This year’s LACUNY Institute is taking place at the City College of New York. More specifically, all activities will take place in the North Academic Center, commonly referred to as the NAC building. You can enter the NAC building via two entrances. One entrance is located on 137/138 St. and Convent Avenue, and the other on 137/138 St. and Amsterdam Avenue.

Most activities will take place inside the Morris R. Cohen Library, the largest of City College’s several libraries.

Convent Ave. Entrance 

If you enter via Convent Ave., please note that you will arrive on the first floor. As you walk in, take the escalators up to the second floor (the escalators become visible once you walk past the Public Safety post on the first floor. Once on the second floor, the entrance to the Cohen Library becomes visible. (There are elevators and stairs. Some signs guide visitors to the elevators and stairs.)

Amsterdam Ave. Entrance 

If you enter on Amsterdam Ave., take the entrance on the left side as you walk from Amsterdam Ave. Once you enter the building, you will be on the third floor of the NAC building. Once you present yourself to Public Safety, take those same escalators down to the second floor. Walk past the cafe (not the cafeteria), and straight ahead, you should see the entrance to the Cohen Library. If you walk toward the cafeteria, please note that you are walking in the opposite direction. (There are elevators and stairs. Some signs guide visitors to the elevators and stairs.)

Below are three images demonstrating the NAC building, which distinctively stands out as it is different from all other buildings.

Most sessions will take place inside the Cohen Library, however, on different floors.

 
CCNY Libraries Staff Room, Cohen Library Room 5/337

Once inside the Cohen Library, you will need to take the elevators to the fifth floor of the Library. On the second floor, elevators are located behind the Reference Desk. Once you walk through the library’s main entrance, you will walk straight past the Circulation Desk (located on the right side), walk past the Reference Desk (located on the right side), and on your right, you should see the elevators.

• Once you reach the fifth floor, walk toward the Archives, make a right, walk all the way down the hallway, make another right, and the room should be to your left.

Registration

Registration will take place on the second floor of the NAC building, more specifically, the second-floor lobby.

 

CUNY Dominican Studies Institute 

The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute is not too far away from the main entrance of the Cohen Library. Once you exit the Cohen Library, make a right, and walk through the double doors. Above those double doors, you will see a sign that reads “CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Archives and Library.” You will see the CUNY DSI once you walk through those doors (make a left).

Cohen Library Room 1/301

This room is located inside the Cohen Library. You need to walk through the main entrance of the library, located on the second floor. As soon as you walk past the Public Safety post, you can make a left and walk down those stairs. There will be IT personnel who can direct you to the room, which is not far from the IT service desk.

CCNY Archives, Cohen Library 5/301

Once inside the Cohen Library, you will need to take the elevators to the fifth floor of the Library. On the second floor, elevators are located behind the Reference Desk. Once you walk through the library’s main entrance, you will walk straight past the Circulation Desk (located on the right side), walk past the Reference Desk (located on the right side), and on your right, you should see the elevators.

• Once you reach the fifth floor, walk toward the Archives, which is straight ahead.

By Train

IRT #1 local to 137th Street and Broadway; walk up 138th Street three blocks to Convent Avenue.IND “A” or “D” express, or the “B” or “C” local to 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, walk west one block to 145th Street and Convent Avenue, then south to 138th Street.IRT #4 or #5 express or #6 local to 125th Street and Lexington Avenue, change there for the M-100 or M-101 bus to Amsterdam Avenue and 138th Street, walk east one block to Convent Avenue. Metro North to 125th Street and Park Avenue, change there for the M-100 or M-101 bus to Amsterdam Avenue and 138th Street, walk east one block to Convent Avenue.
Note: City College operates NextBus @ CCNY shuttle  between the campus and the 145th Street (St. Nicholas) subway station and Towers residence.

By Bus

M-18 to 138th Street and Convent Avenue.M-4 or M-5 to Broadway and 137th Street, walk up 138th Street three blocks to Convent Avenue.M-100 or M-101 to Amsterdam Avenue and 138th, walk east one block to Convent Avenue.M-101 to 135th and Amsterdam Avenue, change to the M-100 or M101 or walk north to 138th Street, then east one block to Convent Avenue.BX-19 to 145th and Convent Avenue, walk south on Convent Avenue to 138th Street.

By Car

From the West Side: Westside Highway traveling north, exit at 125th Street, right to Amsterdam Avenue; left to 133rd Street right one block to Convent Avenue.Traveling south from the George Washington Bridge, exit at 125th Street, first left onto 132nd Street, one block to Broadway, left to 133rd Street, right two blocks to Convent Avenue.From the East Side: Triborough Bridge to Harlem River Drive, exit at 135th Street to end, turn right on St. Nicholas Avenue, then left onto 141st Street, make left on Convent Avenue to campus.

On-Campus Parking

On-campus parking is not available.