CANT 2017 Local Information
New York Number Theory Seminar
Fifteenth Annual Workshop on
Combinatorial and Additive Number Theory
CUNY Graduate CenterMay 23–26, 2017
The CUNY Graduate Center is located in midtown Manhattan at 365 Fifth Avenue,
between 34th and 35th Streets, diagonally across the street from the Empire State
Building. We are easily reached by bus and subway from anywhere in New York
City. Moreover, Grand Central Station, New York Penn Station, and the Port
Authority Bus Terminal are less than a 20 minute walk from the Graduate Center,so it is feasible to stay almost anywhere in the metropolitan region.
You must sign in at the front desk when you enter the building.
The Math Lounge is on the fourth floor.
The lecture room is C198, on the concourse level of the building, one floor below
the main floor where you sign in. The meeting room is equipped with blackboards
and a computer with digital projector. There is no overhead projector.
Coffee and muffins will be available every morning in the Math Lounge beginningabout 8:00 a.m. Lectures begin at 9:00 a.m. Every afternoon there will be a problem
session, followed by wine and cheese in the Math Lounge. There will be a pizza
party on Wednesday afternoon, and Subway sandwiches on Thursday afternoon.
Computers with internet access are available in the math lounge on the fourthfloor. There is also free WiFi throughout the Graduate Center, for which no password is required.
Food
An excellent cafeteria is on the 8th floor of the Graduate Center, and there aremany restaurants in the neighborhood. Espresso, latte, etc. are available in thecoffee bar on the ground floor of the Graduate Center, and also at the Starbucks
across the street on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 35th Street.
There is really great food in New York. Check Zagat’s for vast and reliable
information.
HotelsThere are many hotels in the neighborhood of the CUNY Graduate Center, but
none of them gives us a special conference rate. Good deals can sometimes be foundon the internet. If you work for a state university or US government organization,
you may be able to get a (usually very low) government rate for your hotel.
There is also airBnb for privately arranged short-term accomodation.

1Art museums and galleries
There are great art museums within walking distance of the CUNY Graduate
Center.
(1) The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is on 53rd Street between Fifth andSixth Avenues. It is open from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. every day except
Friday. On Friday, MoMA is open from 10:30 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., andadmission is free on Friday evening.
(2) The Metropolitan Museum of Art is on Fifth Avenue at 83rd Street. Admission is “pay what you want.”(3) The Guggenheim Museum is on Fifth Avenue at 88th Street. The museumis open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:45 on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,and Wednesday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 7:45 on Friday. It is closed on
Thursday.
(4) The Morgan Library (an art museum) is on Madison Avenue and 36thStreet, around the corner from the Graduate Center.
(5) There are many excellent galleries for contemporary art in Chelsea, a few
blocks south and west of the Graduate Center.
The Whitney Museum is at 99 Gansevoort Street in Chelsea. It is openfrom 10:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to6:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday, and closed on
Tuesday.
(6) The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) is at 11 East 26th Street,a few blocks from the Graduate Center. It is open every day from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.