29 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138


An open-air courtyard and spacious common areas, create a community feeling at this complex.

Reduce your housing costs and save money be sharing a double-studio or a two-bedroom apartment with a roommate. For example, your share of the rent for a large double studio costing $2,122 per month would be $1,061 if you rent with a roommate. Click here to access the HRES Roommate Center.
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Built in the 1920s and renovated in 2003, 29 Garden Street was redesigned to support graduate student needs. This six-story complex contains 75 apartments. 29 Garden Street is located near the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Law School, and Harvard College, and is within walking distance of the Cambridge Common. The complex is just minutes away from Massachusetts Avenue and Harvard Square. A grocery store and shopping area are within a 15-minute walk.

29 Garden Street also boasts two common study rooms and a ground-floor student lounge with a sidewalk patio.

The kitchen amenities available at 29 Garden Street studio and double studio apartments offer limited cooking and food storage capacity. Residents may want to consider purchasing meals or a dining plan available at Harvard campus restaurants as an alternative to cooking at home.

Options include:

  • Cronkhite Dining Room
  • Chauhaus at the GSD
  • Dash Café
  • Greenhouse Café
  • Sebastian's Café
  • Dudley Café

Please visit Harvard University Dining Services for details. Sodexho's Harkness Cafeteria and Harkbox Café/Pub on the Harvard Law School campus are also conveniently located.

Harvard Square also boasts a wide variety of restaurants click here for more details.
 

Traditional studios have:

  • A living room/bedroom/dining area.
  • A small kitchen.
  • One bathroom.

Small double studios have:

  • Two separate bedroom/living areas.
  • A small shared kitchen.
  • One bathroom.

Large double studios have:

  • Two separate bedroom/living areas.
  • Two bathrooms.
  • A small shared kitching/dining area combination.

Two-bedroom apartments have:

  • A living room/dining area/kitchen combination.
  • Two bathrooms.

A limited number of three-bedroom apartments are available to accomodate faculty.

Three-bedroom apartments have:

  • A small kitchen
  • A living room/dining area combination.
  • Two bathrooms.
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