The following are some recommended hotels for participants in workshops
at Columbia University:
New York Hotels. Rooms available for sold out dates. Call Hotel Network at
1-800-964-6835.
- Landmark Guestrooms, Union Theological Seminary, around $80 per night.
3041, Broadway at 120th Street, a block from the CTR, phone: (212) 280-1313,
fax: (212) 280-1416.
- Excelsior Hotel, $89 per single per night, very clean, nice, near the
Museum of Natural History, a 1/2 hour bus ride from Columbia.
45 W. 81st Street, phone: (212) 362-9200.
- Empire Hotel, $120 per night, also a 1/2 hour bus ride away.
44 W. 63rd Street, phone: (212) 265-7400.
- Milburn Hotel, for a special Columbia affiliated rate of $81 per night,
contact Mildred Ehrlich to
make the reservation. Nice hotel but not the nicest neighborhood.
242 W. 76th Street, phone: (212) 362-1006.
- St. Moritz, nice location, variety of rates depending on choice of room.
Facing courtyard is $120 or $130, but they also have rooms facing the
avenue or with a park view that are more expensive. 1/2 hour bus ride away.
50 Central Park South, at 6th Ave. & 59th Street, phone: (212) 755-5800.
- Park Central Hotel, nice hotel, not a bad neighborhood, 1/2 hour bus ride
away.
870 7th Avenue, (212) 484-3340.
- Hotel Bedford, 45 minutes away, take the number 4 northbound bus on Madison
Avenue to Columbia.
118 E. 40th Street, between Lexington and Park, phone: (212) 697-4800,
fax: (212) 697-1093.
- West Side YMCA, around $50 per night, 1/2 hour bus ride from Columbia. Take
the no. 104 bus on Broadway to 120th Street.
5 W. 63rd Street, between Central Park West and Broadway,
phone: (212) 741-9226, fax: (212) 875-1334.
Also, some hotels close to the airports:
- Near LaGuardia Airport:
Crowne Plaza
La Guardia
A Holiday inn Worldwide Hotel
104-04 Ditmars Blvd.
East Elmhurst, NY 11369
phone 718-457-6300
Fax 718-899-9768
Marriott Hotel
La Guardia Marriott
102-05 Ditmars Boulevard
East Elmhurst, NY 11369
phone 718-565-8900
Fax 718-899-0764
- Near Kennedy Airport:
Holiday Inn
144-02 135th Avenue
Jamaica, Queens, NY
phone 718-659-0200
fax 718-322-2533
Hilton International
138-10 135th Avenue
phone 800-445-8667
fax 718-529-0749