Campus Life

SAE Institute New York will welcome you into a diverse, multi-cultural environment. Our student body ranges from New York residents and out-of-state American students to international students from several continents. New York City has been known as a world cultural melting pot, and this is an aspect that SAE New York is proud to embody in its educational facility.

Housing

While SAE New York does not offer campus housing, we do have some solid recommendations to aid in your search:

studenthousing.org - an educational housing service website that makes the search relatively easy, with buildings scattered throughout New York; the facilities offer convenient locations, rooms that come fully furnished, as well as 24-hour security

craigslist.org - this is a more open-ended forum for searching; you can often find better bargains, while searching in specific neighborhoods, or for apartments that already have inhabitants but are in need of a roommate

Manhattan can be expensive, so exploring other boroughs is often wise and beneficial in reducing the cost of living. The New York MTA is quite reliable, so a commute from another borough (i.e. Brooklyn or Queens) is feasible and affordable. Fortunately, the SAE New York campus is centrally located in Herald Square, in close proximity to many of the major public transportation routes, in addition to Penn Station, the Port Authority Bus Terminal and PATH.

Monthly passes are available for public transit, which is another money saver.

History of New York

• Manhattan was originally inhabited by Lenape Native Americans (specifically the Wappinger band) who eventually met Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524, the first European explorer of New York Harbor
• 1613: Founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement in Lower Manhattan (New Amsterdam)
• 1643: Pavonia Massacre, which resulted in the defeat (and many fatalities) of the Native Americans by the Dutch
• 1647: Arrival of Peter Stuyvesant
• 1652: Colony granted self-goverment
• 1664: New York gets its name from the conquering British
• 1766: First St. Patrick's Day Parade; St. Paul's Chapel construction completed
• 1783: Evacuation Day (by the British) Nov. 25th
• 1784: Alexander Hamilton organizes the Bank of New York (48 Wall St.)
• 1786: St. Peter's Catholic Church is consecrated; NYC's oldest Catholic Church
• 1787: First appearance of the Federalist Papers
• 1792: Formation of the Stock Market on Wall St. - May 17th
• 1804: Duel between Aaron Burr and Hamilton, resulting in Hamilton's death
• 1807: Robert Fulton launches The Clermont into the East River
• 1809: Washington Irving publishes his satire A History of New York
• 1831: NYU chartered
• 1832: Union Square formally named on 14th and Broadway
• 1841: Horace Greely launches New York Tribune
• 1842: Ureli Corelli Hill forms The New York Philharmonic Society
• 1845: Formation of the New York Knickerbocker Baseball organization
• 1851: The New York Times - first issue
• 1880: Opening of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• 1883: Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Metropolitan Opera house
• 1889: First copies of the Wall Street Journal distributed (2 cents a copy)
• 1892: Ellis Island opens for immigration
1893: Opening of the MetLife Building
• 1895: Wooden Washington Memorial Arch replaced with a marble one; Sea Lion Park opens on Coney Island; NYC's first pizzerias open on Spring Street in Little Italy
• 1896: Opening of New York Botanical Gardens; Opening of first public golf course in Van Cortlandt Park
• 1898: Charlie Ebbets becomes the President of the Dodgers and moves them into a new stadium
• 1899: Opening of the Bronx Zoo
• 1900: Gas lights are replaced by electric lights along Broadway
• 1903: New York Highlanders play first game in Washington; Polar Bear Club founded in Coney Island
• 1904: NY Times building relocates to Midtown
• 1909: Opening of Queensboro Bridge
• 1911: President Taft dedicates the New York Public Library on 42nd and 5th Ave.
• 1913: Opening of Grand Central Terminal - Feb 2nd at Midnight
• 1919: Opening of Roseland Ballroom
• 1920: New York Yankees acquire Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox (Jan 5)
• 1929: Stock Market Crash
• 1939: New York World's Fair - allegedly to mark the end of the Great Depression
• 1951: United Nations headquarters opens in NYC
• 1956: Don Larson's perfect game (NY Yankees v. Brooklyn Dodgers World Series)
• 1961: Bob Dylan's first NYC performance, opening for John Lee Hooker
• 1962: Formation of the Mets organization
• 1969: Stonewall riots signifying the start of the Gay Rights Movement
• 1972: Opening of the World Trade Center
• 1974: Philippe Petit walks across the tightrope between the Twin Towers
• 1975: Opening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in NYC
• 1989: David Dinkins becomes first African American major of NYC
• 1994: Rangers win first Stanley Cup since 1940

Experience New York City

Restaurants - You could literally eat every meal of every day in a different restaurant and still not hit all the places you want to in NYC. That said, be adventurous and try new things. For instance, Shake Shack (located in Madison Sq. Park) will offer you delicious burgers and shakes to enjoy on the surrounding park benches. You can even venture to the Bohemian Beer Garden in Astoria and sample some delicious brews and bratwurst. The adventure is yours for the taking!

Museums - The perfect rainy day remedy...NYC offers quite an array of museums, ranging from the famed Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Natural History Museum to the more specific Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Muesum and American Folk Art Museum. Regardless of your interests, there is certainly a museum that will intrigue you.

Concerts - New York City is littered with venues, from the smaller, more intimate Bowery Poetry Club to the large-scale, famed Madison Square Garden.

Parks - From Central Park to Prospect Park and many other stations of greenery in between, who is to say New York is all mortar and cement? Enjoy picnics, shows, casual sports and more...or just a walk in the park!

Shows - Broadway and Off-Broadway both offer copious amount of talent on the stage, from musicals to more dramatic monologues. Be sure to take advantage of the shows being offered when you are in town - chances are you will leave with either tear stains from deep-seated emotional outbursts, or a sore throat from singing along with a vibrant cast.