Metropolitan New York Conference
Membership
Table:
Institution
Location
Joined
Left
Current Conference
Nickname

Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, New York
1933
1949
CUNYAC
Kingsmen (now Bulldogs)

City College of New York
New York City, New York
1933
1953
CUNYAC
Beavers

Columbia University
New York City, New York
1933
1939
Ivy League
Lions

Fordham University
Bronx, New York
1933
1963
Atlantic 10 (A-10)
Rams

Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York
1942
1943
CAA
Pride

Long Island University
Brooklyn, New York
1933
1939
Northeast (NEC)
Blackbirds

Manhattan College
Riverdale, New York
1933
1963
MAAC
Jaspers

New York University
New York City, New York
1933
1963
UAA
Violets

Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York
1933
1934
HVIAC
Cannoneers

St. Francis College
Brooklyn Heights, New York
1933
1963
Northeast (NEC)
Terriers

St. John's University
Jamaica, New York
1933
1963
Big East
Redmen (now Red Storm)

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Brooklyn College is a public college in Brooklyn , New York City , with about 14,700 undergraduate students and 3,100 graduate students on a 35-acre campus . It is part of the City University of New York . Brooklyn College was founded in 1930 , as a result of the merger of the Brooklyn branches of Hunter College - at that time a women 's college - and the City College of New York - a men 's college - both of which had been established in 1926 . It became the first public coeducational liberal arts college in New York City . Brooklyn College 's alumni include US Senators , US federal judges , US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairmen , Olympians , company CEOs , and winners of Academy Awards , Emmy Awards , and Pulitzer Prizes .
Brooklyn ( /ˈbrʊklɪn/ ) is a borough of New York City , coterminous with Kings County , located in the U.S. state of New York , the most populous county in the state , and the second-most densely populated county in the United States . It is New York City 's most populous borough , with an estimated 2,504,700 residents in 2010 . Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen , it shares a land border with the borough of Queens at the western end of Long Island . Brooklyn has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan across the East River , and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connects it with Staten Island . With a land area of 70.82 square miles ( 183.4 km2 ) and water area of 26 square miles ( 67 km2 ) , Kings County is New York state 's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area , though it is the second-largest among the city 's five boroughs . If each borough were ranked as a city , Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous in the U.S. , after Los Angeles and Chicago . Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city ( and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution ) until January 1 , 1898 , when , after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s , according to the new Municipal Charter of Greater New York , Brooklyn was consolidated with the other cities , boroughs , and counties to form the modern City of New York , surrounding the Upper New York Bay with five constituent boroughs . The borough continues , however , to maintain a distinct culture . Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves . Brooklyn 's official motto , displayed on the Borough seal and flag , is Eendraght Maeckt Maght , which translates from early modern Dutch as Unity makes strength . In the first decades of the 21st century , Brooklyn has experienced a renaissance as an avant-garde destination for hipsters , with concomitant gentrification , dramatic house price increases and a decrease in housing affordability . Since the 2010s , Brooklyn has evolved into a thriving hub of entrepreneurship , high technology startup firms , postmodern art and design .
The City University of New York Athletic Conference ( CUNY Athletic Conference or CUNYAC ) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division III . Its member institutions are all located in New York City and are campuses of the City University of New York . The CUNYAC also has a community college division , affiliated with the National Junior College Athletic Association ( NJCAA ) .
Brooklyn College is a public college in Brooklyn , New York City , with about 14,700 undergraduate students and 3,100 graduate students on a 35-acre campus . It is part of the City University of New York . Brooklyn College was founded in 1930 , as a result of the merger of the Brooklyn branches of Hunter College - at that time a women 's college - and the City College of New York - a men 's college - both of which had been established in 1926 . It became the first public coeducational liberal arts college in New York City . Brooklyn College 's alumni include US Senators , US federal judges , US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairmen , Olympians , company CEOs , and winners of Academy Awards , Emmy Awards , and Pulitzer Prizes .
Brooklyn College is a public college in Brooklyn , New York City , with about 14,700 undergraduate students and 3,100 graduate students on a 35-acre campus . It is part of the City University of New York . Brooklyn College was founded in 1930 , as a result of the merger of the Brooklyn branches of Hunter College - at that time a women 's college - and the City College of New York - a men 's college - both of which had been established in 1926 . It became the first public coeducational liberal arts college in New York City . Brooklyn College 's alumni include US Senators , US federal judges , US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairmen , Olympians , company CEOs , and winners of Academy Awards , Emmy Awards , and Pulitzer Prizes .
