First-Year Housing
Welcome to Stony Brook University! Our residential communities are designed to foster strong connections and enhance engagement for our first-year residents, providing ample opportunities for meaningful interactions. Students participating in our Undergraduate Colleges are housed in one of our three corridor-style communities. Scholars and WISE students live in Eleanor Roosevelt Community. Simons STEM Scholars and Honors College program participants are housed in Yang Hall, a suite-style building, as part of our Living Learning Community. Our priority is to house all new first-year students who want to live on campus and meet all deposit and application deadlines. Demand may exceed available spaces, and we will implement these strategies to best support as many students with housing.
Eleanor Roosevelt Community
These are Corridor Style, primarily double rooms with limited design three-person rooms and single rooms. These include: Keller Hall, Greeley Hall, and Wagner Hall. Home of The Creativity, Technology, & Innovation (CTI) Undergraduate College, University Scholars, and WISE programs.
VIRTUAL TOURMendelsohn Community
Corridor Style, double rooms. These include: Irving Hall O'Neill Hall, and Ammann Hall. Home of the Social Justice, Equity, & Ethics (SJE) Undergraduate College.
VIRTUAL TOURH Community
Corridor Style, double rooms. These include: Benedict South Hall, Langmuir Hall and James Hall. Home of The Global Health, Wellness, & Community (GWC) Undergraduate College.
VIRTUAL TOURYang Hall
Living Learning Community Suite Style, double rooms. Home of the Honors College and Simons STEM Scholars Program.
VIRTUAL TOURRoom Style Details:
Corridor Style
- Generally houses two residents.
- Shared bathroom for the entire floor and is cleaned daily.
- Rooms are furnished with two beds, dressers, desks, and closets. Rooms are generally 180 square feet in size.
- Each floor has a public lounge for students to socialize and relax in.
- No air conditioning in bedrooms except on the fourth floor of Roosevelt Community
- General room layout can be found here.
Suite Style
- Houses between four to six residents.
- Shared bathroom for the suite and cleaned weekly.
- Each suite has a private living room area that contains two sofas and a table.
- Double occupancy rooms are furnished with two beds, dressers, desks, and closets. Rooms are generally 130-165 square feet in size.
- Single Occupancy rooms in Chávez and Tubman are furnished with one bed, dresser, desk, and closet. Rooms are generally 110 square feet in size.
- To accommodate the suite bathroom and private living area bedrooms are smaller in suite-style housing.
- Air conditioning in Living Learning Community suites.
- General suite layout can be found here.
For information about housing rates, please visit the Rates and Fees Page. If you need to contact your area office or building staff, see our contact information. If you choose to live with us beyond your first year, see our expanded housing options for continuing students.
Economy ROOMS
- Economy rooms are a designed room type and are not a temporary configuration.
- Each economy room resident has their own desk and wardrobe or closet space.
- Lofted and bunked beds are permanent and cannot be changed.
- Two-person economy rooms have both beds lofted.
- Three-person economy rooms have one bed lofted and the other two beds bunked.
- Economy three-person rooms are not the same as temporary triple rooms. Furniture such as desks, wardrobes and dressers are smaller in these rooms than in non-economy rooms.
- Due to the room configuration and furniture, these rooms are at an economy rate compared to our traditional double or three-person rooms. Residents are eligible to request a room change or swap during designated periods that all students besides those in temporary triples can participate in.
Additional Housing Options:
Gender Inclusive Housing
Gender Inclusive Housing (GIH) is a housing option in which two or more students share a bedroom, suite and/or apartment regardless of the students' sex, gender identity or gender expression. In other words, this option allows for students of any gender identity to live together regardless of sex assigned at birth.
Gender Inclusive Housing is not recommended or intended for: living with significant others, only specific people, and/or to get to a specific location within housing. Choosing to live in GIH is an agreement for the whole year, and you will not be permitted to room change to a non-GIH space after being approved. Similarly, if you do not choose to live in GIH for the upcoming year, you will only be able to choose rooms based on the gender identity listed on your student record. Approximately 1.25% of New First-Years participate in Gender Inclusive Housing, representing about 35 bedspaces in two communities. Appeals to leave or join GIH mid-year can be made in the housing portal. If you are interested, you will need to review and agree to all items below in your housing application before being approved for Gender Inclusive Housing.
- I understand choosing to live in Gender Inclusive Housing means I will have roommates and/or suitemates of any gender identities.
- I understand that the only options I will have access to are gender inclusive spaces, and that I am committed to living in GIH for the academic year.
- I understand that only people who have been approved for the Gender Inclusive Housing environment will be allowed to move into my space.
- I understand that if I live in GIH with the plan to live with a specific person, and that person leaves the space, that the room will be filled by only individuals who are GIH approved.
- I affirm and feel comfortable living with LGBTQ* people, specifically trans and non-binary people.
- I understand my role in creating and affirming a bias free environment for everyone living in this community.
For more information, please contact:
Campus Residences at (631) 632-6750 or at reside@stonybrook.edu.
LGBTQ* Services at (631) 632-2941 or at lgbtqservices@stonybrook.edu