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You may contact us via mail:
Attention: James Rowe, Director of Communications
Mailing Address
Sisters of Charity Center
6301 Riverdale Avenue
Bronx, NY 10471-1093
Phone 718.549.9200 X245
FAX 718.884.3013
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Directions
The Sisters of Charity Center is located on the main campus of the College of Mount Saint Vincent in suburban Riverdale, New York, just 12 miles from midtown Manhattan.
Travel by Public Transportation »
Travel by Car
From the West (New Jersey, Pennsylvania):
Take the George Washington Bridge. Exit for Henry Hudson Parkway North. Northbound, take Exit 22, West 253rd Street. Turn right at the stop sign and bear right over the parkway to Riverdale Avenue. Follow Riverdale Avenue to 263rd Street. Turn left into the campus.
From the South (Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan):
Head north on Manhattan’s West Side Highway to the Henry Hudson Parkway North. Northbound, take Exit 22, West 253rd Street. Turn right at the stop sign and bear right over the parkway to Riverdale Avenue. Follow Riverdale Avenue to 263rd Street. Turn left into the campus.
From the East (Long Island, Queens):
Take the Throgs Neck or Whitestone Bridge to the Cross Bronx Expressway. Exit at Rosedale Ave/Bronx River Parkway. Take the Bronx River Parkway North to the Mosholu Parkway. Turn right at the light and take the Mosholu to the Henry Hudson Parkway South. Take Exit 22, West 254th Street. Turn left at the stop sign and go one block to Riverdale Avenue. Turn right and follow Riverdale Avenue to 263rd Street. Turn left into the campus.
OR take the Triboro Bridge to Major Deegan Expressway to Exit 11, Van Cortlandt Park South. Bear right off the expressway to Broadway. Turn right on Broadway to 261st Street. Turn left on 261st Street to Riverdale Avenue. Turn right and follow Riverdale Avenue to 263rd Street. Turn left into the campus.
From the North (Upstate NY, New England):
Take the NY State Thruway, the Taconic State Parkway, Sprain Brook Parkway, Bronx River, or Hutchinson River Parkway South to the Cross County Parkway West. Continue to the Saw Mill River Parkway South to the Henry Hudson Parkway South. Take Exit 22, West 254th Street. Turn left at the stop sign and go one block to Riverdale Avenue. Turn right and proceed north on Riverdale Avenue to 263rd Street. Turn left into the campus.
Travel by Public Transportation
You ultimately want a bus that stops at the College of Mount Saint Vincent campus gate at Riverdale Avenue at West 263rd Street at the Bronx / Yonkers city line on the west side.
Subway
Take the northbound A train (8 Avenue express subway) to West 207st Street, the last stop. Catch the northbound city line bus #7 on Broadway at Isham Street / West 211st Street to the last stop at the campus gate.
OR
Take the northbound #1 train (Broadway – 7th Avenue local subway / elevated train) to the West 231st Street stop at Broadway. Catch the northbound city line bus #7 or #10 (at the Chase Bank corner) to the last stop at the campus gate.
Bus (from Manhattan):
MTA express buses connect two sections of Manhattan to the northwest Bronx (AKA Riverdale). The schedules, routes and stops are available online:
Midtown Manhattan
BxM1 bus starts at E. 33rd St. on 3rd Ave.
BxM2 bus starts at W. 35th St. on 6th Ave.
Lower Manhattan/the Battery
BxM18 bus starts at Greenwich St. & Battery Pl.
Bus (from the Bronx)
MTA local buses #7 and #10 stop at the campus gate. Both buses stop at Broadway and West 231st Street, an intersection serviced by many other public buses and the #1 subway line.
Bus (from Westchester)
Westchester County Bee-Line bus #8 also stops at the campus gate. It is only a few blocks from the Yonkers train station stop to Getty Square (on South Broadway at New Main St) where you can catch the southbound #8 bus. The Getty Square area is a hub also serviced by other Bee-Line buses.
Directory
Communications/
Public Relations
James Rowe
Director of Communications
Phone: 718-549-9200 Ext. 245
extcomm@scny.org
Sisters of Charity Archives
Director of Archives and Museum
Mindy S. Gordon
SCArchives@scny.org
Director of Development
Anne Marie Gardiner
Phone: 718-549-9200 Ext. 239
Vocations
Sr. Mary McCormick, SC
Phone: 718-549-9200 Ext. 302
Associates
Maureen Reiser
Phone: 718-543-5131 Ext. 303
Human Resources
Director of Human Resources
Sharon Dosin, SPHR
Email: hrinfo@scny.org
Phone: 718-549-9200 Ext. 237