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European Institute
Columbia University
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 308
New York, NY 10115
[email protected]

The European Institute is located on Columbia’s Morningside Heights Campus on the 3rd floor of The Interchurch Center building at the corner of 120th Street and Claremont Avenue. Please enter the building at 61 Claremont Avenue.

You must schedule a meeting in advance so that the person you're meeting can enter you into the building's visitor system. On the day of your visit, you will receive an email from "Angus Anywhere" with instructions for the building's visitor check-in procedure:

  1. Provide a symptom attestation (using the buttons in the email).
  2. Bypass the front desk and proceed through the hallway on the right until you reach the elevator turnstiles.
  3. Provide a temperature scan at the elevator turnstiles - Hold your wrist or forehead up to the thermometer (the guard will direct you if needed).
  4. Use the barcode at the bottom of the "Angus Anywhere" email to scan through the turnstiles & proceed to the 3rd floor. Follow the signage for the European Institute.

If you have any issues with building entry, please contact the person you are meeting.

Google Maps: Main entrance at 61 Claremont Avenue.

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Directions via Subway

  • Take the local #1 train to the 116th Street station.
  • Upon exiting the station, walk north on Broadway and turn left on 120th Street. The main entrance to the building is at 61 Claremont Avenue, at the corner of 120th Street and Claremont Avenue.
  • Sign in at the front desk to receive a visitor badge, then take the elevator to the 3rd floor.
  • Upon exiting the elevator, please follow the directional signs to Suite 308.
  • Note: Only the local #1 train stops at the 116th Street station. If you take the #2 or #3 express trains from downtown or midtown, you must transfer at the 96th Street station to the #1 train.

Directions via Car

From the West Side of Manhattan:

  • The Institute is accessible from the Henry Hudson Parkway (the West Side Highway) in Manhattan.
  • From the Henry Hudson Parkway, you can exit at W 95th Street and travel north on Riverside Drive.
  • The Interchurch Center building has an entrance on Riverside Drive between 119th Street and 120th Street. There is also an entrance on Claremont Avenue between 119th Street and 120th Street.
  • Sign in at the front desk and take the elevator to the 3rd floor.

From the East Side of Manhattan:

  • The Institute is accessible from the FDR Drive on the east side of Manhattan.
  • From the FDR Drive, exit at E 96th Street and continue west.
  • Take the 97th Street Transverse through Central Park and continue straight onto W 97th Street.
  • Turn right onto Riverside Drive and continue north.
  • The Interchurch Center building has an entrance on Riverside Drive between 119th Street and 120th Street. There is also an entrance on Claremont Avenue between 119th Street and 120th Street.
  • Sign in at the front desk and take the elevator to the 3rd floor.

Directions via Bus

Via M4, M60, or M104 buses:
(from Midtown East; Upper East Side; Harlem; Astoria, Queens; or LaGuardia Airport)

  • Take the bus to 120th Street and Broadway.
  • Walk west on 120th Street to Claremont Avenue.
  • The Interchurch Center building has an entrance at the corner of Claremont Avenue and 120th Street.
  • Sign in at the front desk and take the elevator to the 3rd floor.

Via M11 bus:
(from Midtown West, Greenwich Village, or Harlem)

  • Take the bus to 120th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
  • Walk west on 120th Street to Claremont Avenue.
  • The Interchurch Center building has an entrance at the corner of Claremont Avenue and 120th Street.
  • Sign in at the front desk and take the elevator to the 3rd floor.