J.D. Admissions | Columbia Law School

Plan Your Trip

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By Air

LaGuardia Airport is the closest airport to Manhattan, and taxi fare to Columbia Law School is approximately $25. Bus service (the M60 city bus) from LaGuardia Airport to the Law School is also available.

JFK/Newark (Liberty International) Airports are slightly greater distances from Manhattan, and taxi fare to Columbia Law School from either airport is approximately $50. Private bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and to Grand Central Station in Manhattan is available. You can now also take the economical and efficient AirTrain monorail service from both JFK and Newark (Liberty International) Airports to connect to New York City public transportation.

By Train/Bus

Train service to Manhattan arrives at either Grand Central Station or Pennsylvania Station. Bus service to Manhattan arrives at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Once in Manhattan, take either public transportation or a taxi.

By Public Transportation

Five public bus lines (M4, M5, M11, M60, M104) and one subway line (the Broadway 1 local) serve the Columbia University area. The Columbia University subway stop is 116th St. (on Broadway, one block west of the Law School).

Note: The Broadway 2/3 Express line does not stop at Columbia University. Please transfer to the 1 Local line at the 96th St. stop (uptown) for direct service to the 116th St./Columbia University stop.

By Car

Columbia is best reached by taking the West 95th/96th St. exit of the Henry Hudson Parkway (West Side Highway).

• Use the 95th St. off-ramp, and turn left onto Riverside Drive. Proceed north to West 114th St.; turn right on 114th St., and cross Broadway to Amsterdam Ave. Turn left on Amsterdam Ave. and proceed two blocks north to West 116th St.
• Jerome L. Greene Hall, Columbia Law School’s main building, is on the northeast corner.         

Henry Hudson Parkway From the north

• New York Thruway (I-87) to Cross Bronx Expressway in the direction of the George Washington Bridge (GWB). Bear right as you approach the GWB and take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south (last exit before the GWB). Exit the parkway at West 95th St. and use the directions above to the Law School.
• New England Thruway (I-95), which becomes the Cross Bronx Expressway. Bear right as you approach the GWB, and take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south (last exit before the GWB). Exit the Parkway at West 95th St., and use the directions above to the Law School.
• Saw Mill Parkway south or Cross County Parkway west to Henry Hudson Parkway south (last exit before the GWB). Exit the Parkway at West 95th St. and use the directions above to the Law School.

Henry Hudson Parkway From the east

• Grand Central Parkway or Long Island Expressway west to the Cross Island Parkway north. Cross over the Throgs Neck Bridge to the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) in the direction of the George Washington Bridge. Bear right as you approach the GWB and take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south (last exit before the GWB). Exit the parkway at West 95th St., and use the directions above to the Law School.

Henry Hudson Parkway From the south and west

• New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) north or I-80 east to the George Washington Bridge. As you cross the GWB, take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south (last exit before the GWB). Exit the Parkway at West 95th St. and use the directions above to the Law School.

Parking

Please feel free to use any available street/metered parking near the Columbia campus. In addition, here is a partial listing of local parking garages available for visitors:

• GGMC Garage: 520 West 112th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.
• IMPARK Garage: West 114th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.
• GMC Garage: 532 West 122nd St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.

For a more complete list of nearby parking garages available for visitors, please visit: www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/parking.html.