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Johns Hopkins Office of Housing and Residential Life

The Housing Office helps students, house staff, postdoctoral fellows, staff and faculty for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and School of Nursing, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center with their off-campus accommodations. Their primary focus is to assist those looking to move or relocate to the Baltimore area. The Housing Office is located in Reed Hall, Suite 403, on the medical campus.

Johns Hopkins Medicine Off-Campus Housing

Visit the Johns Hopkins Medicine Off-Campus Housing website for information about Baltimore, student life, roommates, furniture for sale, carpools, hotels, day care, transportation information, school systems in the city and surrounding counties, as well as other useful resources.

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Off-Campus HousingThe Essential

The Essential is adjacent to the East Baltimore Campus and only two city blocks from the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus (two city blocks from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine and three city blocks from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing). The Essential is contractually affiliated with Johns Hopkins University and is privately owned and managed. For more information, please visit their website or call 410-246-8538.

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students enjoying fells point
the dome in the fall
nursing students
students relaxing between classes
Graduate students walking to their lab
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Row houses in Baltimore City
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medical students walking to class
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The Baltimore Harbor as seen from Federal Hill.
  • The school of medicine campus is located minutes away from historic Fells Point.


  • The Dome in fall foliage.


  • Nursing students taking a break from their rounds.


  • Students enjoying a cookout on campus.


  • Graduate students walking to their lab in Miller Research Building.


  • There are many choices for transportation including parking, buses and biking.


  • Quaint row houses in a Baltimore neighborhood.


  • Graduate students enjoying the sunshine on campus.


  • Students walking by the most iconic building on campus, known as The Dome.


  • The historic Welch Medical Library is a great place to study.


  • The Baltimore Harbor as seen from the Federal Hill neighborhood.


Contact the Housing Office

Director, Student Services and Housing

Robin Lin Lenzo, MS.Ed.
Director, Student Services and Housing
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
1620 McElderry Street, Room 403 Reed Hall

Phone: 410-955-3905
Fax: 410-614-9252
Email: [email protected]

Main Office

Office of Housing & Residential Life
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
1620 McElderry Street, Room 403 Reed Hall
Baltimore, MD 21205

We would love to hear from you. Please direct all questions and comments to: [email protected]