Getting Around New York

The most convenient form of transportation within New York City and to the Morningside campus generally is public transportation. Traffic congestion is one obstacle to driving to campus, and parking is another; in the Morningside Heights area parking is in very short supply. There is no parking available on campus.

Five bus lines (M4, M5, M11, M60, M104) and one subway line (the Nos. 1 or 9 local) serve the Columbia neighborhood. The M60 bus is a direct link between campus and LaGuardia Airport. The No. 1 subway train stops at the 116th Street and Broadway subway station. The M4, M60, and M104 stop at the 116th Street and Broadway bus stops. The M11 stops at the 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue bus stops.

If you travel via the IRT express trains Nos. 2 and 3, which follow a different route and do not stop at Columbia, be certain to transfer at 96th Street to the No. 1 or 9 local.

Train or Bus
Trains to New York arrive at Grand Central Station or Pennsylvania Station, while buses stop at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, where a visitor can take either public transportation or a taxi north to the campus.

Airports
For visitors coming into LaGuardia, Kennedy, or Newark airports, taxi service is available to the campus (about $20 from LaGuardia, at least $40 from Kennedy), and there is bus service to Grand Central Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Bus service directly from LaGuardia airport to Columbia, the M60 city bus, is also available.