Faculty House

Built as a residence for visiting academics and their families, Faculty House still greets the Upper East Side with brick façades and black wrought-iron balconies. The corner at 500 E 63rd St rarely feels empty, even after home-comings wrap, thanks to walk-up faculty apartments, short-term visiting-scholar units, and studios used by university teams during conference season.

On weekday mornings you’ll see the lobby shuttle visitors between elevators and deliveries, while the front corner café offers the neighborhood’s fastest espresso refill. Need a package held? The desk logs them securely until pickup. At lunchtime the courtyard tables fill with laptop-working observers watching East 63rd drift past on the way to Carl Schurz Park. Grab directions and estimated travel time via the map: https://www.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x89c258dd37006a83:0x834f80b9ad49137a. Call ahead when you’re rounding the block with boxes in tow: (212) 327-8000.