Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law - Location and Facilities

Location and Facilities

Located on lower Fifth Avenue at the corner of 12th Street in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Cardozo's urban campus is in a large building, known as the Brookdale Center. A multimillion dollar capital improvement plan in 2006 included the acquisition of a residence hall just one block away. The addition of more space at the Brookdale Center also allowed for a larger and significantly enhanced library, new offices and clinic spaces, as well as a new and larger lobby, moot court room, and ground-floor seminar room. In addition, older classrooms were renovated. In fall 2006, the Greenberg Center for Student Life, given in honor of former Dean David Rudenstine, opened and immediately became the most popular place for students to spend time with friends and to study. This addition to Cardozo includes a completely new student lounge and a cafe on the third floor. Also completed were several new seminar rooms, new internal stairways between floors, and new windows installed on every floor.

Brookdale Center – 55 Fifth Avenue

Cardozo is located in the 19 story Brookdale Center. The law school occupies the first 11 floors, as well as floor 19. Floors 12-18 are office space and are accessed through a separate entrance.

• 1st Floor -- The lobby, which occupies most of the first floor, is frequently used as a space for large events. The Jacob Burns Moot Court room and a classroom are also on the first floor.
• 2nd Floor -- The second floor has classrooms and a bookstore. Recently, the school exhibited the artwork of Sara Lederman '11 throughout the floor.
• 3rd Floor -- On the third floor, students enjoy a large student lounge, a cafe, and a cafeteria that offers kosher food.
• 4th Floor -- The fourth floor has classrooms, faculty offices, and offices for student organizations.
• 5th Floor -- The fifth floor contains faculty offices, the faculty lounge, a seminar room, and the offices of the student law journals.
• 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Floors -- The Dr. Lillian and Dr. Rebecca Chutick Law Library is the center of student and faculty research at Cardozo. Encompassing four floors of Cardozo's building, the library holds more than 535,000 volumes, has over 140 computers, and study space for nearly 500 students. The library entrance is on the seventh floor. Faculty offices also occupy part of the ninth floor.
• 10th Floor -- Floor ten houses administrative offices for the law school.
• 11th Floor -- Floor eleven is home to career services, the admissions office, and the clinics.

The Alabama – 15 East 11th Street

The Alabama is Cardozo's nine-story residence hall and is just around the corner from Brookdale Center. The Alabama has over 100 units.

The Innocence Project – 40 Worth St

The Innocence Project moved from the 11th floor of Brookdale Center to a new office space. The move allowed the Innocence Project to hire more staff and significantly increase the number of cases it takes.

Fogelman Library of The New School – 65 Fifth Avenue

The Cooper Union Library – 7 East 7th Street

Both the Fogelman Library and the Cooper Union library serve as Cardozo's secondary libraries when the main library is closed on the Sabbath or on holidays.