Spaces
Since Brooklyn College opened its Midwood campus in 1937, we have grown to include more than 10 buildings. Below are some of the highlights of what you'll find on our 35 acres.
Alexander and Brenda Tanger Hillel at Brooklyn College
Located just across the street from campus, on Campus Road, Hillel is the center for Jewish student acitivities. Inside you'll find a kosher cafeteria, recreational facilities, a chapel, and the offices of the student newspaper Hatikvah.
Boylan Hall
Named for the college's first president, William A. Boylan, Boylan Hall houses many administrative offices, including those of the president, provost, some of the academic deans, and the vice president for student affairs. The Center for Academic Advisement and Student Sccess, the Learning Center, the Honors Academy, the Diana Rogovin Davidow Speech Language Hearing Center, several academic departments, classrooms, and art studios are also found here. On the lower level you'll find a variety of dining options.
Ingersoll Hall and Ingersoll Hall Extension
In these two science buildings on the south side of the Central Quadrangle, you'll find classrooms and laboratories, a nuclear physics laboratory, solid-state research facilities, and the Aquatic Research and Enviornmental Assessment Center, which sent fish into outer space in 1998.
James Hall
The School of Education, psychology laboratories, and several social science departments are housed in James Hall. You'll also find the Magner Career Center, the Personal Counseling Office, the Veteran and Military Programs Office, and the Health Programs / Immunization Requirements Office.
La Guardia Hall
La Guardia Hall, named for late New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia, is the core of the Brooklyn College Library, the most technologically advanced in the CUNY system. The library owns one million print volumes, provides access to 669,000 electronic books and journals, and is staffed by professional and very knowledgeable librarians.
Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
The newest building on campus offers the college's performing arts programs an outstanding set of venues. The center houses rehearsal and performance space, set design and construction workshops, a double-height theater seating 225, a grand lobby and arcade, and classroom, meeting, and reception rooms. The building is fully ADA accessible (including technology in the Performance Hall for audio and visual impairments). It is the first LEED-certified, sustainable building on the campus incorporating low water-use toilets, recycled materials, and highly efficient HVAC and lighting systems.
Newman Catholic Center
Located a few blocks off campus, at 2401 Glenwood Road and East 24th Street, the Newman Center offers seminars, discussion groups, and religious services. It contains a lounge, a library, and a chapel.
Quadrangles
The Central Quadrange and the West Quadrangle are open spaces that invite you to relax, socialize, study, and occasionally attend an outdoor class.
Roosevelt Hall and Roosevelt Hall Extension
The Health Clinic, the Center for Student Disability Services, and offices for the student newspapers can all be found in these two buildings on the west side of campus.
Student Center
The hub for much of the cocurricular life on campus, the Student Center houses the student government offices, a café, and game rooms. There's also plenty of space for meetings, lectures, film screenings, dances, and parties.
West End Building
Adjacent to the tennis courts and athletic field, the West End Building houses the ITS Public Computing Labs, the Office of Student Testing, the Department of Film, and student club rooms.
West Quad Center
The West Quad Center houses many of the administrative offices you'll need on a regular basis. Through the Enrollment Services Center, you'll have access to the offices of the registrar, the bursar, financial aid, scholarships, and admissions. In addition to dance studios, the center is the home of our athletic and recreational facilities, including a swimming pool, fitness center, and basketball, racquetball, and volleyball courts.
Whitehead Hall
One of the largest and best-equipped college television centers on the East Coast is housed in Whitehead Hall. You'll also find sculpture studios, classrooms for the social sciences, our student-run radio station, and the Morton and Angela Topfer Library Café, a 24/7 facility with more than 80 computer workstations, all with Internet access, as well as a convenient snack bar.
Whitman Hall
Our main performance venue provides a full schedule of music, theater, and dance productions presented by the college's departments and by world-renowned artists and companies.
