Move-In Information
- Check-In Dates, Times, and Locations
- Campus Map & Directions
- Unloading & Parking
- Sending Packages & Mail
- Go Green! (Have an Environmentally Friendly Move-In)
- Refrigerator Rentals (Quad & Elliott)
- Computers in the Residence Halls
- Nearby Hotels for Parents / Families
- Recomended / Prohibited Items in the Residence Halls
Check-In Dates, Times, and Locations
First-Year Students:
Check-In for First Year students takes place on Monday, August 25. Your arrival time depends on what floor of the Quad you will be living on. If you live on...
- Floors 7 or 8, arrive between 7am and 8:30am
- Floors 6 or 5, arrive between 8:30am and 10am
- Floors 4 or 3, arrive between 10am and 11:15am
- Floor 2, arrive between 11:15am and Noon
Please consult the FY Newsletter (p. 10) for more information about arriving, unloading, and getting your room keys.
Orientation schedules will be posted at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/orientation/ once available.
Transfer & Visiting Students
Check-In starts at 9am on Wednesday, August 27, at the front desk of your residence hall (Check-In to the Quad takes place in the Sulzberger Lobby).
Orientation schedules will be posted at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/orientation/ once available.
Returning & Readmitted Students
Check-In takes place 9am - 6pm on Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31 at the front desk of your residence hall (Check-In to the Quad takes place in Barnard Hall).
Please make sure that you bring your Student ID with you. You will be required to show your Student ID to pick up your keys and to be permitted entry into your residence hall.
- Steve Tolman (Brooks, Reid, Sulzberger)
- Amy Leo (Elliott, Hewitt, Sulzberger Tower)
- Janett Cordoves (CG, PLM, 110th St)
- Onika Jervis (600, 616, 620)
Campus Map & Directions
* Measurements on residence hall floor plans are approximate. We encourage you to refrain for purchasing / cutting carpets, etc. until you move into your room and take accurate measurements.
Unloading & Parking
The area in front of each residence hall is reserved for unloading only.
For a list of parking garages and rates, please visit http://nyc.bestparking.com (select "Daily", then click "By Neighborhood," and then select "Morningside Heights").
For more packing information, visit http://www.barnard.edu/visitors/parking.html.
A limited number of carts will be available for check-out from the front desk of each residence hall. A $20 CASH deposit and a photo ID is required to borrow a cart for one hour.
Sending Packages & Mail
All students receive their mail & packages * at Student Mail Services in Altschul. Students keep their mailbox number for all 4 years of college.
To find out your Altschul Mailbox Number and the address format, log onto eBear and click Students > Mail Services.
For more information, visit Student Mail Services.
STUDENT NAME
217 Manhattan Ave, APT #
New York, New York, 10025
Go Green! (Have an Environmentally-Friendly Move-In)
The College and Residential Life & Housing are committed adopting sustainable practices. Help us save the environment by planning a "Green" move-in!
- Get rid of stuff before you move it! You will have a limited amount of space in your dorm room, so bring only the essentials to make your move lighter and more energy efficient.
- Talk to your roommate(s) / suitemate(s) so you don't end up bringing duplicate items.
- Instead of buying brand new cardboard boxes, ask your local liquor, grocery, hardware, or dry goods store for boxes. Or, use reusable plastic tubs.
- Instead of packing your boxes with newspaper or bubblewrap, use your towels or bed linens.
- After moving in, break down your boxes and put them in the recycle bin (in the Quad, take them to the basement); or better yet, flatten them and save them or send them home for a future move.
- Bring a UL-listed power strip, so you can shut off your applicances easily and save electricity.
- If you buy a refrigerator or other appliances, look for Energy Star rated items.
- Bring a Water Bottle, so you don't waste plastic bottles.
- Ditch the printer -- you can use the one in the campus computer labs.
For more information about recycling and "being green" on-campus, visit http://barnardecoreps.com. The Barnard Eco Reps also have a page about environmentally-friendly things to buy for your dorm room.
Refrigerator Rentals (Quad & Elliott)
If you would like to rent a refrigerator for your room, check-out Cecil Distributors. Renting a fridge instead buying one means you don't have to worry about finding a place to store it for the summer or taking it back home.
Elliott residents: please note that only the smaller cube refrigerator fits into the special fridge nook in your rooms.
Computers in the Residence Halls
Computer labs are provided in the Quad, 616, and Plimpton Halls and in academic buildings (Lab locations).
For information about connecting to the internet from your residence hall room, visit Student Computing.
Nearby Hotels for Parents / Families
For hotel information and reservations, visit http://www.hotels.com/. Parents & families have reported staying in the following hotels:
- Excelsior Hotel: 45 W. 81st St., phone: 212-362-9200
- Comfort Inn: 31 W. 71st, phone: 212-721-4770
- Double Tree Guest Suites: 1568 W. 47th (at Broadway), phone: 800-362-2779
- Grand Hyatt: 42nd St. (at Lexington Ave), phone: 212-883-1234
- Helmsley Windsor Hotel: 100 W. 58th St., phone: 212-490-8900
- Hotel Beacon: 2130 Broadway at 75th, phone: 212-787-1100
- Hotel Belleclaire: 250 W. 77th (at Broadway), phone: 212-362-7700
- Hotel Newton: 2528 Broadway (at 94th St.), phone: 800-643-5553
- Hotel Wales: 1295 Madison Ave (at 92nd St.), phone: 212-876-6000
- Leo House: 323 W. 23rd (between 8th and 9th Ave), phone: 212-929-1010
- Lucerne Hotel: 201 West 79th St. (at Amsterdam Ave), phone: 212-875-1000
- Marriot Marquis: 1535 Broadway (between 45th & 46th St.), phone: 212-398-1900
- Mayflower Hotel: 15 Central Park West, phone: 212-265-0060
- Milburn Hotel: 242 West 76th Street (at Broadway), phone: 212-362-1006
- New York Hilton and Tower: 1335 6th Ave (between 53rd & 54th), phone: 800-445-8667
- Novotel New York: 226 West 52nd St., phone: 212-315-0100
- On the Avenue: 2178 Broadway @ 77th, phone: 800-509-7598
- Quality Hotel: W. 94th (between Broadway & Amsterdam), phone: 800-834-2972
- Riverside Tower Hotel: 80 Riverside Drive @ 80th St., phone: 212-877-5200
- Salisbury Hotel: 123 West 57th St. (between 6th & 7th Ave), phone: 212-246-1300
- The Barbizon: 140 East 63rd St. (at Lexington Ave), phone: 212-838-5700
- The Blakely New York: 136 West 55th Street, phone: 212-245-1800
- The Radisson Empire Hotel: 44 W. 63rd St. (between Broadway and Columbus Ave), phone: 800-333-3333
- Union/Landmark Guest Rooms: 121st & Broadway, phone: 212-280-1313
- West Side Inn: 237 W. 107th, phone: 212-866-0061
For more local accomodations, visit http://www.barnard.edu/visitors/accommodations.html.
Recommended / Prohibited Items in the Residence Halls
Please consult this list for recommended and prohibited items. Save yourself room in your car, suitcase, etc, by leaving things behind that are not allowed!