From
Interstate 91:
From
north and south: Take Exit 3 (Trumbull Street Exit).
Stay in the middle lane and continue straight through
the traffic light onto Trumbull Street. At the first light
turn right onto Whitney Ave. Take your next left at the light onto Sachem Street. The Anthropology Department
is on the left-hand side, at 10 Sachem Street, directly across from the Peabody Museum.
Interstate
95:
From
north: Turn off turnpike at I-91 North Exit (Hartford,
Springfield Exit) and continue for a short distance on
I-91 to Trumbull Street Exit 3. Follow I-91 directions
above.
From
south: Take Exit 49, I-91 North (Hartford, Springfield).
Follow I-91 directions above.
Route
15 (Wilbur Cross/Merritt Parkways):
From
north: Take Exit 61. Drive south on Whitney Avenue
for approximately five miles. At the intersection with
Sachem Street, turn right onto Sachem. The Anthropology Department
is on the left-hand side, at 10 Sachem Street, directly across from the Peabody Museum.
From
south: Take Exit 57. Drive east on Route 34 (Derby
Avenue) for five miles to the fork of Derby Avenue and
George Street (three blocks past the Yale Athletic Fields).
Bear right on George Street. Continue on George Street
to York Street. Turn left on York Street and then the
third right on Elm Street. Continue on Elm for two blocks.
Turn left onto College St. at the second stoplight. College
St. will become Prospect St. after this stoplight. Continue
to drive straight to the third stoplight at the intersection
of Sachem St. and Pospect St. Make a right onto Sachem
St. The Anthropology Department
is on the right-hand side, at 10 Sachem Street, directly across from the Peabody Museum.
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By
train
Metro-North
(a subsidiary of New York's Metropolitan
Transportation Authority) features hourly commuter
service to New Haven from Grand Central Station in New
York (see schedules
or call 800 638-7646).
Amtrak
features travel times of 141 minutes between New Haven
and Boston and 89 minutes between New Haven and New York
Penn Station (see schedules or call 800-USA-RAIL).
The train station is also served by several bus lines,
such as Greyhound and Peter Pan.
The
train station is a twenty minute walk from campus and
local taxi service is available (fare is approximately
$5). A free Yale
Shuttle service operates from 6pm to 7:30am for those
with a Yale ID.
By
air
Tweed New Haven
Airport (4 miles from campus) has taxi, bus and car
rental services. Hartford Bradley International
Airport (53 miles), LaGuardia
International Airport (72 miles), Kennedy
International Airport (80 miles) and Newark
International Airport (92 miles) feature shuttle service
to and from New Haven by companies such as Prime
Time Shuttle (800-RED-VANS), Connecticut
Limousine (800-320-7298) and Fitzgerald Airport Express
(800-468-7287).
Parking
On
street metered parking is available in front of the Anthropology
Department and around campus. After 4 p.m., visitors may
park in most Yale parking lots (see Yale
Parking and Transit for more info).
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