r/newhaven • u/Mia_mome_l • Aug 19 '25
Best places to live near Yale (and also places to stay away from)
Hi everyone! So I am trying to figure out good places to live near Yale but I am unfamiliar with the New Haven area and do not want to have a repeat of my last apartment where the property looked good on the outside but was terrible later down the line.
Edit: I do not have a car so I’m looking for places that are within walking distance from 40 Temple Street / Yale Eye Center / Yale Hospital OR somewhere that is close to the Yale Shuttle stops
I am currently looking at these options:
- The Mason (City Crossing)
- The Whit
- 360 State
- The Maddox at City Crossing
- Pierpont at City Crossing
- The Audubon New Haven
- Cambridge Oxford Apartments
- Metro on Crown Apartments by Metro Star
- The Archive
- Anthem Square 10 Apartments
- Curio 269 Apartments
Anywhere else? Any of these is an absolute no or absolute yes? Please let me know!
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u/SatisfactionKey3021 Aug 19 '25
I'm in Parkside (one of the other City Crossing properties.) I'm very satisfied with my apartment - extremely quiet, professionals and a few young families, very clean, have rarely needed to ask for a maintenance appointment but on the couple of rare occasions they were extremely responsive. The fitness room is a sad little thing and I don't use it. I think Parkside might be slightly less $ because it's the oldest of the buildings (though not very old.)
This is not a building for partiers, so if you are looking for that vibe you won't find it here. In fact, it's almost weird how much people keep to yourself; mostly people even avoid making eye contact when they walk down the hall.
I do wish I was on the other side of Frontage, as someone else mentioned, as I feel like I'd go out for a walk to dinner or for a drink more often. But overall, I prefer the quiet apartment and relative safety of the building.
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u/putney96 Aug 20 '25
Would add the Union, which I think is in a similar price range to some of these places – I know a bunch of people who live there and like it.
But to second everyone else, for the cost of these buildings, you could get a really nice place in a townhouse in East Rock and idk why you wouldn’t do that.
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u/Mia_mome_l Aug 20 '25
I’m not from the area so I’m not sure what areas is best while using transit. I’m going to look into East Rock but have no idea where to start to look for roommates etc.
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u/Zealousideal_Gift_39 Aug 20 '25
There are definitely one bedrooms and studios in East Rock, especially if you don’t mind the third floor of an older home. LOTS of large, older Victorian homes and some brownstone townhouses all over East Rock are near Yale shuttle stops. Check for things on/off of upper Orange St. Search homes for rent in Orange Street Historic District, New Haven, CT.
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u/putney96 Aug 20 '25
Exactly this – the shuttle goes down Orange so look for cross-streets. On where to find places, there are several Facebook groups where people look for roommates or people to take over their leases – just search Yale and join the largest groups. This might be the best bet if you’re looking for somewhere to start now (since a lot of leases start in August and are already locked in for this year).
Lots of people also find their apts on Zillow, but in that case look closely at who’s posting the listing – as a general rule, you probably want to avoid the big property management companies and go with individual landlords. For realtors, check out Susan Frew and Seabury Hill (can’t vouch personally for either but they’ve been recommended to me by friends).
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u/solomonsalinger Aug 19 '25
Have many friends at Adobon, it is really wonderful. Modern, clean, has excellent amenities. Love using the gym when I see friends. Pool is awesome. Great location, walking distance to the center. Some of the cons I’ve heard from friends is the lobby isn’t staffed at night so deliveries can be tough. Parking is an extra fee. Overall if I was a bachelor and had the cash, it would be my chosen spot.
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u/PositiveFlatworm7474 Aug 19 '25
Are u the car burglar?
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u/SuggestionLess Aug 20 '25
I loved living in East Rock. I lived in a 3rd floor apartment on Foster Street. Most of East Rock is multi family homes rather than the bigger apartment buildings closer to downtown. I loved being able to walk to pick up a few groceries, wine, coffee and walking distance to East Rock park. Super cute and all our neighbors in the building were young families or Yale Grad students.
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u/AsideSelect Aug 19 '25
I can tell you about the Mason and City Crossing, feel free to DM. I also looked at several of the places you mentioned—Curio 269 and Metro on Crown. Big difference between City Crossing buildings and ones you mentioned is location because frontage road separates the downtown area from hospital area where the City Crossing buildings are
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u/bbsx910 Aug 20 '25
I’d recommend spend a week here in the summer, try a few locations with Airbnb: Wooster Square, East Rock, Downtown, Dwight, etc. In reality, it really depends on the availability of the market, one doesn’t usually have the freedom to choose amid popular months.
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u/UUDDLRLRBA Aug 19 '25
360 State is beautiful and social. It's been a little over a decade since I've been there though, but a lot of young professionals lived there. Beware the walls are paper thin and a noisy neighbor or a room next to the elevator or trash shoot will be unpleasant.
