NYC FIRST Lego League Kickoff


Saturday September 25, 2010 at 10:00 AM-2:30 PM
Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, NY
6 metrotech center, Brooklyn, NY

Agenda:

10:00-10:10 AM: Welcome and Introductions (All Teams)
(Pfizer Auditorium - Building 3)

10:10-10:45 AM: Body Forward Challenge Overview (All Teams)
(Pfizer Auditorium - Building 3)

11:00-12:00 PM: Game Overview (All Teams)
(Rogers Hall [RH] - Room 116 - Building 1)

12:15-1:15 PM: Research Assignment Overview (Rookie Teams)
(Jacobs Academic Building - Room 475 - Building 1)

1:30-2:30 PM: Team Organization (Rookie Teams - Building 1)


Note: Parking is available at the Marriott Hotel on Jay Street.

By Subway

A C F train to Jay Street-Borough Hall

2 3 4 5 train to Borough Hall (walk one block East to Willoughby Street and make a left onto Jay Street)

M R train to Lawrence Street-MetroTech (walk one block North on Lawrence Street)

Q B train to Dekalb Avenue (walk two blocks North toward Manhattan Bridge and make a left onto Myrtle Avenue into MetroTech)

By Train

Take Long Island Railroad to Pennsylvania Station, then transfer to a Brooklyn-bound A, C, 2, 3 train (see subway instructions above).

Take Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue-Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound B, M, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, 5 train (see subway instructions above) or walk North along Flatbush Avenue about 1 mile to Myrtle Avenue and make a left into MetroTech.

Take Metro North Railroad to Grand Central Station in Manhattan, then transfer to a Brooklyn-bound 4, 5 train (see subway instructions above).

Take New Jersey Transit to Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, then transfer to a Brooklyn-bound A, C, 2, 3 train (see subway instructions above).

By Car

From Manhattan:

• Take the FDR Drive to the Brooklyn Bridge (Exit 2).
• Make the first left after traveling over the bridge onto Tillary Street.
• Take a right onto Jay Street.
• Parking is available at the Marriott Hotel on Jay Street.

From Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten Island:

• Take I-278 to Tillary Street (Exit 29) in Brooklyn.
• Make a left at the third light onto Jay Street.
• Parking is available at the Marriott Hotel on Jay Street.

From Long Island:

• Take I-495 West (Long Island Expressway) to I-278 West (Exit 18A - Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) to Tillary Street (Exit 29).
• Make a left at the third light onto Jay Street.
• Parking is available at the Marriott Hotel on Jay Street.

From New Jersey:

• Take I-78 East to the Holland Tunnel.
• Follow Canal Street East to the Manhattan Bridge to Flatbush Avenue.
  Or take I-95 (New Jersey Turnpike) to I-278 East (Exit 13) to Tillary Street (Exit 29) in Brooklyn.
• Make a left at the third light onto Jay Street.
• Parking is available at the Marriott Hotel on Jay Street.

From Westchester, Downstate New York and Connecticut:

• Take either I-87 South (Major Deegan Expressway/New York State Thruway) or I-95 South (New England Thruway) to I-278 West to Tillary Street (Exit 29).
• Make a left at the third light onto Jay Street.
• Parking is available at the Marriott Hotel on Jay Street.