• General Transportation Information for All Camps
• Pickup
  • Dead-Ends or Cul-De-Sacs
  • Nassau County
  • Manhattan
  • Queens
  • Suffolk County
• Arrival
• Early Pickup for Sessions 1, 2 and 3
• Early Pickup for Session 4
• Campers Not Riding a Bus

Transportation Phone: 516-463-6514, or 516-463-6287

Parents are notified approximately one week prior to each session as to the time their children will be picked up for door-to-door transportation. The bus driver will leave a “Welcome Letter” in your mailbox notifying you of the approximate pickup time. Please expect delays on the first day of each session.

• Approximate pickup time is between 7:45 and 8:30 a.m. (Some bus routes may be earlier.)
• Departure from Hofstra University is between 4:15 and 4:30 p.m.
• Area pickups: Please indicate your choice on the Registration Form.
• Each camper must have the same pickup and drop-off address.
• Early pickup: See below.
• Bus routes and drivers may be changed each session.
• Vans do not have counselors; drivers supervise.
• Area pickups may be provided depending on availability.

Door-to-door transportation will not be provided for any registrations received after:

• Session 1: June 3
• Session 2: June 17
• Sessions 3 and 4: June 24

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Dead-Ends or Cul-De-Sacs
Parents must contact the Transportation Office to make arrangements for dead-ends or cul-de-sacs. Families that live on dead-end streets or cul-de-sacs MUST meet the bus at the corner of the block for pickup and drop-off.
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Door-to-door transportation is provided for Nassau County residents only. Certain outlying areas in Nassau County (such as Bayville, Lattingtown, Mill Neck, Manor Haven, Cove Neck, Locust Valley, Oyster Bay Cove, Laurel Hollow, Matinecock and Sands Point) have an area pickup.

Please bring your child to the pickup area by 7:30 a.m. to meet the bus, and return at approximately 5 p.m. to pick up your child.
Pickup location: Teddy Roosevelt School Parking Lot (Main Street and Larrabee Road) in Oyster Bay (Click for directions)

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Please bring your child to the selected pickup area by the specificed pick-up time below to meet the bus, and return at approximately 5:45 p.m. (depending on traffic).

Manhattan West:
Lincoln Center
Columbus Ave New York, NY 10023
Departure Time: 7:00am
Board Bus From: Main Entrance/Steps To The Josie Robertson Plaza/Revson Fountain
Lincoln Center Is On The Upper West Side Of Manhattan attan, Between West 62nd And 65th Streets And Columbus And Amsterdam Avenues.

Manhattan East:
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave
New York, NY 10065
Departure Time: 7:15am
Board Bus From: NW Corner Of 66th St And Lexington Ave
Park Avenue Armory Is Located on The Upper East Side of Manhattan, Between Park And Lexington Avenues, And East 66th And 67th Streets.

Manhattan South:
Mid Manhattan Public Library At Bryant Park 455 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10018
Departure Time: 7:30am
Board The Bus From: Main Entrance Steps To Library Fifth Ave & 41st St
New York Public Library At Bryant Park Is Situated In Midtown Manhattan attan, Between 40th And 42nd Streets & Fifth And Sixth Avenues.
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Door-to-door transportation is provided in designated areas (Little Neck, Rosedale, Bellerose, Floral Park, Cambria Heights, Douglaston, Queens Village, Springfield Gardens and Bayside). All other locations are served by area pickups.

Please bring your child to the selected pickup area by 7:30 a.m. to meet the bus, and return at approximately 5 p.m. to pick up your child.

1. Horace Harding and Springfield Blvd. (at the McDonald’s just off the LIE) (Click for directions)
2. AMC Loews Theatres - Fresh Meadows 7, 190-02 Horace Harding Blvd, NY 11365 (off the LIE near 188th Street) (Click for directions)
3. Springfield Boulevard and Merrick Boulevard (Pathmark Shopping Center) (Click for directions)
4. Rockaway Turnpike by Bay Harbor Mall (Wendy’s) (Click for directions)
5. Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway at Capital One Bank (Click for directions)
6. Forest Hills High School, 67-01 110th Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375 (On the northwest corner of 110th Street and 67th Avenue; directly opposite Forest Hills High School’s main entrance.)
   
   Directions from the east: Grand Central Parkway (exit 11 west), turn right on 69th Road, turn right on 108th Street, turn right on 67th Avenue, to 110th Street.
   Directions from the west: Long Island Expressway (exit 21 east), turn right on 108th Street, turn left on 67th Avenue, to 110th Street.
7. 157-05 Crossbay Boulevard (CVS Pharmacy - Next to Golds Gym) (Get Directions)

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Please bring your child to the selected pickup area by 7:45 a.m. to meet the bus, and return at approximately 5 p.m. to pick up your child.

1. Half Hollow Hills High School East, 50 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills, NY 11746. (Click for directions)
2. Massapequa Olive Garden Restaurant, located across from Sunrise Mall on Sunrise Highway (Click for directions)
3. Suffolk North: Sunken Meadow Parkway (exit SM3) at Friendly’s, at the northeast corner of Harned Road and Jericho Turnpike (Click for directions)
4. Suffolk South: Applebees, parking lot in the Sunrise Shopping Center. (Click for directions)
5. Suffolk McDonald’s at 25A in Northport (separate van) (Click for directions)
   • The following stops are all on the same van:
6. Suffolk Rite Aid at 25A, Huntington (west end of Main Street just before the curve to Cold Spring Harbor) (Click for directions)
7. Suffolk Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins on Route 25A (Main Street) in Huntington (just east of the Centerport line) (Click for directions)
8. Huntington Burger King on Jericho Turnpike near Oakwood Road, with an afternoon drop-off across the street from Dunkin’ Donuts (Click for directions)
9. Huntington Sun Ming Restaurant on Jericho Turnpike and Round Swamp Road (Click for directions)

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Campers Enrolled in Session 1,2,3
Buses will arrive at Hofstra’s Physical Education Building at approximately 9 a.m., depending on the route. Our staff will meet the bus and will escort your child to his or her area. Please inform your child of his or her bus number so that he or she knows to remember it each day; bus numbers and routes may change each session.

Campers Enrolled in Session 4
Buses will arrive at Hofstra USA at approximately 9 a.m., depending on the route. Our staff will meet the bus and escort your child to his or her area. Please inform your child of his or her bus number so that he or she knows to remember it each day. Departure, parent pickup and drop-off for Session 4 will be at Hofstra USA.
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Campers attending Hofstra University Specialty Camps may be picked up at the Physical Education Building during our designated pickup times of 11:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. Parents must call the Camp Office to arrange for a pickup. Please do not give a note to the child to arrange for pickup. A parent/legal guardian must sign out campers at the early pickup area. (View directions)
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Campers attending Hofstra University Specialty Camps for Session 4 may be picked up at Hofstra USA during our designated pickup times of 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Parents must call the Camp Office to arrange for a pickup. Please do not give a note to the child to arrange for pickup. A parent/legal guardian must sign out campers at the early pickup area. (View directions)
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If your child will not be riding a bus, his/her bus number will be T00.

Morning Arrival: please bring your child by 8:45 a.m. to the gym office called the “Cage” at the rear of the Physical Education Center and sign them in. We will bring your camper(s) to their designated area.

Afternoon Pickup: Arrive at 3:45 p.m. at the Physical Education Center; go to the "No Transportation" area and see supervisor. Please do not take your child(ren) without signing them out!
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