Quick Facts About LIU In its ninth decade of providing access to the American dream Visiting Team Location...... Brooklyn, N.Y. through excellence in higher education, LIU is a multicampus, Founded...... 1926 diverse, doctoral institution of higher learning. One of the largest Information Guide Enrollment...... 11,000 and most comprehensive private universities in the country, Nickname...... Blackbirds the University offers nearly 500 undergraduate, graduate and LIU BROOKLYN Colors...... Black/Silver doctoral degree programs and certificates, and educates over BLACKBIRDS Conference...... Northeast 24,000 students in degree-credit and continuing education programs in Brooklyn, Brookville (LIU Post), Brentwood, Athletics Web Site...... www.liuathletics.com Riverhead, and Rockland and Westchester (LIU Hudson). Other President...... Kimberly Cline academic units include LIU Pharmacy (the Arnold & Marie Provost...... Gale Stevens Haynes Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences), which prepares students for successful careers in the fields of pharmacy Administration/Support Staff and health care; LIU Global, which provides a wide range of Area Code (718) study abroad options at overseas centers in China, Costa Rica Director of Athletics John Suarez...... 488-1030 and India, and through programs in Australia, Ecuador, Peru, Senior Assoc. AD/SWA Margaret Alaimo...... 488-1524 Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey; and LIU Online, which harnesses the latest technology to offer online and blended programs. Assoc. AD/Ext. Relations Greg Fox...... 488-1018 Assoc. AD/Compliance Matthew Scally...... 780-4088 LIU Brooklyn is distinguished by dynamic curricula reflecting Faculty Representative Dr. Ralph Engelman..... 488-1009 the great urban community it serves. Distinctive programs Asst. AD/Media Relations Dan Lobacz...... 488-1420 encompass the arts and media, the natural sciences, business, Asst. Dir/Media Relations Casey Snedecor...... 488-1307 social policy, urban education, the health professions and Business Manager Roy Kortmann...... 488-1523 pharmacy, and include the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, the Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics, the D.P.T. in Physical Therapy and the Academic Coordinator April Glassey...... 488-3312 Pharm.D. in Pharmacy. A vibrant urban oasis in downtown Head Athletic Trainer Danny O’Connor...... 488-1521 Brooklyn, this diverse and thriving campus offers academic Asst Athletic Trainer Courtney Civitano...... 780-4158 excellence, personalized attention, small class size and flexible Asst Athletic Trainer Jared Maisel...... 780-4394 course schedules. The $45-million Steinberg Wellness Center Asst Athletic Trainer Christine Friel...... 280-6541 serves the Campus and the surrounding community, while the Strength Coach Richard James...... 488-3340 Cyber Café provides a high-tech hot spot for students and faculty Equipment Manager Bill Gehrke...... 246-6435 members to meet and eat. Administrative Assistant Geneen Favours...... 488-1030 Secretary Johannah Anderson.... 780-4591 Steinberg Center/Practices Sharon Abbate...... 780-4072 Steinberg Center Gamal Abiona...... 488-3055 Head Coaching Staff Baseball (M) Don Maines...... 488-1538 Basketball (M) Jack Perri...... 488-1030 Basketball (W) Gail Striegler...... 488-1030 Department of Athletics Bowling (W) Kayla Jones...... 488-3025 Golf (M) Michael Michaelides..... 488-1074 One University Plaza • Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 Golf (W) Natalie Desjardins...... 488-3206 Lacrosse (W) Allison Nuzzi...... 780-6156 Soccer (M) TJ Kostecky...... 488-1530 Soccer (W) Tracey Bartholomew.... 488-3496 Softball (W) Roy Kortmann...... 488-1523 Tennis (W) Asi Phillips...... 488-3497 Track & Field (M&W) Simon Hodnett...... 488-3478 Volleyball (W) Kyle Robinson...... 488-1532 Travel Directions Subway Lodging and Dining Automobile LIU Brooklyn is served by all subway lines: Suggestions From Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge: Proceed along • 4 or 5 train (Lexington Ave. Line) and the 2 or 3 trains (Seventh Hotels Flatbush Avenue Extension to Myrtle Avenue and turn left at light. Avenue Line) to Nevins Street Station Take Myrtle Avenue to Ashland Place. Turn right onto Ashland Hotel Indigo...... 229 Duffield St, Brooklyn, N.Y...... Contact Maleta Phoenix-Edwards - 718-254-7825 Place. Go two lights and made a right onto DeKalb Avenue. Parking • B and Q train (express) or M and R train (local) to DeKalb Avenue Station garage is first brick building on the right. Sheraton...... 