Residents at 301 Residence Hall and Loeb Hall have expressed their discomfort with ongoing dorm construction and say it has been affecting their mental health.

This construction started towards the middle of September, and students were notified via email that it will continue throughout the semester. It was not specified in the email what the reasoning for the construction is at either of the buildings. 

The construction starts at 7 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. on weekdays. Weekends are typically the only days when there is no construction, but recent rainfall resulted in a few days of halted construction during the week as well. 

“We have to literally wake up to [the noise] every morning and then listen for the entire day,” Alice Hanson, a first-year student living at Loeb, said. 

Hanson detailed how the construction has negatively impacted her and others. “Even with noise-canceling AirPods, you can still hear it,” she said. She explained that every morning she wakes up to the drills and banging of the construction. During a Zoom call she was on for a midterm, she said that when she had to speak her voice was not able to be heard over the sound of the construction. 

Privacy is another big concern for students. 

Hanson said that the construction workers are right outside of the windows of their suites, close enough that she is able to hear them talking through the glass. She said that there have been times where she felt that they were looking into her room. “[The worker] could fully, probably read what was on my phone, or just hear me through the window,” she said. 

Hanson said that dust and debris from sawing and drilling comes through her window and onto her bed. She said that her friend, in another room at Loeb, had his window closed and still had his bed covered in sawdust. Inhaling the dust is a health hazard, and creates a mess for students to have to clean up. 

At 301, students were sent an email on Oct. 22 explaining that construction would begin that day and continue throughout June 2026. The only reasoning for this construction was that it “will be installing protective materials as part of their ongoing project,” as stated in the email. 

According to Merrie Snead, associate director of communications, 301 and Loeb are undergoing facade inspections, which are required by New York City’s Facade Safety and Inspection Program. 

She said the inspection began over the summer at the two dormitories, as well as the Stuyvesant Park Residence. “The work at Loeb Hall and 301 Residence is more complex than what was needed at Stuy Park, and had to continue into the fall 2025 semester,” she said in an emailed statement.