Housing near Hopkins Hospital?

Submitted by RiskEcstatic8264 t3_11pvr4c in baltimore

Hi everyone! I tried going through the sub and it seems like most of the posts are outdated/don’t apply anymore (as Baltimore has changed so much). I’m moving to Baltimore this year to go to Bloomberg and was wondering if anyone has housing/area suggestions? I’ve heard some bad things about 929 and living close to the school, do you think it’s worth living further away? Any advice/building recommendations would be greatly appreciated, TYIA!

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sxswnxnw t1_jc04ig7 wrote

Find a place on the Hopkins shuttle route.

Live in any one of the neighborhoods between Hopkins and the water. I don't know what 929 is, guessing that's a building. But I live in Butchers Hill which is walking distance and plenty of Hopkins students and workers live here and around here.

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nemoran t1_jc0c8p0 wrote

The main benefits of the buildings near campus are the quick commute to school, and being so close to many of your classmates. That said, there’s not a ton to do other than school and seeing those classmates when you’re in that general vicinity.

If you’re looking for more of the walk around and get coffee, or go to a park, or even potentially walk to a grocery store kind of lifestyle, then I echo the commenter above’s recommendation about looking at the shuttle routes. For instance, there’s a direct shuttle from Hampden (Keswick Building) to Bloomberg’s front door.

The Metro also runs through some of downtown right to Broadway (Hopkins Hospital) so that opens some more neighborhoods up as well.

Many students and staff also live in Patterson Park and Upper Fells, which can be walkable on nice days or are just quick bikes/scoots otherwise. There’s another shuttle that goes through those neighborhoods but I don’t have firsthand experience with it to give much detail.

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justaphage42 t1_jc04hm4 wrote

I lived in 929 my first year as a PhD student. It’s fine but there is nothing, I mean nothing, to do around there. Also my window used to blow open in the middle of the night and they refused to acknowledge this needed to be fixed. Living there or one of the other close buildings seems worth it for like residents or other people needing to be in the hospital at crazy hours but for just classes and maybe some study groups? IMO not worth it.

If you want to be able to walk to campus, upper fells is nice and will put you closer to things to do. There is a Hopkins shuttle that will drop you off that runs after 6pm if you’re feeling uncomfortable. If you don’t care about walking, living on the shuttle route that goes between the hospital and the undergrad campus (either in Mt Vernon or Hampden) is good too, though I stuck with the various SE neighborhoods (Patterson Park, upper fells, Canton).

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tennismagic t1_jc0c1y6 wrote

Try Butchers Hill and Upper Fells Point. Close to the hospital and also walking distance to other things in the city. As others said, other places on the shuttle line are good to but those two are walking distance. Lots of houses turned into apartments in that area so not big complexes, but still lots of options.

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mobtown_misanthrope t1_jc323oh wrote

Anywhere on the Homewood-Peabody-JHMI or Keswick-Homewood-Eastern-JHMI shuttle routes would be better than living by the East Baltimore campus. The shuttle routes and maps are here.

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doingoodnhappy t1_jc4yqkv wrote

Bayview is next to the Hopkins-Bayview campus. You can walk to Hopkins-Bayview and take the shuttle to Hopkins. I used to own a 2 unit rental in Bayview. At one point, I had 2 women (roommates), neither of whom had a car. They were nursing students and each day would walk to Hopkins-Bayview and take the shuttle to Hopkins.

Some here insinuate the neighborhood is not safe. All I can say is I owned the house for almost 20 years and never had a tenant tell me about any problems with the neighborhood.

You can routinely see people from the Hopkins-Bayview campus walking through the neighborhood during their lunch hour. Would they be doing that if they thought for a minute it might be risky?

I sold the house in 2016 but I doubt the area has gotten 'dangerous' as some here seem to think.

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ltong1009 t1_jc2stz0 wrote

Live in Canton near a shuttle stop

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S-Kunst t1_jc197gu wrote

Sadly its the Medical center, itself, which creates the dead zone at its boarders. No investor wants to put up money there just to have it taken over when the hospital center wants to expand. Additionally the hospital is an encampment. It has all the things in its boundary, except housing, so no investor is going to build restaurants, shops etc to create activity our side the castle walls.

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