The City College of the City University of New York ( City College of New York , or simply City College , CCNY , or City ) is a public senior college of the City University of New York ( CUNY ) system in New York City . Founded in 1847 , City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States . It is the oldest of CUNY 's 24 institutions of higher learning , and is considered its flagship college . Located in Hamilton Heights overlooking Harlem in Manhattan , City College 's 35-acre ( 14 ha ) Collegiate Gothic campus spans Convent Avenue from 130th to 141st Streets . It was initially designed by renowned architect George B . Post , and many of its buildings have achieved landmark status . The college has graduated ten Nobel Prize winners , one Fields Medalist , one Turing Award winner , three Pulitzer Prize winners , and three Rhodes Scholars . Among these alumni , the latest is a Bronx native , John O'Keefe ( 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine ) . City College 's satellite campus City College Downtown in the Cunard Building at 25 Broadway has been in operation since 1981 . It specializes in degree programs for working adults . Other primacies at City College that helped shape the culture of American higher education include the first student government in the nation ( Academic Senate , 1867 ) ; the first national fraternity to accept members without regard to religion , race , color or creed ( Delta Sigma Phi , 1899 ) ; the first degree-granting evening program ( School of Education , 1907 ) ; and , with the objective of racially integrating the college dormitories , the first general strike at a municipal institution of higher learning led by students ( 1949 ) .
New York City ( NYC ) , also known as the City of New York or simply New York ( NY ) , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles ( 784 km2 ) , New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the U.S. state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world 's most populous megacities , with an estimated 19,979,477 people in its 2018 metropolitan statistical area and 22,679,948 residents in its combined statistical area . A global power city , New York City has been described as the cultural , financial , and media capital of the world , and exerts a significant impact upon commerce , entertainment , research , technology , education , politics , tourism , art , fashion , and sports . The city 's fast pace has inspired the term New York minute . Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy . Situated on one of the world 's largest natural harbors , New York City consists of five boroughs , each of which is a separate county of the State of New York . The five boroughs - Brooklyn , Queens , Manhattan , The Bronx , and Staten Island - were consolidated into a single city in 1898 . The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States . As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York , making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world . New York City is home to 3.2 million residents born outside the United States , the largest foreign born population of any city in the world as of 2016 . As of 2019 [ update ] , the New York metropolitan area is estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product ( GMP ) of US $ 2.0 trillion .
The beaver ( genus Castor ) is a large , primarily nocturnal , semiaquatic rodent . Castor includes two extant species , the North American beaver ( Castor canadensis ) ( native to North America ) and Eurasian beaver ( Castor fiber ) ( Eurasia ) . Beavers are known for building dams , canals , and lodges ( homes ) . They are the second-largest rodent in the world ( after the capybara ) . Their colonies create one or more dams to provide still , deep water to protect against predators , and to float food and building material . The North American beaver population was once more than 60 million , but as of 1988 was 6-12 million . This population decline is the result of extensive hunting for fur , for glands used as medicine and perfume , and because the beavers ' harvesting of trees and flooding of waterways may interfere with other land uses .
Columbia University ( also known as Columbia , and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York ) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City . Established in 1754 on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan , Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States . It is one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence , seven of which belong to the Ivy League . It has been ranked by numerous major education publications as among the top ten universities in the world . Columbia was established as King 's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain in reaction to the founding of Princeton University in New Jersey . It was renamed Columbia College in 1784 following the American Revolution , and in 1787 was placed under a private board of trustees headed by former students Alexander Hamilton and John Jay . In 1896 , the campus was moved to its current location in Morningside Heights and renamed Columbia University . Columbia scientists and scholars have played an important role in the development of notable scientific fields and breakthroughs including : brain-computer interface ; the laser and maser ; nuclear magnetic resonance ; the first nuclear pile ; the first nuclear fission reaction in the Americas ; Thomas Hunt Morgan 's drosophila experiment - considered the origin of modern genetics ; the first evidence for plate tectonics and continental drift ; and much of the initial research and planning of the Manhattan Project during World War II . The Columbia University Physics Department has been affiliated with 33 Nobel Prize winners as alumni , faculty or research staff , the third most of any American institution behind MIT and Harvard . In addition , 22 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine have been affiliated with Columbia , the third most of any American institution . The university 's research efforts include the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory , Goddard Institute for Space Studies and accelerator laboratories with major technology firms such as IBM . Columbia is one of the fourteen founding members of the Association of American Universities and was the first school in the United States to grant the M.D .
