Getting Here By Car
(Driving Directions from MapQuest - Fill in your starting location and MapQuest will generate detailed driving directions to Hofstra University. )
From southern New Jersey, southeast Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Washington, D.C., and Virginia:
Take N.J. Turnpike to Exit 13 ... Follow
Route 278 to Verrazano-Narrows Bridge ... Take left exit off
bridge onto the Belt Parkway East ... Take that to Exit 25A
(Southern State Parkway East — the Belt Parkway splits,
stay left) ... Take that to Exit 22N (Meadowbrook Parkway North)
... Stay on the Meadowbrook Parkway until Exit M4 (sign reads
"Hempstead" and "Coliseum") ...
Follow From All Points below.
From northwestern New Jersey, northern Pennsylvania, and the
Middle States: Take either Interstate 78, Interstate 80, US Route
22, New Jersey Route 4, or New Jersey Route 17 to the George
Washington Bridge ... Proceed over the bridge to the Cross Bronx
Expressway onto the Throgs Neck Bridge ... Follow directions
from Throgs Neck Bridge, detailed below.
From Upstate New York: Take New York Thruway over the Tappan Zee
Bridge to Cross Westchester Expressway (Interstate 287)
... Stay on the Expressway to the New England Thruway ... Proceed
south on the Thruway to Throgs Neck Bridge ... Follow directions
from Throgs Neck Bridge, detailed below.
From New England: Proceed south to New England Thruway
(Interstate 95) and take this to the Throgs Neck Bridge ... Follow directions
from Throgs Neck Bridge, detailed below.
From eastern Long Island: Take the Northern State Parkway West, to the Meadowbrook Parkway South (Exit 31A) or take the Southern State Parkway West to the Meadowbrook Parkway North (Exit 22N) ... Stay on the Meadowbrook Parkway until Exit M4 (sign reads "Hempstead" and "Coliseum") ... From All Points below.
From the Throgs Neck Bridge: Take Cross Island Parkway (first
exit over the bridge on right) to the Grand Central Parkway
East (Exit 29, exit forks - stay left) ... Grand Central Parkway
will become the Northern State Parkway East, follow to Exit
31A (Meadowbrook Parkway South) ... Take the Meadowbrook Parkway
to Exit M4 (sign reads "Hempstead" and "Coliseum")
... Follow From All Points below.
From Manhattan: From Queens Midtown Tunnel, continue on the Long Island Expressway (I-495) East to exit 38, Northern State Parkway East, to the Meadowbrook Parkway South (exit 31A) ... Stay on the Meadowbrook Parkway until Exit M4 (sign reads "Hempstead" and "Coliseum")... Follow From All Points below.
If you take the Williamsburg Bridge, take Brooklyn Queens Expressway East, exit to Long Island Expressway East and follow Directions from above. Or continue on the BQE East to Grand Central Parkway and follow directions from Laguardia Airport.
From
John F. Kennedy Airport: Take the Belt Parkway East to Exit
25A (Southern State Parkway North) ... Take that to Exit 22N
(Meadowbrook Parkway North) ... Stay on the Meadowbrook Parkway
until Exit M4 ... Follow From All Points below.
From
LaGuardia Airport: Take the Grand Central Parkway East ...
This will become the Northern State Parkway East ... Follow
this to Exit 31A (Meadowbrook Parkway South) ... Take the Meadowbrook
Parkway to Exit M4 (sign reads "Hempstead" and "Coliseum")
...Follow From All Points below.
From
MacArthur Airport: Take Veterans Memorial Highway South
to Sunrise Highway West to the Southern State Parkway North
... Take that to Exit 22N, then take Meadowbrook Parkway North
to Exit M4 ... Follow From All Points below.
From Exit M4 of the Meadowbrook Parkway you
will be on Route 24 West (Hempstead Turnpike) ... Stay on 24W
for about one mile ... Pass Nassau Coliseum ... Hofstra University
is on the rigth side of the Turnpike ... You will see an
overhead walkways ... Make a right at the light just after the
walkway onto Oak Street. The Netherlands Building is on your left.
From New York City: The Long Island Rail Road provides
regular commuter service from Pennsylvania Station in New York
City to the Hempstead station, which is less than two miles
from Hofstra’s campus ... Pennsylvania Station is located
at 34th Street and 8th Avenue, below Madison Square Garden.
Take the Long Island Rail Road east on the
Hempstead Branch to the final stop "Hempstead." Depending on
the day and time, a complimentary blue Hofstra bus may be waiting
at the station to take visitors to the campus. The bus makes
several stops on campus. Otherwise, just take a taxi for a short
5-minute trip to the Hofstra campus.
Click
here for complete Long Island Rail Road information and schedules
Click
here for complete Long Island Bus information and schedules
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