Getting to NYU Tisch Dance

Getting to 111 Second Avenue (between 6th & 7th Streets)

SUBWAY
Lexington Avenue (IRT) Line, No. 6 local train to Astor Place Station. Walk east on St. Mark’s Place to Second Avenue, then south on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue.

Broadway (BMT) Line, R or N local train to Eighth Street Station. Walk east on Eighth Street/St. Mark’s Place to Second Avenue, then south on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue.

Sixth Avenue (IND) Line, F local train to Second Avenue Station (at Houston Street). Walk north on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue.

Sixth Avenue Line (B, D trains) or Eighth Avenue Line (A, C, or E trains), to West Fourth Street-Washington Square Station. Transfer to F local train to Second Avenue Station. Walk north on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue.

For further subway information, check out the Metropolitan Transit Authority web site at http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/.

TRAIN
Metro-North into Grand Central Station, then Lexington Avenue (No. 6) subway downtown (see Subway); Amtrak into Penn Station, then Eighth Avenue subway downtown (see Subway); Long Island Rail Road into Penn Station, then Eighth Avenue subway downtown (see Subway).

PATH train 33rd St line to Ninth Street Station (to Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street, then walk or take the crosstown bus east to Second Avenue, then turn right and walk south on Second Avenue to 111 Second Avenue).

CAR
From the north or northeast: New York State Thruway, which becomes the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, to the FDR Drive in Manhattan, south to Houston Street, then west to First Avenue, north to Ninth Street, west one block to Second Avenue, south to 111 Second Avenue.

From the northwest, west, and south: Interstate Highway and/or New Jersey Turnpike to the Holland Tunnel, east on Canal Street to Christie Street, then north to Houston Street, east on Houston to First Avenue, north to Eighth Street, west one block to Second Avenue, south to 111 Second Avenue.

From the George Washington Bridge: take the Henry Hudson Parkway south to 14th Street then east to Second Avenue and south to 111 Second Avenue.

PLANE
From La Guardia, Kennedy, or Newark Airport, take the airport shuttle bus to Port Authority Bus Terminal or Grand Central Station. From Port Authority, take the Eighth Avenue IND (A, C, E) downtown subway to West 4th Street Station, and transfer to a downtown F or V local trains to the Second Avenue Station (see Subway). From Grand Central, take the Lexington Avenue IRT (No. 6) downtown subway to Astor Place (see Subway). Cabs and car services are available at the airport and, even though they cost more, are your best bet if you have a lot of luggage. Taxis from airports charge a flat fee of $30 plus tolls and tip.

Parking Garages Near NYU
Champion Parking Garages, Broadway at Astor Place or Mercer Street bet. 8th St. & Waverly, (212) 473-9061
Eighth Street Parking Corp., 11 East Eighth Street, (212) 475-9562
Hillary Gardens Garage, 300 Mercer Street, (212) 473-8752
Thompson Street Garage, 221 Thompson Street, (212) 677-8741
Washington Square Garage, 2 Fifth Avenue, (212) 553-8312
Washington Square Village Garage, 1 Washington Square Village, (212) 674-6170



For further information on getting to the Washington Square campus of NYU, call the Directions to NYU line at
(212) 995-4989.


Compiled by NYU Tisch Dance Department