits.

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Roommates

The roommate question, answered both ways.

How to find one, what to ask before signing, and what a shared lease actually commits you to.

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Latest

The in-room pantry counter with a microwave and kettle beside a framed mirror

Rooms for rent · August 13, 2026

What "all utilities included" actually covers at $525 a week

The phrase does a lot of work in listings and almost none of it is specific. This is the itemised version, and how to check anyone else's.

The brick facade of Seton Residence lit blue after dark, with the canopied entrance at street level

Student housing · August 13, 2026

Off-campus housing near Baruch College, thirteen minutes up Lexington

Baruch has no traditional campus and very little housing of its own, which makes the commute the whole decision. This one is a straight line up one avenue.

The lounge television corner with a sofa, armchairs and framed prints

Furnished rooms · August 13, 2026

What a furnished room actually comes with — and what it doesn't

Some listings mean a bed frame. Some mean a fully equipped flat. Here is the specific version, including the part most operators leave for the arrival.

The rear courtyard at Seton Residence, with planted beds, shade sails and the building's fire escape overhead

Coliving · August 13, 2026

Renting a room versus a studio in Midtown East: the real math

The headline rents are not comparable, because they are not buying the same thing. These are the costs that sit underneath them.

A seating area in the lounge with a sofa, arched mirrors and a chandelier

Intern housing · August 13, 2026

The NYC intern housing timeline: when to book for summer

The searching happens in winter. The moving happens in June. Almost everything that goes wrong with intern housing comes from treating those as the same month.

Lounge seating with teal armchairs, a low table and bookshelves either side of the windows

Roommates · August 13, 2026

Questions to ask a potential roommate before you sign

Most roommate advice is about cleaning rotas. The arrangements that actually collapse do so over who owes what when somebody leaves in month seven.

Still not sure which one you are?

Tell us the dates and we will tell you which room fits.

Most of these questions resolve faster in a sentence than in an article. Send the dates and roughly how long you need, and you will get availability and a full quote back, normally the same working day.

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Send the dates and the room you want. You will get availability and a full quote back, normally the same working day.

Email: info@setonresidence.com
Phone: 1-929-630-2212
Address: 144 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016