West Apartments Reviews
Stony Brook University
Reviews Summary
West Apartments at Stony Brook University offer a range of living options with single rooms and essential kitchen amenities, including a microwave, fridge, oven, and stovetop, providing plenty of space for grocery storage. The living room is spacious, ideal for socializing with friends, and the suite accommodates six people with two large bathrooms, reducing any bathroom-related conflicts. However, living in the older apartments such as A, B, C, and D can be challenging due to frequent maintenance issues, like malfunctioning air conditioners and gas stoves, and occasional pest problems. Regular work orders may be necessary, but these issues appear less frequent in the newer apartments (I-K). While the location is a bit inconvenient, being far from the main campus, the dorms are cost-effective, especially if you enjoy cooking and wish to avoid meal plans. Common areas are cleaned weekly by staff, but residents are responsible for their bedrooms, and sharing with multiple roommates might require an adjustment period.
Old Dorms
Work Orders
Far From Campus
When students lived here
Junior Year
3
Senior Year
3
Overall rating breakdown
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4 months ago
I lived at West Apartments F. These have single rooms and kitchen amenities like a microwave, fridge, oven, and stovetop. Between the 6 people living in a suite, there's enough space to store all your groceries and food. Overall the best dorm I have ever lived in at Stony Brook University
Verified Student
1 year ago
pros: kitchen if you like to cook and comes with a fridge, big living room great for hanging out with friends, i had a really small room back home so the room size is pretty big to me. Two massive bathrooms for a suite of 6. I have singles so I usually never have a problem fighting for the bathroom
cons: if your in the older west apartments youll probably be putting work orders all year. Yes theres bugs, yes theres broken cabinets, yes the gas stove sometimes stops working. These apartments are old, and unless you go for the newer ones I-K then you will be placing in a lot of work orders.
4 years ago
West Apts is pretty cool for the price you get. It beats having to pay for a meal plan in other dorms. However, if you don't cook (like me), I recommend just going to another dorm or buying an apartment meal plan and cooking every so often. Or, if you're lucky, room with friends who know how to cook.
Extra thing to note -- there's always some sort of work order issue happening in this apartment (I live in West D). For example, my air conditioner suddenly stopped blowing out cold air one day. Just something to keep in mind.
4 years ago
The other comment is objectively false. Staff cleans your kitchen/bathroom/common room weekly and takes out the trash. Your bedroom is your own responsibility. I stayed in West C... A/B/C/D are the oldest and run down... avoid those 4. The others are newer and probably nicer. The only real negative of west is being far from campus.
4 years ago
The room itself was fine but you have to share with 4 sometimes 6 random strangers. They never take out the garbage and you have to clean your own bathroom. (Like that is going to happen.) Very far from main campus unless you have a bike or like taking long walks.
