NYU: Gramercy Green Floor Plan

Click for larger. Here it is, friends. The holy grail you've been searching for. I'm about to explain this uninteresting image into the ground, so hold on to your hats.

Please note: I am not intimately familiar with every single room or floor in Gramercy. I am not responsible for the ultimate accuracy of this description. If you catch a mistake or have something to add, please comment below and I might make an updated version of this post in the coming days.

Do NOT post questions about specific rooms that I have not discussed in this post. I will not be able to answer them. If somebody comes along and provides accurate information about any other rooms, I'll add it. Until that happens, I do not know anything more than I have written below.

• My advice to you
  
  
  
  • If you're looking for a certain type of room, e.g. studio double, don't worry about figuring it out from this floor plan. When you go online to pick at your lottery time, you will be able to see all the studio doubles (or other setups) you wish. I'm merely posting this so you can get a feel for the placement of rooms on each floor.
  
  
  • When you go into the lottery, try to be as clear with your card-members on what you want in a room. There will be a lot of information on the lottery site for you to take in, and if you don't act quickly, especially with Gramercy, you could lose the room you want.


• About the floors
  
  
  
  • There are 21 floors and a penthouse, plus a cellar and subcellar. There is no 13th floor. So, technically, there are 20 floors available for NYU students (no rooms on ground floor), with approximately 18 rooms on each floor. Keep in mind that there are some non-NYU families living here, or at least there were in 2008-2009.
  
  
  • On the 2nd floor, the room numbers are completely different because of the huge study lounge (-02 position), CDE/ACDE offices and the rabbi-in-residence (ok I'm not sure if the latter lives on 2, but he and the other faculty- and people in-residence are scattered throughout the building). So, the first room available to NYU students is 202, which corresponds to -06 on the above image.
  
  
  • Floors 4, 5 and 6 have lounges in the -03 position, so that throws the numbering off as well.
  
  
  • Room sizes/numbers might be different on the 17th floor and above, because there is a terrace/balcony on 17.
  
  
  • I believe most RA rooms are in the -16 position. They have a single the size of a double studio and they have a nice leather couch. Make friends with them. :)
  
  
  • From floors 2 to 9 or 10, the -14 rooms, which on other floors have nice corner setups, are flush with the building next door, so the views might not be ideal. I have not been in these rooms though.
  
  

(Same image as above. Click for larger.)

• About this floor plan image
  
  
  
  • If there is no (#) indicated, then I do not know how many people are in that particular suite. Sorry!
  
  
  • I based it on the miniature floor plans given on the Housing site for Gramercy. It is accurate for the pieced-together knowledge I have of rooms on various floors. Specifically, I am familiar with the following rooms and can attest to their accuracy, if you're interested: 202 (-06 position), 204 (-08 position), 705, 1018, 1101, 1109, and 1114. However, because I know that rooms are generally the same on different floors, I can say this is a good general view of a Gramercy floor plan. /disclaimer haha.
  
  
  • For the rooms I have actually been in, I have drawn lines to show the approximate location of the A and B rooms (-05 has a C room too). The small square in the suite marks the bathroom. -05 has two bathrooms that I have not marked. Keep in mind that the rest of the space in suites will include kitchen space (counters, fridge, dishwasher etc.), possible closets and room for a table. Non-RA rooms in Gramercy do not have couches.
  
  
  • The number in parentheses shows the number of bed spaces in a given room. For example, -14 is a four (4)-person suite with (2) in the A room and (2) in the B room.
    
  • The grayed-out areas from left are: stairway, laundry (on approximately every other floor), and elevator/trash/other stairway.
  
  
  • The space between -18 and -01 is occupied by a terrace on the 2nd floor. This means that all -18 room residents can see into -01 rooms and vice versa etc. Same for -14 and -02 I believe. This was fun in the beginning of this year when everyone had their blinds open, but people got shy soon enough so it's harder to spy now. The views from these rooms are still decent because the windows are sufficiently large. For more on an -01 see my 1101 picture post.



• The "best" rooms
  
  
  
  • Honestly, I think they're all decent. And frankly, you're living in Gramercy with amazing kitchen appliances and building facilities, so don't complain if you don't get the exact room you think is the best. But if you're looking for a corner room with floor-to-ceiling window options, you'll want either -02, -05, -11 or -14. This only goes for floors 7 and above, because 2 through 6 are so weirdly configured.
  
  
  • The higher floors I'm sure have great views, but remember that that means you have to go down 15+ stairs for fire drills. We had upwards of 10 fire drills this year.
  
  
  • The rooms within some suites (to cite some, -09 and -05) are fairly small. They are livable, but they're not grand open spaces. The kitchens are likewise fairly modest. In updating Gramercy Green for dorm living, many of the apartments formerly destined for luxury family living were separated into several dorm-style apartments, so sometimes the shapes and sizes of rooms are awkward. For example, -01 and -02 on some floors used to be one full apartment.

All right everyone, hope that was helpful. If you have further clarification or information to provide, please add a comment below (it's the honor system, I want to give you the benefit of the doubt and trust your accuracy because this guide will be helping people in learning about Gramercy), and I may get around to adding it to the post soon.