A single with AC and great views? Say no more.

Location: 2940 Broadway and 115th Street

• Nearby dorms: Carman, Shapiro, Frat Row
• Stores and restaurants: Ferris Dining Hall is super close, Shake Shack, Morton Williams, Ivy League Stationers, and Pret are right across the street (which you can access easily by going through the Lerner exit on 115th).

Amenities:

• Bathrooms: Two gendered communal bathrooms per floor, the first floor has a few single-use bathrooms.
• AC/Heating: AC and heating! Heating turns on around October and can’t be adjusted, but it can be turned off! AC can be adjusted and turned off.
• Lounges & Kitchens: Floor lounges include two chairs, a small couch, a table, six wooden chairs, and a TV. The kitchens each have a sink, several spacious cabinets, an oven, two microwaves, and two stove burners. Very fancy ground floor lounge.
• Laundry: There are six dryers and washers in the basement 
• Computers/Printing: There’s a PawPrint station by the security desk, as well as a computer lounge on the first floor.
• Gym: None, but the closest freshman dorm to Dodge.
• Elevators: Two elevators that take you from the basement to floor 9, from which you have to walk to get to the tenth floor
• Flooring: Carpet in the hallways, hardwood in the rooms, and linoleum in the lounges.

Room variety:

• 190 singles (100-163 square feet), 28 doubles (170-270 square feet)
• Largest rooms are on floors 1 and 10

Bwog recommendations:

• Furnald is a clean and solid dorm! Some floors are quiet while others are very social.
• The views are great, and if your window faces east, you will get to witness some of the most beautiful sunrises in the world (and you’ll get to be woken up by them come late February/early March).
• I love Furnald! I heard a lot of people saying they wish they lived there (and others reject it simply on principle). It’s quaint and homely. 
• Furnald is indie.
• The proximity to Lerner, Butler, and basically everything on campus is not to be underrated. I can be at any class within five minutes from leaving my dorm.
• Furnald is alright! It’s clean, conveniently located, and has great amenities. The only major complaints in that regard will be if something goes wrong like the water damage in my room likely caused by sharing a wall with the showers.
• Maybe this is an unlucky year, but most floors are pretty quiet with a few clear, notable exceptions. Often, people will go to lounges that aren’t the ones on their own floor, which can be nice, and there’s definitely a set of “Furnald main characters.” But broadly it seems that there’s some truth in the stereotype that Furnald is relatively antisocial and isolating, and maybe that’s alright for the introverted people that just want to vibe.
• It’s been a nice time. Could’ve been worse, could’ve been better. Knowing now what I know, I can confidently say that I would have rather lived somewhere else, but that’s nothing against the building, just my personal preference.
• Only some of its reputation is deserved, but no dorm is without faults.

First floor lounge via Columbia Housing

All other photos via Bwarchives