228 Duffield St, Brooklyn, N.Y...... Contact Ryan Ocker - 917-281-5192 From Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge:Make a left at first light • A, C, or G trains (Eighth Avenue Line) to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street Station onto Tillary Street. Go two lights and turn right onto Flatbush Aloft...... 216 Duffield St, Brooklyn, N.Y. Avenue Extension. Go two lights and make a left onto Myrtle ...... Contact Ryan Ocker - 917-281-5192 Avenue. Go four lights and turn right onto Ashland Place and Airplane proceed to DeKalb Avenue and make a right. Parking garage is Marriott Brooklyn Bridge...... 333 Adams St, Brooklyn, N.Y. first brick building on the right. LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports in Queens and Liberty ...... Contact Esther Wells - 718-812-6291 International Airport in Newark, N.J., are all less than one hour from Best Western Prospect Park...... 764 4th Ave, Brooklyn, N.Y. From Brooklyn: Belt Parkway to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. LIU Brooklyn...... Contact Hilda Cangelosi - 718-768-3100 Take BQE to Cadman Plaza West and proceed to Tillary Street. Turn left on Tillary Street and turn right onto Flatbush Avenue Train Fairfield Inn...... 181 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, N.Y. Extension. Make immediate left at light onto Myrtle Avenue. Turn ...... Contact Bonnie Goodman - 718-210-1695 right onto Ashland Place and proceed to DeKalb Ave. and make a The Flatbush Avenue terminal of the Long Island Rail Road is four right. Parking garage is first brick building on the right. blocks from campus. Holiday Inn Express...... 279 Butler St, Brooklyn, N.Y...... Contact Musa Mukwashi - 718-855-9600 From Queens/Long Island: Long Island Expressway (495 West) Local Attractions to BQE (278 West) to Tillary Street exit. Make second left onto Restaurants - Brooklyn Flatbush Avenue Extension and make second left at Myrtle Avenue. Barclays Center...... 620 Atlantic Ave Turn right onto Ashland Place. Go two lights and make a right onto The state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue, home to the Applebee’s...... 395 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. DeKalb Ave. Parking garage is first brick building on the right. professional basketball team the Brooklyn Nets...... 718-834-0800

From Staten Island: Take Verrazano Bridge to BQE. See above. McDonald’s...... 395 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. BAM...... 30 Lafayette Ave ...... 718-522-4988 The Brooklyn Academy of Music is a major performing arts venue for From Northern New Jersey: Take NJ Turnpike So. to Holland Tunnel more than 150 years. to Canal Street East and follow to Manhattan Bridge. See above. Pipitone’s Pizza & Pasta...... 100 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y...... 718-858-4376

From Southern New Jersey: New Jersey Turnpike north to Exit Prospect Park...... Grand Army Plaza Smashburger...... 74 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 10 (Outerbridge Crossing) to 278 East Verrazano Bridge to BQE. 585-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Outdoor ...... 718-222-1101 Follow directions from Brooklyn. concerts, athletics, landmark structures and beauty. Subway (on campus)...... One University Plaza., Brooklyn, N.Y. From New England/Westchester: Merritt Pkwy So or 95 So to the ...... 718-488-3051 Hutchinson Pky So and over the Whitestone Bridge. Take 678 So Statue of Liberty...... Liberty Island, NY (Van Wyck Expwy) to 495 West (LIE). Follow from Queens. Located in the New York Harbor, this fascinating monument was a gift Junior’s Restaurant...... 386 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. of international friendship from the people of France...... 718-852-5257 **For teams traveling by bus: Dropoff point is in front of the main gate on DeKalb Ave. The driver should not leave the bus Mullane’s Bar & Grill...... 71 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. unattended. Enter the Steinberg Wellness Center and ask the Brooklyn Bridge...... Cadman Plaza E & Prospect St ...... 718-797-7606 security guard to contact either Sharon Abbate or Gamal Abiona One of the oldest suspension bridges in the U.S. Designated a National for locker room access. Historic Landmark, connecting Manhattan & Brooklyn. Red Rose Restaurant...... 315 Smith St., Brooklyn, N.Y. **For teams traveling by van: Dropoff point is in the loading dock ...... 718-625-0963 area just east of the LIU garage. Contact Sharon Abbate, Gamal Downtown Brooklyn Promenade...... Columbia Heights ** If you are interested in hosting a tailgate following an event, Abiona or Greg Fox prior to your trip. Breathtaking view of the Downtown Manhattan Skyline. contact either Greg Fox (718-488-1018) or Sharon Abbate (718- 780-4072) at least one week in advance.