Hotel Accommodations, Directions, and Parking
Hotel AccommodationsOmni New Haven Hotel 155 Temple Street New Haven, CT 06510 Phone: 203-772-6664 or toll free 1-800-THE-OMNI (if calling within the U.S.) Reservations can also be made on-line (within or outside the U.S.), website address to be available approximately May 20.
Fax: 203-974-6780 Room rate is $165.00 single or double plus 12% sales tax. Room reservations can be made by contacting the hotel (note: toll-free number for within the U.S. only). Please reference you are attending the Afro-American Cultural Center 40th Anniversary. The deadline to reserve a room at the conference rate is September 25, 2009 or until all rooms in the block are filled.
Overnight parking charge is: $19.00 + tax (subject to increase)
Courtyard by Marriott at Yale 30 Whalley Avenue New Haven, CT 06511 Phone: 203-777-6221 or toll free 1-888-522-1186 (if calling within the U.S.) For reservations made outside of the U.S. only e-mail Lorey O’Neill, lloneill@newhavenhotel.com Fax: 203-772-1089
Website: http://www.courtyardmarriottyale.com
Room rate is $159.00 single or double plus 12% sales tax. Room reservations can be made by contacting the hotel (note: toll-free number for within the U.S. only). Please reference you are attending the AFAM House 40th Reunion. The deadline to reserve a room at the conference rate is September 16, 2009 or until all rooms in the block are filled.
Overnight parking charge is: $12.00 + tax (subject to increase)
Premiere Hotel & Suites 3 Long Wharf Drive New Haven, CT 06511 Phone: 203-777-5337 or toll free 1-866-458-0232 (if calling within the U.S.) For reservations made outside of the U.S. only e-mail Lee Vessicchio, LVessichio@newhavensuites.com Fax: 203-777-2808 Website: http://www.newhavensuites.com/ (Note: website on-line reservations are not applicable for group rates.) Room rate is $133.00 studio suite plus 12% sales tax. Room reservations can be made by contacting the hotel (note: toll-free number for within the U.S. only). Please reference you are attending the Yale Afro American Cultural Center 40th Anniversary. The deadline to reserve a room at the conference rate is September 16, 2009 or until all rooms in the block are filled. No charge for overnight parking.
TRAVEL BY AIRTWEED-NEW HAVEN AIRPORT The closest airport to campus, Tweed-New Haven is a short 10-minute taxi ride away from Yale. US Airways commuter carrier services Tweed-New Haven, with connections through Philadelphia. · Metro Taxi, (203) 777-7777. Service from the airport to hotels and campus via taxi is approximately $15 to $20 one way.
HARTFORD: BRADLEY AIRPORT Bradley Airport is located north of Hartford, about 1 hour from New Haven, 1½ hours during rush hour; serviced by all major airline carriers. From Bradley to New Haven: · CT Limo, (800) 472-5466, www.ctlimo.com, $84 round trip / $44 one way, per passenger; drop off at New Haven’s Long Wharf Terminal (located at 600 Long Wharf Drive), a five-minute cab ride to hotels and campus (contact Metro Taxi 777-7777). · Rental cars are also available from Bradley Airport.
NEW YORK AREA AIRPORTS - KENNEDY, LAGUARDIA & NEWARK All New York area airports are approximately 2 to 3 hours from campus and service all major airlines. · CT Limo (800) 472-5466, www.ctlimo.com, from Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports ($130 round trip / $67 one way, per passenger) and Newark ($166 round trip / $85 one way); drop off at New Haven’s Long Wharf Terminal, a five-minute cab ride to hotels and campus (Contact Metro Taxi 777-7777). · Prime Time Shuttle Service (800) 733-8267, www.primetimeshuttle.com, from Kennedy ($146 round trip / $75 one way, per passenger) and LaGuardia Airports ($138 round trip / $71 one way, per passenger); drop off at all New Haven hotels. · Red Dot Limousine Service (800) 673-3368, www.18006reddot.com, from Kennedy and LaGuardia, $126 round trip / $63 one way, per passenger; drop off at the Omni, Courtyard by Marriott, Fairfield Inn, or Residence Inn. · New York Airport Express Service Bus from Kennedy and LaGuardia to Grand Central Train Station in New York City; from Grand Central take Metro-North train to Union Station in New Haven. · Amtrak from Newark Airport Terminal take train to Amtrak sub-station, then Amtrak train to Union Station in New Haven.
TRAVEL BY TRAIN & BUS:· Amtrak (800) 872-7245, www.amtrak.com, The Acela Express offers expedient service between Boston and DC. Amtrak services New Haven from Penn Station in New York. Average travel times by regular rail to New Haven are as follows: from Boston 3 hours, from New York 2 hours, from Philadelphia 4 hours. · Peter Pan (800) 343-9999, www.peterpanbus.com, and Greyhound (800) 231-2222, www.greyhound.com, both serve New Haven. · Metro-North Railroad (800) 638-7646, http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm, Metro-North is a commuter train with lines running from Grand Central to New Haven. |
