Getting to The Graduate Center and around Manhattan
1. All our meetings take place at The Graduate Center. Go to Google Maps and type “365 Fifth Avenue, New York” to easily locate our superb mid-Manhattan location at 5th Avenue and 34th Street. Google Maps will give you various perspectives on our address and surroundings, as well as all of New York. The Graduate Center is across from the Empire State Building and five blocks from New York City Library, two landmark locations.
*You can also get directions here.
2. Note that The Graduate Center is on 5th @ 34th St., within walking distance of Pennsylvania Station, Grand Central Station, and Port Authority. The latter are the main transit hubs linking the city's complex transit system, including connections to airports and suburban lines.
MOVING AROUND IN MANHATTAN. If you plan on using subway or bus lines in Manhattan, keep in mind that in mid-town they normally run on a north-south direction along main avenues. Manhattan is remarkably simple in this respect. Along Fifth Avenue, divides Manhattan into EAST SIDE and WEST SIDE, traffic runs on a southern (S) or downtown direction. On the EAST SIDE the main avenues east of 5h Avenue are: Madison (N), Park (both N//S), Lexington (S), 3rd Avenue (N), 2nd Avenue (S), and 1st Avenue (N). On the WEST SIDE, the main avenues west of 5th Avenue are: 6th (N), 7th (S), 8th (N), 9th (S), and 10th Avenues. Broadway runs toward downtown (S), but complicates the easy pattern of parallel avenues by running diagonal with respect to the main grid. It intersects 7th Ave in Times Square (42th St.), 6th Avenue around Herald Square (34th St.), and 5th Avenue on 23th Street.
REMEMBER: If you take public transportation, get off at 34th street stops (or nearest). If you find yourself a bit off 5th Avenue and do not feel like walking, consider the cross-town busses running along 34th Street in both East and West directions.
3. Detailed information about The Graduate Center itself can be found in http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/. For information about all our academic programs and facilities, visit www.gc.cuny.edu.
4. The Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies functions within The Graduate Center. Information about the Bildner Center is available in www.bildner.org. If you type “Bildner” in Google, we normally come first in the hits list.
5. The MTA (Manhattan Transportation Authority) runs the city’s great public transit system. Browse their website (http://www.mta.info/) for any question you may have about suburban and city transit (including lines, routes, schedules, prices, connections to airport). Subway stations sell MetroCards you can use for both subway and bus trips, including transfers (free within 2 hours, certain limits apply). For information about MetroCards, visit http://www.mta.info/metrocard/.
6. For information about New York City, consider http://www.nycvisit.com/. You may also want to browse through http://www.nyctourist.com/.
7. Updated information about the conference itself will be found in www.cubasymposium.org.
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For more information on restaurants, nightlife, and attractions conveniently close to the conference location, please click here.
For your convenience, the following hotels are relatively close to the conference location:
The Avalon
16 East 32nd Street (Between Madison & 5th Avenue)
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-299-7000
Fax: 212-299-7002 |
The Carlton Hotel
22 East 29th Street
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-532-4100
Fax: 889-8683 |
Chandler Hotel
12 East 31st Street (between Madison & Fifth Avenues)
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-889-6363
Fax: 212-889-6699 |
Comfort Inn Manhattan
42 West Broadway
New York, NY 10001 (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Phone: 212-947-0200
Fax: 212-894-3047 |
The Dylan
52 East 41st Street (between Park & Madison Avenues)
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-338-0500
Fax: 212-338-0569 |
Holiday Inn Martinique Broadway
49 West 32nd Street (between 5th Avenue & Broadway)
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-736-3800
Fax: 212-277-2703 |
Hotel QT
125 W.45th Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues)
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-354-2323
Fax: 212-302-8585 |
Jolly Madison Towers Hotel
22 East 38th Street (off Madison Avenue)
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-802-0600
Fax: 212-213-2369 |
The Library Hotel
299 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-983-9653
Fax: 212-499-9090 |
Metro Hotel
45 West 35th Street
New York, NY 10001 (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Phone: 212-947-2500
Fax: 212-279-1310 |
The Roger Williams
131 Madison Avenue (At 31st Street)
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-448-7000
Fax: 212-448-7007 |
70 Park Avenue Hotel
70 Park Avenue at 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-973-2400
Fax: 212-973-2439 |
Stanford Hotel
43 West 32nd Street (between 5th Ave. & Broadway)
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-563-1500
Fax: 212-629-0043 |
Thirty Thirty
30 East 30th Street
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-689-1000
Fax: 212-698-0023
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*Rates are based on availability and seasonality.
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