The Campus

The City College campus occupies thirty-five acres along tree-lined Convent Avenue from 131st Street to 141st Street in the Borough of Manhattan. Many buildings in the area, known as St. Nicholas Heights, are landmarked, including CCNY’s North Campus Quadrangle buildings and the former home of Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury. The larger campus for CCNY’s students, of course, is the City of New York with a wealth of cultural and entertainment attractions found in few other cities of the world.

The City College is easily accessible by subway and bus; express trains from mid-Manhattan reach the campus in about fifteen minutes.

All students, faculty and staff are issued an identification card that must be worn at all times in College buildings.

Original Campus Buildings

Built in 1904, the original college buildings were designed by the architect George Post in a Collegiate Gothic style. Four halls—Shepard, Baskerville, Townsend Harris and Wingate—were grouped around a green quadrangle and, with Compton and Goethals Halls (added later), now constitute the "North Campus." These buildings and the college gates are listed in the State and National Register of Historic Places.

Steinman Hall-Engineering (ST)

Just outside the north campus gate is the modern Steinman Hall-Engineering Building. Steinman, a six-story building equipped with approximately ninety eight research and teaching laboratories, also houses the CUNY Energy Institute. More information about specific facilities in Steinman Hall can be found in the sections of this Bulletin describing the engineering programs.

North Academic Center (NA)

Dedicated in 1984, the North Academic Center covers three full city blocks and has around 1,200 classrooms, labs, lecture halls and a media center. This building also contains the Cohen Library, the Finley Student Center, student government offices, meeting rooms, a print shop, a small theater, a ballroom and the campus dining areas. It is the largest academic building on the campus and contains the School of Education, the Division of Humanities and the Arts, The Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership (formerly Social Science) and the newly expanded Information Technology Center as well as many computer laboratories.

The Robert E. Marshak Science Building (MR)

The Marshak Science Building, a modern and fully equipped thirteen-story building, houses the science programs. The facilities include a number of computer laboratories, a networked system of SUN and SGI computers, laser labs, electron microscopes, nuclear magnetic and electron spin resonance systems, a mass spectrometer facility, an NMR facility, biomedical research laboratories, the Science and Engineering Library, a planetarium, a weather station, and 184 teaching and research laboratories. Also found in the Marshak Building are the Nat Holman Gymnasium and the Jeremiah Mahoney Pool. The Holman Gym seats approximately 1,800 spectators and is a large, modern, multi-purpose facility, home to many of the College’s varsity athletic teams. The Mahoney Pool is used for competitions and recreational programs.

City College Center for Discovery and Innovation

The City College Center for Discovery and Innovation opened in Fall 2014 and features approximately 200,000 square feet of space for advanced research in key interdisciplinary fields. The facility is a magnet for regional, national and international researchers and an academic hub of learning for students and faculty. The new research center and pedestrian plaza serve as a gateway to the south campus of City College, which also features the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center.

The Center for Discovery and Innovation is a futuristic architectural vision that reflects the research inside its laboratories. The interiors have been designed for optimal research functionality and to facilitate collaboration between all who work there.

Expanding upon the college’s vision of strengthening academics through interdisciplinary study and research, five major innovative fields are featured in the facility: Nanotechnology, Photonics, Structural Biology, Neuroscience and Environmental Sciences. The scientific and technological achievements at the City College Center for Discovery and Innovation improve environments, extend lives, and transform societies in New York City and around the world.

Designed by the architectural firm of Kohn, Pedersen and Fox, the City College Center for Discovery and Innovation builds upon our already stellar reputation as a major research campus and nexus for leading scientists.

CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

The Advanced Science Research Center has brought CUNY to a landmark moment in its multi-billion-dollar commitment to becoming a national leader in visionary scientific research of vital, real-world consequence.

Located on the south end of the City College campus in Upper Manhattan, the striking, 200,000-square-foot ASRC building embodies a bold vision of 21st Century discovery. At the center’s core is a world-class facility designed to inspire an innovative approach to the scientific method itself, one that links a new wave of talented scientists with hundreds of top researchers from CUNY campuses across the city.

The ASRC focuses CUNY initiatives in five of the most energized areas of global research: Nanoscience. Photonics. Structural Biology. Neuroscience. Environmental Sciences.

These are diverse and seemingly distinct fields, but they intersect in many of the most significant research quests of our time. It was the opportunity for myriad collaborations—particularly between labs in areas that are already in CUNY’s spheres of strength—that guided the center’s planners. Led by Vice Chancellor for Research Gillian Small, what they have conceived is the DNA of a distinctive research culture—creative, collaborative, convergent—to take on scientific challenges ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to the future of the global water supply.