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private universities in the Northeastern United States . The term Ivy League is typically used to refer to those eight schools as a group of elite colleges beyond the sports context . The eight members are Brown University , Columbia University , Cornell University , Dartmouth College , Harvard University , the University of Pennsylvania , Princeton University , and Yale University . Ivy League has connotations of academic excellence , selectivity in admissions , and social elitism . While the term was in use as early as 1933 , it became official only after the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference in 1954 . Seven of the eight schools were founded during the colonial period ( Cornell was founded in 1865 ) , and thus account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution . The other two colonial colleges , Rutgers University and the College of William & Mary , became public institutions instead . Ivy League schools are generally viewed as some of the most prestigious in the world , and are ranked among the best universities worldwide by U.S. News & World Report . All eight universities place in the top seventeen of the 2020 U.S. News & World Report national university rankings , including four Ivies in the top three ( Columbia and Yale are tied for 3rd ) . In the 2019 U.S. News & World Report global university rankings , three Ivies rank in the top ten ( Harvard 1st , Columbia 7th , and Princeton 8th ) and six in the top twenty-three . Undergraduate-focused Ivies such as Brown University and Dartmouth College rank 99th and 197th , respectively . U.S. News has named a member of the Ivy League as the best national university in each of the past 18 years ending with the 2018 rankings : Princeton eleven times , Harvard twice , and the two schools tied for first five times .
The Columbia Lions Basketball team is the basketball team that represents Columbia University in New York City . The school 's team currently competes in the Ivy League . The team 's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament was in 1968 . The Lions are led by head coach Jim Engles . Their home games are held in the Levien Gymnasium . Columbia began varsity intercollegiate competition in men 's basketball in 1901 . The Lions were retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament 1904 and 1905 national champions by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll , and as the 1904 , 1905 , and 1910 national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation .
Fordham University ( /ˈfɔːrdəm/ ) is a private research university in New York City . Established in 1841 and named for the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its main campus is located , Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the northeastern United States , and the third-oldest university in New York State . Founded as St. John 's College by John Hughes , then a coadjutor bishop of New York , the college was placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter , and has since become a Jesuit-affiliated independent school under a lay board of trustees . The college 's first president , John McCloskey , was later the first Catholic cardinal in the United States . While governed independently of the Church since 1969 , every president of Fordham University since 1846 has been a Jesuit priest , and the curriculum remains influenced by Jesuit educational principles . Fordham is the only Jesuit tertiary institution in New York City . Fordham 's alumni and faculty include U.S . Senators and representatives , four cardinals of the Catholic Church , several U.S. governors and ambassadors , a number of billionaires , two directors of the CIA , Academy Award and Emmy-winning actors , royalty , a foreign head of state , a White House Counsel , a vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army , a U.S. Postmaster General , a U.S. Attorney General , the first female vice presidential candidate of a major political party in the United States , and a president of the United States . Fordham enrolls approximately 15,300 students from more than 65 countries , and is composed of ten constituent colleges , four of which are undergraduate and six of which are postgraduate , across three campuses in southern New York State : the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx , the Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan 's Upper West Side , and the Westchester campus in West Harrison , New York . In addition to these locations , the university maintains a study abroad center in London and field offices in Spain and South Africa . The university offers degrees in over 60 disciplines . The university 's athletic teams , the Rams , include a football team that boasted a win in the Sugar Bowl , two Pro Football Hall of Famers , two All-Americans , two Canadian Football League All-Stars , and numerous NFL players ; the Rams also participated in history 's first televised college football game in 1939 and history 's first televised college basketball game in 1940 .
