Housing approximately 1800 students,[1] it is the second-largest non-military dormitory in the country, behind Jester Center at The University of Texas at Austin.

[2] The closest MBTA stop is Boston University East on the Green Line B branch, located directly in front of B and C Towers, in a center reservation on Commonwealth Avenue.

Warren Towers, 18 stories in height, is the largest dormitory on the Boston University campus.

Originally the building presented one long blank wall along the 700 block of Commonwealth Avenue, with the exception of the plate-glass entryway leading to the escalator banks.

One of the initiatives undertaken early in the tenure of President John Silber was to carve retail space out of the building at street level, to generate income.

The exception to this is for a short time around move-in and move-out periods when parking is free and the elevator banks are permitted to drop to the third floor of the garage, bypassing security and easing the moving experience.

[citation needed] Neal Stephenson's satirical first novel, The Big U, was loosely based on his experiences in Warren Towers, and is set in a fictional dormitory similar to Warren — with eight towers instead of three, but connected at a commons above ground level.