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Family Housing

Teachers College also offers three residence halls for student family housing: Bancroft, Grant, and Sarasota Halls. These buildings offer one bedroom, two bedroom and three bedroom apartments. One-bedroom apartments are assigned to families with one child or none. Depending upon availability, two bedroom and three bedroom apartments are assigned to families with two or more children. All family housing apartments are furnished with a double bed, dresser, mirror, desk, bookshelf, dining table and chairs, a sofa, an easy chair, and a floor lamp. Window coverings, curtains, blankets, pillows, linens, kitchen utensils, dishes, rugs, and extra lamps must be provided by the resident.

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Bancroft Hall

2012-2013 year:  Rates are listed per semester (for the Fall and Spring).  The cost of Summer is less because the summer term is shorter.  Please note housing charges vary according to the size and location of the unit.

One-bedroom: $7,000 - $7,500

Two-bedroom: $8,600

Three-bedroom: $9,700

Summer Rate

One-bedroom: $5,900 - $6,300

Two-bedroom: $7,300

Three-bedroom: $8,200

Bancroft Hall is an eight-story residence with 107 apartments. Each unit has a bath, kitchenette, and bedroom(s). The front apartments face 121st Street and are slightly larger. Back apartments face a large courtyard, which joins Bancroft to Grant and Sarasota. A desk clerk is on duty 24 hours a day in Bancroft Hall. The desk clerk at Bancroft Hall monitors the entrances of Grant and Sarasota via closed-circuit television.


Sarasota and Grant Halls

2012-2013 year:  Rates are listed per semester (for the Fall and Spring).  The cost of Summer is less because the summer term is shorter.  Please note housing charges vary according to the size and location of the unit.

One-bedroom: $7,100 - $8,200

Summer Rate

One-bedroom: $6,000 - $7,000

Sarasota and Grant Halls, at 512 and 514 West 122nd Street, respectively, are each six-story buildings with four apartments on each floor. The two front apartments have an entry foyer, living room, bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom. The two back apartments have a long hallway with the bedroom, kitchen, bath, and living room opening off the hallway.