Getting to FIT
FIT is located on West 27th Street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. This midtown location, the center of the fashion industries, is easily reached by every subway line, major railroad line, and bus route in the city.
Though there are parking garages in the neighborhood, there is no on-campus parking. The best way to reach our campus is via public transportation.
For air travel, nearby NYC-area airports include LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy, and Newark Liberty. Public transportation into Manhattan is available at all three.
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Getting to FIT
Take the 1 or the N, R to the 28th Street Station. Alternatively, take the C, E, or F to the 23rd Street Station or take the 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, D, F, N, or Q to the 34th Street Station. For more info visit: MTA
Take Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, or the Long Island Railroad to Pennsylvania Station at 34th Street and 7th Avenue. Walk south on 7th Avenue to 27th Street.
Take Amtrak or Metro-North commuter railroad (Harlem, Hudson, New Haven, Port Jervis, and Pascack Valley Lines) to Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Take the S shuttle subway to Times Square, then the 1 downtown to the 28th Street station.
Take PATH trains to the 23rd Street or 34th Street stations.
Take the Crosstown bus at 23rd Street or 34th Street.
Take the 7th Avenue or 8th Avenue bus.
The Port Authority Bus Terminal is at 40th Street and 8th Avenue.
New Jersey buses go to the George Washington Bridge Terminal, and then take the subway or metropolitan bus line.
From LaGuardia Airport
Take the Grand Central Parkway West exit out of the airport bear right onto Brooklyn
Queens Expressway East which becomes I-278 West/Brooklyn Queens Expressway bear right
onto I-495 West/Long Island Expressway follow through the Midtown Tunnel take the
34th St./Downtown exit turn right onto E. 34th St. turn left onto Lexington Ave. turn
right onto E. 27th St. continue onto W. 27th St.
From JFK International Airport
Take the Van Wyck Expressway exit/I-678 North. Merge onto the Van Wyck Expressway
to the I-495/Long Island Expressway exit. Merge onto I-495/Long Island Expressway
West. Follow through the Midtown Tunnel. Take the 34th St./Downtown exit. Turn right
onto East 34th Street. Turn left onto Lexington Avenue. Turn right onto East 27th
Street. Continue onto West 27th Street.
From Newark Liberty International Airport
From the Newark Liberty International Airport exit, take the US-1/US-9 ramp towards
New York Via Skyway (Rt-21). Merge onto US-1/US-9 North. US-1/US-9 North becomes US-1
North. US-1 North becomes 12th Street. Follow through Holland Tunnel. Take the Uptown
fork and turn right onto Hudson Street. Hudson Street becomes 8th Avenue. Turn right
onto West 28th Street. Turn right onto 7th Avenue to West 27th Street.
From the East (Long Island)
I-495 West/Long Island Expressway through the Midtown Tunnel. Take the 35th Street
exit towards 34th Street/Downtown. Turn right onto East 34th Street. Turn left onto
Lexington Avenue. Turn right onto East 27th Street and continue onto West 27th Street.
From the North (Connecticut)
Take I-91 South. Continue onto I-95 South/Bruckner Expressway to I-278 West/Bruckner
Expressway bear right onto Triborough Bridge bear left onto FDR Dr. take Midtown Tunnel
(I-495)/E. 34th St. exit merge onto FDR Dr. Service Road West turn right onto E. 34th
St. turn left onto Lexington Ave. turn right onto E. 27th St. continue onto W. 27th
St.
From the North (Upstate New York)
I-87 South / New York Throughway take the 1-287 South/Rt-17 South exit towards New
Jersey merge onto 1-287 South stay straight to go onto NJ-17 South take the 1-80 East
exit towards New York merge onto I-80 East take the I-95 South/New Jersey Turnpike
exit merge onto I-95 South take the exit towards Lincoln Tunnel/Secaucus (Rt 3) merge
onto I-495 East through the Lincoln Tunnel take the 40 St. and North/West Side Highway
exit merge onto Dyer Ave. turn right onto W. 40th St. turn right onto Broadway turn
right onto W. 27th St.
From the West (Northern New Jersey)
New Jersey Route 3 take the I-495 East exit towards the Lincoln Tunnel merge onto
I-495 East through the Lincoln Tunnel take the 40 St. and North/West Side Highway
exit merge onto Dyer Ave. turn right onto W. 40th St. turn right onto Broadway turn
right onto W. 27th St.
From the South (Southern New Jersey)
New Jersey Turnpike take I-95/New Jersey Turnpike North to 16E (U.S. 46)/Lincoln Tunnel
take the Rt 3 exit 16E towards the Lincoln Tunnel merge onto I-495 East through the
Lincon Tunnel take the 40 St. and North/West Side Highway exit merge onto Dyer Ave.
turn right onto W. 40th St. turn right onto Broadway turn right onto W. 27th St.
FIT Locations
27th Street Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
David Dubinsky Student Center
Business and Liberal Arts Center
Marvin Feldman Center
Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center
Shirley Goodman Resource Center
Conference Center at FIT
Brooklyn Army Terminal
333 Seventh Avenue
Administrative offices: 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th floors
236 West 27th Street
Center for Contining and Professional Studies: Store Front
Graduate School classrooms and offices: 1st, 4th, 5th floors
Administrative offices: 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th floors
Residence Halls
Alumni, 210 West 27th Street
Nagler, 220 West 27th Street
Coed, 230 West 27th Street
Kaufman, 406 West 31st Street
For an interactive map, see our virtual tour.