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The C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University is located on 720 Northern Boulevard (Route 25A) in Brookville or Greenvale (Nassau County), New York 11548.

If you plan on taking the train to C.W. Post, please take the Long Island Railroad to the Hicksville train station for the easiest transport to the campus.


From New York City Take Queens-Midtown Tunnel to Long Island Expressway (I-495). Take Exit 39 and make a left at the light (Glen Cove Road north). Go north for 2 miles; turn right (east) on Northern Boulevard (Route 25A). C.W. Post is 2 miles on the right.

From Bronx, Westchester and Points North Take Throgs Neck Bridge to Clearview Expressway (I-295) south. Exit to eastbound Long Island Expressway (I-495); proceed to Exit 39 and continue as indicated above.

From Southern New Jersey and Points South Take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 13. Cross the Goethels Bridge to I-278 east (Staten Island Expressway). Cross the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to the Belt Parkway east. Follow the Belt Parkway to the Cross Island Parkway north (toward the Whitestone Bridge). Follow the Cross Island Parkway to Exit 30 - Long Island Expressway (I-495) east. Take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 39 and make a left at the light (Glen Cove Road north). Go north for 2 miles; turn right (east) on Northern Boulevard (Route 25A). C.W. Post is 2 miles on the right.

From Northern New Jersey Take the George Washington Bridge east to the Cross Bronx Expressway. Cross the Throgs Neck Bridge then follow directions given from Bronx, Westchester and Points North.

From Eastern Long Island Take Long Island Expressway (I-495) to Exit 41N (Route 107). Turn right (north) onto 107 north. Proceed to Northern Boulevard (Route 25A). Turn left (west) at Northern Boulevard. C.W. Post is on the left.

From South Shore of Long Island In Nassau County, take Wantagh State Parkway or Meadowbrook Parkway north to Northern State Parkway Exit 31 (Glen Cove Road North). At light, turn left (north) on Glen Cove Road. Proceed for 3 miles to Northern Boulevard (Route 25A), turn right (east). C.W. Post is 2 miles on the right. In Suffolk County, take most convenient north-south road to the Long Island Expressway (I-495) and follow directions given from Eastern Long Island.

Train (Long Island Rail Road) From Pennsylvania Station, take either the Long Island Rail Road's Port Jefferson train line to the Hicksville station, or the Port Washington-Manhasset line to the Great Neck or Manhasset station, or Oyster Bay line to the Greenvale station. All of these stations, except Greenvale, have bus service to the C.W. Post Campus (see below for bus information). Contact the LIRR at 516-822-5477 or on the web at www.mta.nyc.ny.us for more information regarding train and bus schedules. Taxi service is available from all of these train stations. See Taxi Service below for further information.

Taxi Service Taxi service is available from the Greenvale, Hicksville, Great Neck and Manhasset train stations. Call Hicksville Taxi Service at 516-931-5555 or Arena Car Service at 516-671-1848.

Bus C.W. Post is serviced by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), Long Island Bus N20. The N20 connects to the New York City subway system (# 7 line), several Long Island Rail Road stations, and other buses serving Nassau, Suffolk and Queens. Contact the MTA as 516-228-4000 or on the web at www.mta.nyc.ny.us  The N20 bus comes directly onto campus at C.W. Post from Hicksville Train Station or Flushing, Queens.

Courtesy Van If you arrive between 4:00 and 6:00 pm on Friday night, as a courtesy, a university van will be there to pick you up.  Please do not rely on the university van after or before those designated times.  If the van is not present during that hour, please consider it may be on a loop and will return.  The last loop will take place at 6:00pm.  The N20 bus may be taken to campus, as well as a taxicab.

Amtrak The C.W. Post Campus is accessible through Amtrak which goes directly into Pennsylvania Station in New York City. From Pennsylvania Station see directions above. Contact Amtrak at 800-USA-RAIL or on the web at www.amtrak.com

Airports Nearest airport to C.W. Post is John F. Kennedy International, (40 minutes from C.W. Post); The Easiest way to get to C.W. Post from the airport is to take Air Train JFK to Jamaica Train Station than transfer to Hicksville Train Station. AirTrain JFK is the airport train service that takes you between John F. Kennedy International Airport and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) trains, MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) subways, and local buses. It operates 24 hours every day.

 

 
 
 
 

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C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University
720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548
phone 516-299-2359 | email aupair@cwpost.liu.edu
Web: www.liu.edu/aupair
 
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