Flint Village

Aerial View of Flint Village

Flint Village is a set of on-campus student apartments at the University at Buffalo located on North Campus. Finished in 2001, it was the fourth apartment-style housing project built as part of UB's expansion of on-campus housing in the late 1990s to early 2000s. Flint Village consists of nine residential buildings (6 two-story and 3 three-story structures) containing 236 furnished apartments with a total of 536 beds. The apartments include one bedroom, two bedroom, and four bedroom units, and primarily consist of upper-division undergraduates as well as graduate and professional students (with two of its buildings initially reserved for law students when it first opened). Flint Village is not owned by UB; rather, it is owned by the UB Foundation and operated by UB Campus Living.

History and Development

Flint Village was dedicated on August 17th, 2001, with UB President William R. Greiner presiding over its opening ceremony. The project cost $22.65 million to construct, funded through the UB Foundation and UB Alumni Association without state taxpayer money. It was developed by American Campus Communities with design by the Buffalo-based architecture firm Lauer-Manguso Associates and built by ADF Construction. Flint Village followed three other new apartment complexes (Flickinger Court in 1998, Hadley Village in 1999, and South Lake Village in 2000), as part of UB's plan to increase on-campus housing capacity from the late 1990s onward. With Flint's opening, UB's North Campus residential population grew to over 5,500 students, up from 3,800 five years earlier.

Flint Village's design is considered to be community-oriented. Unlike Hadley Village's separate townhouse-style buildings, Flint's apartments are connected by interior corridors and a common lounge, to foster interaction and engagement between students. Each building includes communal laundry facilities and shared entrances, features intended to create a "community within a community" for residents. UB President Greiner praised Flint Village's brick architecture and prominent location at the campus entrance for signaling that "students both live and work" on campus.

Facilities and Living Arrangements

Flint Village offers one-bedroom (one bathroom), two-bedroom (one or two bathrooms), and four bedroom (two bathrooms) furnished apartments, all with kitchens and living rooms. Depending on layouts, students either have a private bathroom or share a bathroom with the equivalent to one roommate. Apartments are air-conditioned down to 68F and include standard furniture and appliances, such as full-sized beds, a desk for each bedroom, a sofa, a microwave, and an oven and stovetop. Flint Village's community building (300 Flint Village) features a lounge and the front desk, which is where packages and mail are picked up.

The residential buildings have at least one laundry room (with two washers and two dryers), and for buildings with multiple laundry rooms (such as 308 Flint Village, which houses two-bedroom apartments), residents may use another laundry room to reduce wait times (although this is not the case for buildings with one laundry room, such as 309 Flint Village, which houses one-bedroom apartments). The apartments are fully wired for internet and cable TV, and the cost of rent includes all utilities with the exception of Cable TV, which the University at Buffalo discontinued for on-campus housing, meaning it is no longer an option.

Furniture Dimensions

1 Bed / 1 Bath

The following information is provided by Reddit user u/T_nology on the r/UBreddit subreddit:

Flint Village Couch Dimensions:

Across the Bottom Cushions From Left to Right: Approximately ≈66 inches +/- 2 inches

From Outer Left Arm to Outer Right Arm: Approximately ≈ 80 inches +/- 1 inch

Across Top / Back: Approximately ≈ 75 inches +/- 3 inches

Flint Village Bed Dimensions / Mattress Dimensions:

Length (Long Side): 75" (75 inches)

Width (Across): 52" (52 inches)

Flint Village Bedroom Desk Dimensions:

The desk has a unique shape. However, to roughly describe it:

For the front part (before "inner" part): Roughly 39 inches across

For the "inner" part: Around 36 inches across

Height between the surface of the "inner" part and the top shelf: Around 17.5 to 18 inches, this is important to note if you want to use a monitor on the desk in your Flint Village apartment

Width of the top shelf (above the "inner" part): Approximately 35 to 36 inches

Flint Village Living Room Chair Dimensions:

Across the Bottom Cushion From Left to Right: Approximately 21 inches

From Outer Left Arm to Outer Right Arm: Approximately 37 inches +/- 1 inch

Across the Top Back: Approximately 30 inches +/- 1 inch

From Front to Back of Bottom Cushion: Approximately 20 inches +/- 2 inches

Flint Village Left Counter Dimensions:

This is for the part of the counter before the kitchen sink, which is narrower.

From Left to Right: 17.5 inches

From Front to Back: 22.5 inches flat surface, 23.5 inches including curve

Flint Village Right Counter Dimensions:

This is for the part of the counter after the kitchen sink, which is wider.

From Left to Right: Approximately 29 inches +/- 1 inch

From Front to Back: Approximately 22.5 inches flat surface +/- 1 inch, Approximately 23.5 inches including curve +/- 1 inch

Flint Village Kitchen Sink Dimensions:

These are for the inner kitchen sink dimensions, meaning the inner part of the sink - in other terms, how much capacity the sink has in terms of volume.

Length (Left to Right): 21 inches

Width (Front to Back): 15 inches

Height (Top to Bottom): 5 inches

The above information was provided by a post titled "Flint Village Measurements" posted on Thursday, May 18th, 2025 at 9:54 PM EDT.