The Academy is open to visitors daily and weekends from 9 am to 5 pm. The campus is closed, however, on federal holidays, for two weeks around the Christmas holiday, and during the month of July. The United States Merchant Marine Academy is located on Long Island in Kings Point, New York . Get off at the Great Neck stop.
Taxis are also available if preferred.
Follow signs to the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge or the Throgs Neck Bridge. Take either Bridge. Bear right and take the first exit to the right for the Cross Island Parkway. You want to be in the left turn lanes. At end of West Shore Road, turn right onto Kings Point Road and then left at the next stop sign onto Steamboat Road to Academy front gate.