Housing Reviews 2025: 600 W. 113th St. (Nuss)

A beautiful building with an apartment-style vibe—perfect for Seniors and Juniors looking to live with friends!

Location: 600 West 113th Street

Nearby dorms: Broadway, McBain Hall, SIC House

Nearby stores/restaurants:

Wu and Nussbaum (where the nickname “Nuss” for the building comes from) located next door.
A six-minute walk to the main entrance of Columbia at 116^th Street or a three-minute walk to the 114^th street entrance.
Le Monde (French restaurant).
Across the road is Blue Bottle Coffee (the almond croissants are a fan favorite).
Tom’s restaurant (world famous).
University hardware store.
Junzi.
Lots more!

Cost:

2025-2026 projected rates:

First-year residents: $11,900
Upper-class residents: $13,222

Room variety:

Six residential floors.
46 single rooms and 75 doubles rooms, all furnished.
Private, semi-private, and shared bathrooms with these rooms.
Suite style rooms (A, B, C, and D) with adjoining kitchens and lounges.

Amenities:

Print station (and one meagre computer located in the building lobby).
Shared kitchens between suites.
Laundry facility in the building’s basement with eight washing machines and eight dryers, granted they do not catch on fire again. Unfortunately, it can only be accessed via the elevator.
Shared lounge between (some) suites but there is no building lounge.
A clothing donation bin located in the basement.
Menstrual cycle supply dispenser located in the basement (this has saved me numerous times).
AC: none.
Heating: barely.
Bike storage: none.
Intra-transportation: two elevators (they are slow, so good luck if you live on the top floors) and stairs.
Fitness room: none (take said stairs).
Floor: hardwood.

Stats:

Housing data from the 2024 room selection shows 64% rising sophomores, 23% rising juniors, and 14% rising seniors in the building.
89% of students who selected into this building participated as part of a group.
Rising seniors selected 96% of the single rooms available.

Bwog recommendation:

Nuss is an excellent option for juniors and seniors, especially if you plan on moving in with friends—its suite-style rooms create more of an apartment-style living experience. The location is a major bonus, with easy access to Wu and Nussbaum for a quick bagel, The Blue Bottle to fuel your caffeine addiction, or the nearby French restaurant, Le Monde, for a sit-down meal. It is close enough to campus for convenience but just far enough to ensure you get your daily steps in.

The attached kitchens, though compact, make cooking and dining off-campus easy. However, be ready for some seasonal challenges. The lack of AC may have you purchasing a fan in the summer months while the inconsistent heating in winter might have you layering up with extra blankets.

Overall, living at Nuss is a bit of a gamble—your view might be a stunning cityscape… or a brick wall, your laundry could wash well… or mysteriously vanish and/or set on fire, and the toilets may work flawlessly… or only one might, and it will always be occupied. But whether your experience is positive or negative, one thing is for sure: living in Nuss will give you stories to tell. With its beautiful architecture, grand lobby, and friendly security guards, it just might be worth the risk.

Resident opinions:

“My favorite part about Nuss is how friendly front desk security are.”
“This was my first year here at Nuss and I want to stay!”
“The only thing I can complain about is the bathroom situation. We have three toilets yet only one seems to be working throughout the year. It’s so annoying!”
I moved into Nussbaum with my three friends and we love it. It feels like we have our own apartment.”
“I honestly chose Nuss because of how beautiful the building is.”
“I have lost too many pairs of underwear to the washers and dryers!”
“The walls are thin… very thin…”
“It’s proximity to Wu and Nussbaum means that I can go and get my weekly bacon, egg, and cheese bagel in my pjs. It’s great!”
“The building not having a water filter is the worst part. I have to go over to SIC just to fill up my water bottle.”
“Some rooms have a really nice view of the city. My view is a brick wall.”
A Whisper: “I hear there are rats in the basement.”