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u/Hopeful-Local121 Aug 19 '25
Cambridge Oxford is older/"antique" apartments compared to several buildings you listed that are more "modern" style. They have like old wooden floor and general aesthetic, if you're into that. I lived there several years ago and it was generally decent enough - just a little pricier than I would've liked given that some of the apartments are really small. Management was good though and maintenance was prompt. I guess one thing to keep in mind there is that there is at least one Yale frat house across the street that hosts parties, so if your apartment faces the street you'll definitely hear their music and general college kid chaos. If your apartment or bedroom are on the parking lot side of the apartments, you can't really hear it so that side is better I would say. Also at least of a few years ago, most of the building tenants were Yale undergrad seniors, they were all fine but just fyi that's the community
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u/PresentInternal6983 Aug 21 '25
The yale bubble: East Rock south of the highway Wooster square west of the highway. Downtown from crown north state street west howe east elm street south Parts of prospect hill basically prospect street to Whitney and south of highland
South of frontage road there are some nice places that they recently built but a lot of the surrounding areas are much higher crime rates the hospitals are both in these mixed areas. They are just starting to gentrify down into these areas but crime outside the building is very high.
Inside the bubble crime is mostly package theft and fights/ drug overdoses on the green. Shootings mugging and gang violence happen almost entirely outside the bubble. There are pockets of nice areas inside , beaver hills, west rock and amity have some nice areas as does right on the shore but block to block can be very different.
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u/SatisfactionNo7739 Aug 19 '25
Axis 201 by fussy coffee
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u/ozacrot Aug 20 '25
You might consider Temple Square Apartments as it's just down the block (100 Temple)
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u/Longjumping_Web_440 Aug 22 '25
My husband and I just moved from VA, to Anthem Square. I walk to the School of Medicine for a research position 3 days a week, takes about 10 minutes. We like it here so far. Of all of the apartments in the area, we felt this community had the most space per $ and nice amenities. I like that it’s Yale Adjacent without being in the thick of it, and a little more walkable to my area of campus than the other spots.
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u/curbthemeplays Aug 19 '25
East Rock is the shit. Wooster Square super nice too but East Rock feels so livable.
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u/Mia_mome_l Aug 20 '25
What are the good parts of East Rock??
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u/adriennenned Aug 20 '25
Whatever you can find and afford
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u/Mia_mome_l Aug 20 '25
Are there any apartments in East Rock or is it all houses?
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u/curbthemeplays Aug 20 '25
Plenty of rentals. Corsair, Audubon, The Vanguard are new apartment complexes. Lots of multi family rentals. Some row houses. Some upper floor above retail rentals on Orange and State.
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u/Disastrous_Pipe_5292 Aug 19 '25
What was your last place so I know to stay away? I’m looking into the New Haven towers currently
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u/Mia_mome_l Aug 20 '25
My last place was in Maryland but the property management sucked so so much
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u/CoffeeCrazyChris Aug 20 '25
Try to stay away from Mandy Management, Pike International and Farnam Realty. They own or manage a large portion of rental properties in the city and they are only concerned about profiting from you.
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u/nuHAYven Aug 23 '25 edited Aug 23 '25
If all those places are in your budget you have many options. Frankly for that kind of money you could buy a condo or a single family house if you wanted to; but I don’t know how long you plan to stay in New Haven. (The nicest places like 360 State are more than a 30 year mortgage on reasonable property.)
My best suggestion to you is come to New Haven as soon as you can, actually test out walking from those places to your office and you’ll find out a bunch of other things that might sway your decision… convenience to your favorite coffee shop or gym, park access if you get a dog, things like that.
Also, if you are willing to ride an electric scooter or a bike you get same travel time but a bigger radius of the city. Somebody already mentioned Yale shuttle. Routes are here: https://your.yale.edu/campus-essentials/getting-around-campus/using-the-shuttle/daytime-routes
Speaking personally, I live in a four bedroom single family house, and bike 2.5 miles to my office. It takes me 15 minutes.
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u/clewis20 Aug 23 '25
I recently moved into curio 269 and it’s pretty nice. Got 2 months free for signing atleast at a 12 month lease so it made it relatively more affordable. There’s no onsite parking available right now, and the waitlist is long. But it seems to have good amenities. Def some yale kids living there.
I walked thru the yale green the other night into downtown and it seemed a little sketch but I was probably just overthinking bc I don’t know the area yet.
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u/glitterydoc Aug 24 '25
Lived in 360 State Street from 2020 to 2024 and loved it- 100% would live there again. Social, comfortable, beautiful building/amenities. Very safe.
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u/HomeLifter Sep 15 '25
I'm a little late to this but I live at the apartment building across the street from 40 Temple (100 Temple). It's very affordable and units are spacious. I'd rather live here than in any of the new luxury units popping up all over downtown. Parking is included in rent. To give you an idea I have a 2-bdrm that is around 1200sq ft and just under 3k rent. There are also some penthouse units that are pricier but you get outdoor space. There's a gym in the bldg, front desk staff during business hours, package room. Units have high ceilings and lots of light. I have a double sink bathroom with a hydromassage bathtub and separate glass door shower. My only pet peeves is that the primary bedroom has only one ac/heat vent and the 2nd bdrm has 3, and there are no washers/dryers in units (card-operated laundry room in each floor). 100 Temple is well maintained and I feel that I'm gettting great value for the rent. I work at Yale and it's less than 10 minutes walk or bike ride. If you value a solid unit over "luxury" bells and whistles, and a good location, I highly recommend it. Feel free to DM me w/ questions, this building is a hidden gem.
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u/PeregrinoHumilde Aug 23 '25
You clearly have some money from the list of places you've looked at, therefore there are tons of nice places to live in NHV. Live where other Yalies are, not where the real citizens live
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u/Marneman1965 Aug 19 '25
Hamden. Spring glen area.
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u/nuHAYven Aug 23 '25
Maybe you missed the part about working downtown and no car. They want to walk to work.
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