Transportation

General Transportation Information for All Camps

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 week.

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

• Week 1: June 12
• Week 2: June 19
• Week 3: June 26
• Week 4: July 2
• Week 5: July 10
• Week 6: July 17
• Week 7: July 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 MOST Nassau County residents. Certain outlying areas in Nassau County such as Bayville, Lattingtown, Mill Neck, Cove Neck, Oyster Bay Cove, Laurel Hollow, MAY have to go to another stop in an area close to you to meet the bus.

Sands Point and parts of Port Washington as well as Kings Point and parts of Great Neck will have an area pickup.

Please contact the transportation office for additional information.

[Back to Top] 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).

Note: Door to Door transportation is available on the upper east side between 65th & 96th street.

Manhattan West:
Lincoln Center
10 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Departure Time: 7:00am
Board Bus From: 65th and Broadway
(Click for directions)

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
(Click for directions)

Manhattan South:
Mid Manhattan Public Library At Bryant Park 455 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10018
Departure Time: 7:15am
Board The Bus From: Main Entrance Steps To Library Fifth Ave & 41st St
(Click for directions)

Manhattan Downtown:
Battery Park at the corner of Rector Place and South End Avenue
New York, NY 10280
Departure Time: 7:00am
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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. AMC Loews Theatres - Fresh Meadows 7, 190-02 Horace Harding Blvd, NY 11365 (Click for directions)
2. Stop and Shop Shopping Center - 134-40 Springfield Blvd. St. Albans, NY 11413(Click for directions).
3. Capital One Bank - 20-10 Mott Avenue, Far Rockaway, NY, 11691(Click for directions).
4. Forest Hills High School, 67-01 110th Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375 (Click for directions).
5. CVS Pharmacy - 157-05 Cross Bay Boulevard, Howard Beach, NY, 11414(Get Directions)

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1. Half Hollow Hills High School East, 50 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills, NY 11746. (Click for directions).
2. Massapequa Olive Garden Restaurant,5598 Sunrise Highway, Massapequa, NY 11758(Click for directions).
3. Suffolk North: Sunken Meadow Parkway (exit SM3) at Friendly’s, 2151 Jericho Turnpike, Commack, NY 11725(Click for directions).
4. Suffolk South: Applebees, 600 North Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst, NY 11757(Click for directions).
5. Suffolk McDonald’s, 1999 Jericho Turnpike, East Northport, NY 11731(Click for directions).
6. Suffolk Rite Aid at 25A, 391 West Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743(Click for directions).
7. Suffolk Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins on Route 25A, 200 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743(Click for directions).
8. Walt Whitman High School 301 W Hills Rd, Huntington Station, NY 11746 (Click for directions).
9. Suffolk McDonalds: 834 Fort Salonga Road, Northport, NY 11768 (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 on a weekly basis.

Campers Enrolled in Session 4

Buses will arrive at the David S. Mack Sports & Exhibition Complex 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 the David S. Mack Sports & Exhibition Complex.
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Campers attending Hofstra University Specialty Camps may be picked up at the David S. Mack Sports & Exhibition Complex. 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 3:45 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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If your child will not be riding a bus, his/her bus number will be T00.

Morning Arrival: By 8:45 a.m. Please bring your child to the designated camper drop off area in the Physical Education Building to be checked in. Campers need to be signed in. We will bring your camper(s) to their designated area.

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