Canal Crossing at Whitneyville West

Canal Crossing has been an overall really great place to live, and is affordable if you go through affordable housing.

Canal Crossing can be affordable to students if you ask about student programs and/or military discounts. It is a quiet community of working professionals with very few kids. A lot of medical students from Yale and Netter also live there which is nice.

The best place to live in Hamden!

I really like living here, the apartments are beautiful and spacious. Washer/dryer in unit is the biggest lifesaver ever. Property and amenities are incredibly well-maintained and clean. The way med students afford to live here is through the subsidized housing program the management offers, which is super competitive so if you want to live here apply super early!

My biggest complaint is that the walls are really thin, so at times it can get really loud and you will likely hear your neighbors or people in the hall or parking lot. The other thing to consider when budgeting is that you have to pay for basically all the utilities (electric, water, gas, heat, etc), absolutely nothing is included so just something to keep in mind especially if you want to live here alone.

Clean, good for students

Living at Canal Crossing has been great so far. I live in a one-bedroom, and while it's pretty expensive, I think it's worth the price for all the amenities. My building is brand new, and it includes a Nest thermostat (central AC and heat), a dishwasher, and in-unit washer and dryer. The apartment complex has a pool, a small gym that's great for treadmill or dumbbell workouts (think hotel gym), tons of outdoor seating/patio furniture, barbecues, a package center, and a dog park. Parking is included with rent, and there are options to upgrade to a covered spot or a garage. The complex is gated (the gates are closed at night and on Sundays), so I've felt very safe living here. Management is super responsive and helpful. The one downside of Canal Crossing is that noise can sometimes be an issue depending on who your neighbors are, but overall, it's not a dealbreaker for me. There are many other Netter students living in the complex, so it's nice knowing there are other students close by, especially during the pandemic. It's about a 13-15 minute drive to campus, and there's plenty of restaurants and grocery stores in the area.