The Bronx ( /brɒŋks/ ) is a borough of New York City , coterminous with Bronx County , in the U.S. state of New York , the third-most densely populated county in the United States . It is south of Westchester County ; northeast and east of Manhattan , across the Harlem River ; and north of Queens , across the East River . The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles ( 109 km2 ) and a population of 1,432,132 in 2018 . Of the five boroughs , it has the fourth-largest area , fourth-highest population , and third-highest population density . It is the only borough predominantly on the U.S. mainland . If each borough were ranked as a city , the Bronx would rank as the eighth-most populous in the U.S . The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a hillier section in the west , and a flatter eastern section . East and west street names are divided by Jerome Avenue . The West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874 , and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895 . Bronx County was separated from New York County in 1914 . About a quarter of the Bronx 's area is open space , including Woodlawn Cemetery , Van Cortlandt Park , Pelham Bay Park , the New York Botanical Garden , and the Bronx Zoo in the borough 's north and center . These open spaces are situated primarily on land deliberately reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north and east from Manhattan .
The Atlantic 10 Conference ( A-10 ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's ( NCAA ) Division I . The A-10 's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern Seaboard , as well as some in the Midwest - Massachusetts , New York , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , Virginia , Ohio , and Missouri as well as in the District of Columbia . Although some of its members are state-funded , half of its membership is made up of private , Catholic institutions . Despite the name , there are 14 full-time members , and two affiliate members that participate in women 's field hockey only . The current commissioner is Bernadette McGlade , who began her tenure in 2008 .
The Fordham Rams men 's basketball team represents Fordham University , located in Bronx , New York , in NCAA Division I basketball competition . They compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference . The Rams play their home games at the Rose Hill Gymnasium ( 3,200 ) , the nation 's oldest on-campus collegiate basketball arena still in use . On February 28 , 1940 , Fordham University played in the nation 's first televised college basketball game , when the Rams fell to Pitt at Madison Square Garden .
Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead , New York . Long Island 's largest private university , Hofstra originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University ( NYU ) under the name Nassau College - Hofstra Memorial of New York University at Hempstead , Long Island . It became independent Hofstra College in 1939 and gained university status in 1963 . Comprising ten schools , including the Northwell School of Medicine and Deane School of Law , Hofstra is noted for a series of prominent Presidential conferences and hosting several United States presidential debates .
The Incorporated Village of Hempstead is located in the Town of Hempstead , Nassau County , New York , United States . The population was 53,891 at the 2010 census , but by 2017 had reached 55,806 according to the U.S. Census Bureau estimate . It is the most densely populated village in New York . Hempstead Village is the site of the seventeenth-century town spot from which English and Dutch settlers developed the Town of Hempstead , the Town of North Hempstead , and ultimately Nassau County . Several of Nassau County 's most historically valuable buildings are in the Village of Hempstead , including Town of Hempstead Town Hall ( built in 1918 ) , Carman-Irish Hall at 160 Marvin Avenue ( built about 1700 ) , St. George 's Episcopal Church ( 319 Front Street , erected 1822 ) , St. George 's Rectory ( 217 Peninsula Boulevard , built 1793 ) , and the United Methodist Church at 40 Washington Street ( erected 1855 ) . The Carman-Irish Hall is occupied by American Legion Post 390 . The church structures have been in continuous use by their congregations since they were built . Christ 's First Presbyterian Church at 353 Fulton Avenue is Nassau County 's oldest Presbyterian congregation , and one of the earliest in the United States , having been founded in 1644 by Richard Denton . Jackson Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church , housed at 60 Peninsula Boulevard since the mid-1950s , was established between 1825 and 1840 . It is one of the county 's oldest African American congregations . Diversity has long been a characteristic of Hempstead . While it was majority white until the mid-twentieth century , Hempstead had a significant black population from about 1651 onward , in addition to the native peoples still living on Long Island .
The Colonial Athletic Association ( CAA ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina . Most of its members are public universities , and the conference is headquartered in Richmond . The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of four schools in the Northeast ( of five that joined from rival conference America East ) after the turn of the 21st century , which added balance to the conference . The CAA was founded in 1979 as the ECAC South basketball league . It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports ( although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports ) . As of 2006 , it organizes championships in 21 men 's and women 's sports . The addition of Northeastern University in 2005 gave the conference the NCAA minimum of six football programs needed to sponsor football . For the 2007 football season , all of the Atlantic 10 Conference 's football programs joined the CAA football conference , as agreed in May 2005 .
