Watt Hall
| Watt | |
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| Built | 1908 (Converted 1996) |
| Renovated | |
| Population | 144 |
| University Residence Halls | |
| 548 West 113th Street • 600 West 113th Street • Broadway • Carlton Arms • Carman • East Campus • 47 Claremont • Furnald • Harmony • Hartley • Hogan • John Jay • McBain • River • Ruggles • Schapiro • Wallach • Watt • Wien • Woodbridge | |
Watt offers a great apartment-style setting with both studio singles and doubles. This building is a pre-war construction, converted to a graduate residence hall in 1977 and into an undergraduate residence in 1996.
Contents
Facilities
Suites
- 12 apartments for 2 with 1 bedroom
- 11 apartments for 2 with 2 bedrooms
- 28 studio singles
- 35 studio doubles
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
- Watt 1O is an often-overlooked large double. On other floors it would be a one-bedroom.
- Can travel room to room via the fire escape.
Disadvantages
- No common lounges.
- No computer labs or printers so you have to walk to McBain to print anything out.
- No vending machines
- Elevator sometimes gets stuck between floors.
- Fire engine based at 113th and Amsterdam frequently blares sirens and horn late at night.
Photos
First suite bedroom, view 1
First suite bedroom, view 2
Second suite bedroom, view 1
Second suite bedroom, view 2
Suite bathroom, view 1
Suite bathroom, view 2
Suite lounge, view 1
Suite lounge, view 2
Suite kitchen
Studio double
Floor plans
Floor 1
Floor 2
Floor 3
Floor 4
Floor 5
Floor 6
Map
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Building address
549 W. 113th St.
New York, NY 10025
