Directions to FIT

The college is located at West 27th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. This midtown location, the center of the fashion industries, is easily reached by every subway, major railroad line, and bus route in the city.

Our mailing address, 227 West 27th Street, can be used to find directions via GPS or navigation apps. 

Though there are parking garages in the neighborhood, there is no on-campus parking.

By Air

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 E. 34th St. turn left onto Lexington Ave. turn right onto E. 27th St. continue onto W. 27th St.

From Newark International Airport

On the Newark 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 St. follow through Holland Tunnel take the Uptown fork and turn right onto Hudson Street Hudson Street becomes 8th Avenue turn right onto W. 28th St. turn right onto 7th Ave to W. 27th St. 

By Public Transportation

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 the MTA's website at www.mta.info.

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 Station 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. 

By Car

From the East (Long Island)

I-495 West / Long Island Expressway through the Midtown Tunnel take the 35th St. exit towards 34th St./Downtown 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 (Connecticut)

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 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.