location

Fashion Institute of Technology
Enter conference at
218 West 28th Street
New York, NY

The conference will take place in the John E. Reeves Great Hall, Morris W. and Fannie B. Haft Theater, Katie Murphy Amphitheater at FIT.

Please enter the conference at 218 West 28th Street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues in Manhattan. The venue is easily reached by almost every subway route, major railroad line, and bus route in the city. It is 5 blocks from Penn Station, which serves Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit and Amtrak. Grand Central Station, which serves Metro North, is a short distance across town.

While a number of parking garages are in the neighborhood, the best way to reach the venue is via public transportation. 

FIT is ADA compliant. 

 

  • The venue is closest to the 1 or the N, R 28th Street Station.

    Alternatively, take the C, E, or F to the 23rd Street Station and walk to 27th.

    Or take the 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, D, F, N, or Q to the 34th Street Station.

    The venue is served by the Crosstown M23 bus and the M20 bus o 7th Avenue.

    To get there by subway or bus from your location, visit the  MTA

  • Take PATH trains to the 23rd Street or 34th Street stations.  

    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 Terminal at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Take the S shuttle subway to Times Square, then the 1 downtown to the 28th Street station. 

    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. 

  • From the East (Long Island)
    I-495 West/Long Island Expressway through the Midtown Tunnel. Take the 35th Street exit towards 34th Street/Downtown. Turn right onto East 34th Street. Turn left onto Lexington Avenue. Turn right onto East 27th Street and continue onto West 27th Street.

    From the North (Connecticut)
    Take 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 Lincon 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.

Accommodations

FIT has established relationships with hotels for conference attendees.