The New York Marriott Downtown is the official hotel for the Tenth National Black Writers’ Conference for all out -of -town participants’ overnight stay. The Conference location for panels, workshops and all such events is Medgar Evers College, CUNY in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn unless otherwise indicated on the program. The New York Marriott is not the site for the National Black Writers’ Conference events.
Please be advised that the Center for Black Literature will not provide alternate hotel locations as they have not been vetted or approved by the NBWC Committee, the Center for Black Literature or any of its subsidiary programs. Thank you.
New York Marriott Downtown
85 West Street at Albany Street
New York, NY 10006
Phone: 1-212-385-4900 or 212-385-4900
Toll-free: 1-800-242-8685
Standard Room $169.00
Reservations must be made by February 25, 2010. Remember to mention "National Black Writers Conference" when making reservation.
Parking
Valet parking, fee: 55 USD daily
Valet parking with NO in/out privileges, 24 hours: Regular vehicles $55. Oversized/SUV $65. Additional 3 hours $35
Area Airports
Newark - EWR
Hotel direction: 14 miles E
Driving Directions: Follow signs to New Jersey Turnpike North. Follow to exit 14C (Holland Tunnel). Exit the tunnel and make first right hand turn onto Laight Street. Go 3 blocks and make a left onto West Street. Stay in the far right lanes and follow to the end. Make a left onto Battery Place, then another left to return to West Street. ( You'll now be on the north bound lanes). Follow to the hotel at 85 West Street between Carlisle and Albany Streets.
This hotel does not provide shuttle service.
- Alternate transportation: Olympia Bus; fee: 15 USD (one way)
- Bus service, fee: 12.00 USD (one way)
- Estimated taxi fare: 75.00 USD (one way)
New York/JF Kennedy - JFK
- Hotel direction: 20 miles SW
- Driving Directions: Take the Van Wyck Expressway to Grand Central Parkway West. Stay on the right and exit onto the Long Island Expressway. Continue onto Midtown Tunnel. Pay toll. Follow signs for Downtown to FDR Drive South. Take FDR Drive to the end. Follow signs to West Street (North). Hotel is on West Street between Carlisle & Albany Streets.
- Estimated taxi fare: 45.00 USD (one way)
This hotel does not provide shuttle service.
New York/La Guardia - LGA
- Hotel direction: 15 miles SW
- Driving Directions: Follow Grand Central Parkway towards Manhattan. Pay toll. Stay on left, following signs to FDR Drive. Take FDR Drive South to the very end. Follow signs to West Street (North). Hotel entrance is on West Street between Carlisle & Albany Streets. From Northwest: Follow I-95 North to the George Washington Bridge. Exit onto 9A The Henry Hudson Parkway South. Stay on Henry Hudson Parkway until the end. Henry Hudson Parkway becomes the West Side Highway. Follow West Side Highway to the end. West Side Highway becomes West Street. Continue on West Street South. Stay in the far right lanes and follow to the end. Make a left onto Battery Place, then another left to return to West Street. (You'll now be on the north bound lanes). Follow to the hotel at 85 West Street between Carlisle & Albany Streets.
- Estimated taxi fare: 45.00 USD (one way)
This hotel does not provide shuttle service.
For local travel directions please visit,
Bus Station
- Port Authority Bus Terminal (2 miles)
Subway Station
- W / R / 1/ 4/ 5 (0.2 miles)
Train Station
- Pennsylvania (Penn) Station (1 miles)
- http://www.mec.cuny.edu/directions/
MEC-CUNY