The Hofstra Pride ( formerly the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen ) are composed of 17 teams representing Hofstra University in intercollegiate athletics , including men and womens basketball , cross-country running , golf , lacrosse , soccer , and tennis . Mens sports include baseball and wrestling . Womens sports include volleyball , field hockey , and softball . The Pride compete in the NCAA Division I and have been members of the Colonial Athletic Association in most sports since 2001 . They were previously members of the America East Conference .
Long Island University ( LIU ) is a private university in the U.S. state of New York , overseas , and online . The university offers more than 500 academic programs at two main campuses , LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn , as well as non-residential programs at LIU Brentwood , LIU Riverhead , and LIU Hudson at Rockland and Westchester . LIU has NCAA Division I athletics and hosts the annual George Polk Awards in Journalism .
The Northeast Conference ( NEC ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports except football , which competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) , formerly Division I-AA . Participating schools are located principally in the Northeastern United States . The conference was named the ECAC Metro Conference when it was established in 1981 . The original eleven member schools were Fairleigh Dickinson University , the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University ( whose athletic program has now merged with that of LIU 's Post campus into a single athletic program ) , Loyola College in Maryland ( left in 1989 ) , Marist College ( left in 1997 ) , Robert Morris University , St. Francis College ( NY ) , Saint Francis College ( PA ) , Siena College ( left in 1984 ) , Towson State University ( left in 1982 ) , the University of Baltimore ( left in 1983 ) and Wagner College . The conference 's name was changed to its present form on August 1 , 1988 . Other names considered were Big North , Great North , North Shore , Northern , Northeastern , Eastern and Eastern Private Intercollegiate . The Northeast Conference has expanded eight times since 1981 . The expansions and additions from the original charter members were in 1985 ( Monmouth University , which left in 2013 ) , 1989 ( Mount St. Mary 's University ) , 1992 ( Rider University , which left in 1997 ) , 1997 ( Central Connecticut State University ) , 1998 ( Quinnipiac University and the University of Maryland , Baltimore County which respectively left in 2013 and 2003 ) , 1999 ( Sacred Heart University ) , 2008 ( Bryant University ) , and 2019 ( Merrimack College ) . The Northeast Conference 's rank was largest at 12 in 2008 with the addition of Bryant University ; it dropped to 10 in 2013 with the departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac for the MAAC , and returned to 11 with the 2019 addition of Merrimack . The most recent changes were announced in 2018 and took effect with the 2019-20 school year . First , on September 10 , the NEC announced it would add Merrimack .
The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds were the 16 sports teams representing Long Island University 's campus in Brooklyn , New York in intercollegiate athletics , including men 's and women 's basketball , cross country , golf , soccer , and track ; women's-only bowling , lacrosse , softball , tennis , and volleyball ; and men's-only baseball . The Blackbirds competed in NCAA Division I and were members of the Northeast Conference . A member of the Northeast Conference , LIU Brooklyn sponsored teams in six men 's and thirteen women 's NCAA sanctioned sports : The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds passed into history when LIU merged them with the Division II LIU Post Pioneers after the 2018-19 academic year . The new program now competes as the LIU Sharks with a blue and gold color scheme .
Manhattan College is a private , Roman Catholic , liberal arts college in the Bronx in New York City . After originally being established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools ( De La Salle Christian Brothers ) as an academy for day students , Manhattan College was officially incorporated as an institution of higher education through a charter granted by the New York State Board of Regents . In 1922 , the College moved from Manhattan to the Riverdale section of the Bronx , roughly 6.4 miles ( 10.3 km ) north of its original location on 131st Street in the Manhattanville section of Manhattan . Manhattan College offers undergraduate programs in the arts , business , education , health , engineering , and science . Graduate programs are offered for education , business , and engineering .
Riverdale is a residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx , a borough in New York City . Riverdale , which has a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census , contains the northernmost point in New York City . Riverdale 's boundaries are disputed , but it is commonly agreed to be bordered by Yonkers to the north , Van Cortlandt Park and Broadway to the east , the Kingsbridge neighborhood to the southeast , the Harlem River or the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood to the south , and the Hudson River to the west . Riverdale Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Riverdale . The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community District 8 , and its ZIP Codes include 10463 and 10471 . The area is patrolled by the 50th Precinct of the New York City Police Department .
