Directions to the Garden City Campus

Parking Advisory
On November 16, 2006 the Garden City Traffic Commission voted unanimously to install "NO THRU TRAFFIC" signs at the following locations between South Ave. and Cambridge Ave. The signs are expected to be installed within the next 10 days and the Garden City Police Department will be enforcing these new traffic laws.
  1. Brompton Road
  2. Whitehall Boulevard
  3. Kensington Road
  4. Brixton Road
  5. Kilburn Road

What does this mean?

Any person who uses the above roads as a thoroughfare for getting from South Ave to Cambridge Ave. or Cambridge Ave to South Ave. is in violation of the ordinance and could receive a summons from the Garden City Police Department. If you live, visit or have business on any of these roads you may drive on them.


Please note: Due to construction, access routes to campus have changed. Please see directions below for more information.

By Airplane
Adelphi is located within twenty minutes of both John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports. Public transportation is available.

From J.F.K Airport
Take the J.F.K. Expressway to the Belt Parkway East. Take the Belt Parkway to the Southern State Parkway. Then follow the Southern State Parkway directions below.

From La Guardia Airport
Take the Grand Central Parkway East; this becomes Northern State Parkway. From here follow the directions below for Northern State Parkway East.

Directions
By Train
From Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Jamaica Station
Take the Hempstead line from Penn Station in Manhattan or the Flatbush Avenue Station in Brooklyn or the Jamaica Station in Queens to the Nassau Boulevard Station. The campus is a short walk east on South Avenue. Travel time from New York City is approximately forty-five minutes.


Directions
By Car
From Upstate New York
Take the New York State Thruway to the Tappen Zee Bridge (toward New England). After crossing the bridge, continue to I-287 east and follow signs for 1-95 south. Take 295 to the Throgs Neck Bridge. Go over the Throgs Neck Bridge, bearing right, and exit onto the Cross Island Parkway - Eastern Long Island. Take the Cross Island Parkway to the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) - Eastern Long Island. From there, follow the L.I.E. (East) directions below.


From New England
Take either I-91 south to I-95 in New Haven, or 1-684 south to 1-287 east (toward New England) to I-95 south. Depending on where you get on I-95, you may travel through Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York's Westchester and Bronx counties. Remain on I-95 and follow signs for I-295 (Throgs Neck Bridge, Eastern Long Island). Go over the Throgs Neck Bridge, bearing right, and exit onto the Cross Island Parkway- Eastern Long Island. Take the Cross Island Parkway to the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) - Eastern Long Island. From there, follow the L.I.E. (East) directions below.


From Pennsylvania
Go east on the Pennsylvania Turnpike to the New Jersey Turnpike north. Take I-95 north (New Jersey Turnpike) to Exit 13 (Goethals Bridge). After crossing the bridge, continue on the Staten Island Expressway to the Verrazano Bridge. Go over the bridge and get on the Belt Parkway (toward Kennedy Airport). Take the Belt Parkway to the Southern State Parkway. See the Southern State directions below.


From Northern New Jersey
Take I-80 East to the George Washington Bridge. Continue on I-80 East to the Cross Bronx Expressway, following the signs to the Throgs Neck Bridge. Go over the bridge, bearing right, and exit onto the Cross Island Parkway - Eastern Long Island. Take the Cross Island Parkway to the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) - Eastern Long Island. From there, follow the L.I.E. (East) directions below.


From Southern New Jersey and Points South
Take I-95 north (New Jersey Turnpike) to Exit 13 (Goethals Bridge). After crossing the bridge, continue on the Staten Island Expressway to the Verrazano Bridge. Go over the bridge and get on the Belt Parkway (toward Kennedy Airport). Take the Belt Parkway to the Southern State Parkway. From there, follow the Southern State (East) directions below.


Via the Long Island Expressway (Route 495)
Traveling east
Take the L.I.E. to Exit 34 South or the Northern State Parkway to Exit 26 South (New Hyde Park Road). Turn right onto New Hyde Park Road. Continue south on New Hyde Park Road for approximately 3 miles. Turn left onto Stewart Avenue. At the fourth light, turn right onto Nassau Boulevard. Continue approximately for a quarter of a mile. At the first light (as soon as you cross over the railroad tracks), make a left onto South Avenue. The entrance to campus will be on your right.

Traveling west
Take the L.I.E. to Exit 39 South or the Northern State Parkway to Exit 31 (Glen Cove Road). Go south. (Note: the road will change from Guinea Woods Road to Glen Cove Road to Clinton Road). Turn right onto Stewart Avenue. Go one mile and at T-junction turn left onto Hilton Avenue. Immediately after crossing the railroad tracks, turn right onto Sixth Street. Continue onto South Avenue. The entrance to campus will be on your left.


Via the Northern State Parkway
Traveling east
Take the Northern Parkway to Exit 26 South (New Hyde Park Road). Turn right onto New Hyde Park Road. Continue south on New Hyde Park Road for three miles. Turn left onto Stewart Avenue. At the fourth light, turn right onto Nassau Boulevard. Continue approximately for a quarter of a mile. At the first light (as soon as you cross over the railroad tracks), make a left onto South Avenue. The entrance to campus will be on your right.


Traveling west
Take the Northern Parkway to Exit 31 South (Glen Cove Road). Continue south on Glen Cove Road (which turns into Clinton Road) for 2.3 miles. Turn right onto Stewart Avenue. Go one mile and turn left onto Hilton Avenue. Turn right onto Sixth Street (immediately after crossing the railroad tracks). Continue onto South Avenue. The entrance to campus will be on your left.


Via the Southern State Parkway
Take the Southern Parkway to Exit 17 North (Hempstead Avenue). Continue on Hempstead Avenue traveling north. Make a left at the second traffic light (Nassau Boulevard). Continue north for approximately two miles to the ninth traffic light. Make a right turn onto South Avenue. The entrance to campus will be on your right.


Via Hempstead Turnpike
Turn onto Nassau Boulevard traveling north (right turn if coming from the east; left turn if coming from the west). Make a right turn onto South Avenue. The entrance to campus will be on your right.


Via Old Country Road
Turn onto Franklin Avenue traveling south (left turn if coming from the east; right turn if coming from the west). Make a right turn onto Sixth Street. Continue onto South Avenue. The entrance to campus will be on your left.

This page last modified on January 17, 2008.
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