What is the nearest airport to The Rockefeller University?

The nearest major airport is New York LaGuardia (LGA), about 4 miles away.

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Private urban college in New York

The Rockefeller University is a private urban institution in New York, New York. The school is accessible to a wide range of students.

Established

1901

Motto

Scientia pro bono humani generis

Type

Private graduate-only university

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U.S. News

2025

#62

Wall Street Journal

2025

#1

•History Founder's Hall (2022) The FDR Drive runs under the campus.
•The Rockefeller University was founded in June 1901 as The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research—often called simply The Rockefeller Institute—by John D.
•Gates and action taken in March 1901 by his son, John D.
•Greatly elevating the prestige of American science and medicine, it was America's first biomedical institute, like France's Pasteur Institute (1888) and Germany's Robert Koch Institute (1891).

Source: Wikipedia