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ( MAAC , /mæk/ ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated in NCAA Division I , consisting of eleven schools coming from three states of the northeastern United States : Connecticut , New Jersey , and New York . The members are all relatively small private institutions , many of them Catholic or formerly Catholic , the only exceptions being three private but secular institutions : Rider University and the conference 's two newest members , Monmouth and Quinnipiac Universities . The conference headquarters is located in Edison , New Jersey . The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference sponsors 22 sports and has many associate member institutions . Richard J. Ensor is the commissioner of the MAAC , a post he has held since 1988 .
The Manhattan Jaspers are composed of 19 teams representing Manhattan College in intercollegiate athletics . The Jaspers compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . Manhattan College fields 19 Division-I athletic teams for men and women , including basketball , soccer , golf , rugby , baseball and softball , tennis , lacrosse and volleyball . The school 's men 's sports teams are called the Jaspers ; women are known as Lady Jaspers . Historically track and field has been the school 's strongest sport . The Jaspers nickname comes from Brother Jasper of Mary , F.S.C. , who was a memorable figure at the college . He was head of resident students , athletic director , and baseball coach during the late 1800s .
New York University ( NYU ) is a private research university based in New York City . Founded in 1831 , NYU 's historical campus is in Greenwich Village , Lower Manhattan . NYU is also a global university with degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai , and academic centers in Accra , Berlin , Buenos Aires , Florence , London , Los Angeles , Madrid , Paris , Prague , Sydney , Tel Aviv , and Washington , D.C . Alumni include heads of state , royalty , aristocrats , eminent scientists , inventors and entrepreneurs , media figures , founders and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies , and astronauts . As of October 2019 [ update ] , 37 Nobel Laureates , 8 Turing Award winners , 5 Fields Medalists , over 30 Academy Award winners , over 30 Pulitzer Prize winners , and hundreds of members of the National Academies of Sciences and United States Congress have been affiliated as faculty or alumni .
The University Athletic Association ( UAA ) is an American athletic conference that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's ( NCAA ) Division III . Member schools are highly selective universities located in Georgia , Illinois , Missouri , Pennsylvania , Massachusetts , Ohio , and New York . The eight members are Brandeis University , Carnegie Mellon University , Case Western Reserve University , Emory University , New York University , The University of Chicago , University of Rochester , and Washington University in St. Louis .
NYU Violets is the nickname of the sports teams and other competitive teams at New York University . The school colors are purple and white . Although officially known as the Violets , the school mascot is a bobcat . The Violets compete as a member of NCAA Division III in the University Athletic Association conference . The university sponsors 23 varsity sports , as well as club teams and intramural sports .
Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn , New York . It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica , New York ( Pratt MWP ) . The school originated in 1887 with programs primarily in engineering , architecture , and fine arts . Comprising six schools , the Institute is primarily known for its highly ranked programs in architecture , interior design , and industrial design , and offers both undergraduate and master 's degree programs in a variety of fields , with a strong focus on research .
The Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ( HVIAC ) is a member conference of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association ( USCAA ) . It consists of eight small colleges in New York state . HVIAC 's first championships were held in the 2004-05 season . Andy DeStephano , Athletic Director of Berkeley College , is the president of the conference , serving until 2019-20 . Similar to NCAA Division III rules , HVIAC membership is open to four-year higher education institutions that do n't offer athletic financial aid .
Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn , New York . It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica , New York ( Pratt MWP ) . The school originated in 1887 with programs primarily in engineering , architecture , and fine arts . Comprising six schools , the Institute is primarily known for its highly ranked programs in architecture , interior design , and industrial design , and offers both undergraduate and master 's degree programs in a variety of fields , with a strong focus on research .
