Research 101 (older version): Directions to library and library maps

SPRING 2021 COVID-19 NOTICE

Please note that while Hostos campus is closed, the library is online!

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The library entrance is on the 3rd floor of the A building, at 475 Grand Concourse Ave., Bronx NY 10451.

The library's room number is 308. (The audio-visual room is room 309, across the hallway).

By subway: take the 2/4/5 to 149th Street and Grand Concourse. We are located directly above the subway, on the southwest corner of the intersection.

Unfortunately, this subway stop has no elevator. If you need an elevator, the nearest subway station with an elevator is the 2/5 stop at 149th Street and Third Ave. (the Hub).

By bus: both the Bx1 and the Bx19 stop at 149th Street and Grand Concourse.

Driving Directions:

• From Manhattan, take the FDR drive north to the Willis Avenue Bridge to the Major Deegan Expressway (87N). Proceed north to Exit 3. Take the right fork in the exit ramp to the Grand Concourse and proceed north to East 149th Street.
• From Queens, take the Triborough Bridge to the Major Deegan Expressway. Continue north to Exit 3. Take the right fork in the exit ramp to the Grand Concourse and proceed north to East 149th Street.
• From Westchester, take the Major Deegan Expressway south (87S) to Exit 3. Turn left at the light. Turn left again at Grand Concourse and proceed north to East 149th Street.
• From New Jersey, take the George Washington Bridge to the Major Deegan Expressway south to Exit 3. Turn left at the light. Turn left again at Grand Concourse and proceed North to East 149th Street.