City College Center for the Arts

Hosts an ambitious, year-round calendar of student and professional performances.  The mission of the City College Center for the Arts is to provide a creative arts center and focal point for the City College of New York, building a sense of community within the College, elevating the profile of Aaron Davis Hall in the greater New York area, and connecting the College to the surrounding community through the arts.

Aaron Davis Hall (AD)

Home to CCCA, features a two-theatre performing arts complex with an extensive history in Harlem and throughout this city.  Aaron Davis Hall has hosted many of the world’s greatest performers, brilliant minds and crea-tors like Nelson Mandela, Harry Belafonte, Bill T. Jones, Celia Cruz, Twyla Tharp , and so many more.  Aaron Davis Hall is the only cultural facility of its kind north of Lincoln Center used by groups like Dance Theatre of Har-lem, Alvin Ailey II, Harlem School of the Arts, Carnegie Hall and Ballet Hispanico

The Architecture Building (AR)

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture is housed in a 124,000 square foot facility, designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, which is designed to accommodate approximately 400 students. The building contains studios, classrooms, an exhibit area, administrative offices, the library, and computer labs. The studios each provide close to 1,000 square feet of space. The building also houses the City College Architecture Center (CCAC), which provides consulting services to community-based organizations.

The Towers Residence Hall (TD)

The Towers at CCNY is the first residence hall to be built on the CCNY campus in its 167-year history. The Towers, located on the corner of West 130th Street and St. Nicholas Terrace on the South Campus, opened its doors in August 2006. Currently, The Towers provides accommodation for 600 resident students.

The Towers consists of 164 fully-furnished, air-conditioned suites in four configurations housing one to four students each as well as a limited number of studio and one-bedroom suites available for faculty housing. All suites have a fully-functional kitchenette. The Towers offers wireless internet service throughout the entire building (including resident rooms and lounges), a multi-purpose seminar room, a fitness center, a central laundry facility, a convenience store and a community kitchen. All residents are required to have an access card for entry at the 24-hour security desk; there are closed-circuit security cameras located throughout the building. CCNY operates a shuttle/escort van service to provide residents with easy access to the North Campus and local subway stations. The Residence Life Staff, which consists of Resident Assistants and professional staff, provides supervision of the building in accordance with CUNY/CCNY policies and procedures. Residence Life also strives to create community through educational and social programming and serves as a resource to all residents.

Information regarding the application process, scheduling a tour, and costs can be found on The Towers website at www.ccnytowers.com. The cost for living in The Towers varies by suite type and length of contract, however, all utilities (i.e., electric, heat, A/C, local phone service, access to internet service, access to free laundry room, and basic cable TV service) are included. Prospective residents may contact The Towers office by phone at (917) 507-0070 or via email at towers@ccny.cuny.edu

Zahn Innovation Center

The Zahn Innovation Center is an incubator that nurtures entrepreneurial initiatives at the City College of New York, providing students, faculty and staff with the tools they need to transform their ideas into sustainable ventures. We offer support for both technology-enabled start-ups and social impact ventures.

The Center provides co-working spaces for its technology start-ups and social ventures and an ongoing, campus-wide speaker series. We host four entrepreneurship competitions per year, with $140,000 in prize money on the table. We also offer mentorship, practical workshops, and expert pro-bono services for legal, Intellectual Property, incorporation, and accounting support. For technology and hardware based start-ups we also offer a wide range of prototyping capabilities including 3D printing, laser cutting, and machining, as well as access to an experienced design engineer.

AN INCUBATOR

We are a startup incubator located at the City College of New York offering co-working space and an array of resources including: annual competitions, a startup bootcamp, mentorship and pro-bono services, networking opportunities, and rapid prototyping facilities.

AN APPLIED EDUCATION

We inspire CCNY students to approach their education as changemakers, transforming classroom learning into real-world application. Each semester we partner with various academic departments to create curricula to cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset. We also pair students with startups and other companies in the NYC area through our robust internship program.

A COMMUNITY OF CHANGEMAKERS

We invite all entrepreneurial thinkers to join our diverse community by attending our public events. We host prominent entrepreneurs, investors and other innovators to City College’s campus, we host hackathons, work-shops and other programs throughout the year. We also encourage stu-dents to join one of our startup teams or become a part of the Center through the Entrepreneurship Student Club.