St. Francis College ( St. Francis of Brooklyn or SFC ) is a private college in Brooklyn Heights , New York . It was founded in 1859 by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn , a Franciscan order , as the St. Francis Academy and was the first private school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn . St. Francis College began as a parochial all-boys academy in the City of Brooklyn and has become a small liberal arts college that has 19 academic departments which offer 72 majors and minors . St. Francis College is a predominantly undergraduate institution with graduate programs in accounting , project management , psychology and creative writing . St. Francis is set in an urban environment and is considered a commuter college . As of 2019 , there were 2,323 undergraduates ( 6% part-time ) and 90 graduates ( 51% part-time ) . St. Francis College has 21 athletic teams that compete in Division I of the NCAA and are known as the Terriers . SFC 's teams participate in the Northeast Conference , with the exception of the men 's and women 's water polo teams which compete in the CWPA and the MAAC , respectively .
Brooklyn Heights is an affluent residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn . The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north , Cadman Plaza West on the east , Atlantic Avenue on the south , and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or the East River on the west . Adjacent neighborhoods are Dumbo to the north , Downtown Brooklyn to the east , and Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill to the south . Originally referred to as Brooklyn Village , it has been a prominent area of Brooklyn since 1834 . The neighborhood is noted for its low-rise architecture and its many brownstone rowhouses , most of them built prior to the Civil War . It also has an abundance of notable churches and other religious institutions . Brooklyn 's first art gallery , the Brooklyn Arts Gallery , was opened in Brooklyn Heights in 1958 . In 1965 , a large part of Brooklyn Heights was protected from unchecked development by the creation of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District , the first such district in New York City . The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 . Directly across the East River from Manhattan and connected to it by subways and regular ferry service , Brooklyn Heights is also easily accessible from Downtown Brooklyn . Columbia Heights , an upscale six-block-long street next to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade , is sometimes considered to be its own neighborhood . Brooklyn Heights is part of Brooklyn Community District 2 and its primary ZIP Code is 11201 .
The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men 's basketball program represents St. Francis College in intercollegiate men 's basketball . The team is a member of the Division I Northeast Conference . The Terriers play on the Peter Aquilone Court in the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex located on the St. Francis College Brooklyn Heights campus . The Terriers have also hosted home games at Madison Square Garden and at the Barclays Center . The St. Francis Brooklyn men 's basketball program was founded in 1896 and is the oldest collegiate program in New York City . The Terriers have an overall record of 1211-1281 , 48.6 W-L% , over a 98-year span from the 1920-1921 to the 2018-2019 season . The program has won 6 regular season championships and has participated in 4 National Invitational Tournaments . As of 2010 , Glenn Braica was announced as the 17th head coach in the history of the St. Francis Terriers men 's basketball program . Braica was previously an assistant under Norm Roberts at St. John 's University . Braica , who is in his tenth year with the team , has qualified eight times for the NEC tournament and in 2015 led the team to its first post season tournament in 52 years . The Terriers are one of seven NCAA Division I programs in New York City and in 2011 attending a Terriers game was named one reason to love New York by New York Magazine in their seventh annual Reasons to Love New York 2011 piece . The Terriers are also one of only four original Division I programs ( since 1939 ) to have never participated in the NCAA tournament .
St. John 's University is a private Roman Catholic university in New York City . Founded and run by the Congregation of the Mission ( C.M. , the Vincentian Fathers ) in 1870 , the school was originally located in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in the borough of Brooklyn . In the 1950s , the school was relocated to its current site at Utopia Parkway in Hillcrest , Queens . St. John 's also has campuses in Staten Island and Manhattan in New York City and overseas in Rome , Italy . In addition , the university has a Long Island Graduate Center in Hauppauge , along with academic locations in Paris , France , and Limerick , Ireland . The university is named after Saint John the Baptist . St. John 's is organized into five undergraduate schools and six graduate schools . In 2016 , the university had 16,440 undergraduate and 4,647 graduate students . St. John 's offers more than 100 bachelor , master , and doctoral degree programs as well as professional certificates .
