Faculty Information

Commencement Entrance Location

Ford Amphitheater: W. 21st near Surf Ave (It’s a dead-end that provides access to the Boardwalk). Faculty will enter near the VIP Entrance sign. There will be a Security Guard at the entrance with the confirmed faculty listing to allow faculty who will be dressed in academic regalia into the venue. Faculty are expected to be at the venue no later than 8am with your academic regalia. You MUST have your regalia to enter the venue.

Commencement Agenda

Breakfast: 7:30am – 9am

Processional Line-Up: 9:30am

Travel Information

Medgar’s Transportation Option

Faculty who have received confirmation from the Office of Academic Affairs, the buses will leave at 6:30am, and the meeting location will be in the front of the Bedford Building.

Non-Medgar Transportation Option

The two parking lots are as follows:

• 3050 W 21st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11224, with access on 22nd Street and Surf Ave, directly behind the venue.
• 1904 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11224. The 2nd overflow lot is a couple of blocks away at the baseball stadium with a direct path to the venue entrance from the boardwalk. The Theater has attendants directing people once the first lot fills up.

*The Parking Lot option is FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE*

Public Transportation Option

Subway

• We recommend all guests take the D, F, N, or Q subway to Stillwell Avenue, Coney Island. Exit the subway at Stillwell Avenue. Walk to the boardwalk and make a right, walking along the ocean.

Bus

• B36 to Surf Av/w 21st
• B64 to Mermaid Avenue and Stillwell Avenue
• B68 to Mermaid Avenue and Stillwell Avenue
• B74 to Mermaid Avenue/W 21st
• B82 to Mermaid Avenue/W 17th
• Express Bus from Manhattan: X28, X38 to Surf Avenue/W 21st

If Faculty have any questions, contact Ms. Shakima Scott, sscott@mec.cuny.edu in the Office of Academic Affairs. Please note that this information is included on the Commencement webpage.