Our campus is located at 116th Street and Broadway in Morningside Heights. Below you will find directions to campus.

Five bus lines (M4, M5, M11, M60, M104) and one subway line (the #1/#9 red local) serve the Columbia neighborhood. The M60 bus is a direct link between campus and LaGuardia Airport. The subway stop for campus is Columbia University/West 116th Street. Please note, if you are taking the #2 or #3 express train, be certain to transfer at 96th Street to the #1 or #9 local.

Train service to New York arrives at Grand Central Station or Penn Station; bus service arrives at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. From any of these locations, public transportation or taxi service is available to campus.

LaGuardia Airport is the closest to campus; a cab ride is about $20, and the M60 city bus goes directly from LaGuardia to campus every half hour. For visitors arriving at any New York area airport (including Newark International Airport), coach service is available to the Port Authority Bus Terminal (see paragraph above). A taxi to the campus from Kennedy Airport would be at least $40.

Take the New York Thruway (I-87) or the New England Thruway (I-95) south to the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) in the direction of the George Washington Bridge. Take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south (the last exit before the bridge). Exit the Parkway at West 95th Street and Riverside Drive and follow the directions from Riverside Dr. and 95th Street.

Take the New Jersey Turnpike north or I-80 east to the George Washington Bridge. As you cross the bridge, take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south. Exit the Parkway at West 95th Street and Riverside Drive and follow the directions from Riverside Dr. and 95th Street.

Take the Long Island Expressway or the Grand Central Parkway west to the Cross Island Parkway north. Cross the Throgs Neck Bridge onto the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95 south) and Proceed as in "By Car from the North."

LaGuardia: Take the Grand Central Parkway east to the Whitestone Parkway (I-678). Follow it across the Whitestone Bridge and onto I-95 south. Follow "By Car from the North." Kennedy: Take the Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) to the Whitestone Bridge and across. Get onto I-95 south and follow the directions above under "By Car from the North." Newark: Follow directions under "By Car from the South or West."

Go north on Riverside Drive to 116th Street. Turn right and go two blocks to Broadway and the University's main gate. Please note that the main gate is not open to traffic.

You may park on the street or use the local parking garages. The 512-520 Garage is located at the corner of 112th Street and Amsterdam; the Riverside Church Parking Garage is located on 120th Street between Claremont Avenue and Riverside Drive.