Jamaica is a middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens . It is mainly composed of a large commercial and retail area , though part of the neighborhood is also residential . Jamaica is bordered by Hollis to the east ; St. Albans , Springfield Gardens , Rochdale Village to the southeast ; and South Jamaica to the south ; Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park to the west ; Briarwood to the northwest ; and Kew Gardens Hills , Jamaica Hills , and Jamaica Estates to the north . Jamaica was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp . Under British rule , Jamaica became the center of the Town of Jamaica . Jamaica was the first county seat of Queens County , holding that title from 1683 to 1788 , and was also the first incorporated village on Long Island . When Queens was incorporated into the City of Greater New York in 1898 , both the Town of Jamaica and the Village of Jamaica were dissolved , but the neighborhood of Jamaica regained its role as county seat . Today , some locals group Jamaica 's surrounding neighborhoods into an unofficial Greater Jamaica , roughly corresponding to the former Town of Jamaica . Jamaica is the location of several government buildings including Queens Civil Court , the civil branch of the Queens County Supreme Court , the Queens County Family Court and the Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building , home to the Social Security Administration 's Northeastern Program Service Center . The U.S. Food and Drug Administration 's Northeast Regional Laboratory as well as the New York District Office are also located in Jamaica . Jamaica Center , the area around Jamaica Avenue , is a major commercial center . The New York Racing Association , based at Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park , lists its official address as Jamaica ( Central Jamaica once housed NYRA 's Jamaica Racetrack , now the massive Rochdale Village housing development ) .
The Big East Conference ( stylized as BIG EAST ) is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in all sports except football , which is not sponsored . The conference has been officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference , effective on August 1 , 2013 . The conference was originally founded by Dave Gavitt on May 31 , 1979 . Its nucleus is composed of the Catholic Seven members of the original Big East Conference : DePaul University , Georgetown University , Marquette University , Providence College , Seton Hall University , St. John 's University , and Villanova University . In December 2012 , these schools chose to split from the football playing schools in order to focus on basketball , and in March 2013 reached a settlement , whereby they acquired the Big East Conference name , logos , history , and the rights to the men 's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden . Butler University , Creighton University , and Xavier University also joined the conference on its July 1 , 2013 launch date . The conference also entered into a 12-year , $ 500 million television contract with Fox Sports , Fox Sports 1 ( FS1 ) , Fox Sports 2 ( FS2 ) , and Fox Sports Networks ( FSN ) and a 6-year television contract with CBS and CBS Sports Network ( CBSSN ) . On June 24 , 2019 the member schools of the Big East voted 10-0 to extend an invitation to the University of Connecticut ( UConn ) to rejoin the conference , which was accepted two days later . The football-playing members of the old Big East , along with several other schools , formed the American Athletic Conference , which retains the old Big East 's charter and structure . However , both conferences claim 1979 as their founding date . As part of the separation agreement , the basketball schools were able to retain the basketball records while the football schools retained the football records respectively . Val Ackerman , former WNBA president , has been commissioner since June 26 , 2013 .
The St. John 's Red Storm is the nickname used for the 16 varsity athletic programs of St. John 's University , in the U.S. state of New York . St. John 's 16 NCAA Division I teams compete in the Big East Conference , with the exception of the fencing team , which compete in the ECAC . On December 15 , 2012 , St. John 's and the other six Catholic , non-FBS schools ( the so-called Catholic 7 ) announced that they were departing the former Big East for a new conference . The Catholic 7 , after purchasing the Big East name from the FBS schools and adding Butler , Creighton , and Xavier , began operating as the new Big East Conference beginning in July 2013 . The athletic program fields sixteen intercollegiate teams : basketball , soccer , baseball , lacrosse , tennis , golf , and fencing for men and basketball , soccer , softball , volleyball , tennis , track and field , cross country , golf , and fencing for women . In 2002 , the university eliminated five men 's athletic teams and one women 's team in order to comply with Title IX rules prohibiting activities that receive federal assistance from discriminating on the basis of gender . Prior to the 1994-95 school year , the university 's nickname was the St. John 's Redmen , which referenced the red uniforms worn by its teams in competition . The name was interpreted as a Native American reference in the 1960s , and the university did have a mascot ( adorned in Native American dress ) , which eventually led to the team 's name change to the Red Storm . The change happened at a time when there was mounting pressure on colleges and universities to adopt names more sensitive to Native American culture . The Redmen name still remains popular among fans , however , as does Johnnies . On September 18 , 2009 the new mascot , which was voted on by students , was revealed ; Johnny Thunderbird .
The St. John 's Red Storm men 's basketball team represents the St. John 's University in Queens , New York . The team participates in the Big East Conference . As of the end of the 2018-19 season , St. John 's has 1,900 total wins , which put them at # 6 on the List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men 's college basketball . Starting in the 2019-20 season , St. John 's will be coached by Mike Anderson .