If you ask around Lehigh about where to live off campus, Carlton Avenue comes up before almost any other street. It's less a secret and more a known fact among upperclassmen: this is where a lot of the social scene off campus actually happens, and 537 Carlton Ave puts you right in it.
The house itself is four bedrooms and two full bathrooms at 1,570 square feet. Two bathrooms for four roommates takes the normal morning scramble off the table entirely, and the floor plan gives the group enough shared living space that the house doesn't feel like four separate bedrooms stacked next to each other.
What sets Carlton apart isn't just proximity, though the walk to Lehigh's academic buildings and library genuinely is short and flat. It's the density of other students on the same street. Neighbors are classmates, study groups form without planning them, and the walk home from campus turns into a series of hellos rather than a solo trip.
Houses on this street get claimed early, usually in October or November of the year before, by groups who already know the street's reputation and don't want to risk missing out. Waiting until spring to start looking on Carlton specifically usually means settling for whatever's left.
537 Carlton Ave is available now at $3,100 a month, split to $775 per person for a group of four, for the 2027/2028 academic year. Text 484-206-5522 and let's get you a walkthrough before someone else locks it in.
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