While West 120th St offers metered parking on both sides of the street, parking on New York City streets in the Columbia University area is limited. Nearby off-street parking facilities include:

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• Morningside Garage, 3100 Broadway (at 123rd St), (212) 864-9877

• E & B Operating Corp., 137 West 108th St (between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues), (212) 865-8315

• Park Yorkshire Garage, 151 West 108th St (between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues), (212) 865-2314

• Upper Westside Parking Garage, 234 West 108th St (between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway), (212) 222-8800

• Riverside Church Garage, 120th St (between Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue), (212) 870-6736

• Evening parking is available at Riverside Church, (212) 866-1000

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Spots can also be found and compared using the SpotHero app

The subway station serving Teachers College is the 116th St stop of the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue local. The No. 1 subway train (red line) are local trains serving this station. Be sure that you are on (or transfer to) the local line at the 96th St Station. The express line (No. 2 or No. 3 trains) does not serve Columbia University.

There are subway entrances at Penn Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. From Grand Central Station, the Shuttle (S) goes to "Times Square" 42nd St, offering access to the No. 1 IRT Broadway Local trains going uptown.

Pennsylvania (Penn) Station:

• Services several Amtrak, NJ Transit, and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) railroad lines

• Penn Station is serviced by the 1, 2, 3, A, C, and E MTA subway lines

• Penn Station is also serviced by the M4, M7, M20, M34/M34A SBS, and Q32 MTA buses

Grand Central Terminal:

• Services MTA Metro-North Railroad lines between New York City and its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut

• Grand Central Station is serviced by the 4, 5, 6, 7, and S (Shuttle) MTA subway lines

• Grand Central Terminal is also serviced by the M101, M102, M103, M1, M2, M3, M4, Q32 and M42 MTA buses

Other Online Resources:

• Metropolitan Transportation Authority - information about New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Long Island Bus, Metro-North Railroad as well as metropolitan bridges and tunnels.

• PATH

Bus transportation into New York City from neighboring states and communities usually terminates at Port Authority Bus Terminal, at West 42nd St and Eighth Avenue. In addition, a number of other economical charter bus companies connect other cities to New York City, including:

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• BestBus (formerly DC2NY)

• BoltBus

• Coach USA

• Go Buses

• Greyhound 

• Megabus

• Peter Pan Bus Lines

Within New York City, four MTA bus routes include a stop at West 120th St and Broadway (Teachers College): M4 (available from both Grand Central Station and Penn Station), M5, M11, and the M104 (available from the Port Authority Bus Terminal). The fare required is exact change in coins or Metrocard.