Emergencies

Morningside Emergencies
Telephone: (212) 854-5555
Campus RolmPhones: x99 or
x4-5555

Medical Center Emergencies
Telephone: (212) 305-7979 or
(212) 305-8100
Campus phones: x5-7979 or
x5-8100

New York Police Department
Telephone: 911

Any employee of the University can report potential criminal actions and other emergencies on campus by simply dialing the special emergency numbers listed above at any time of the day or night.

Emergency Telephones

For immediate communication with Columbia Public Safety, use one of the emergency call boxes visible all over campus and its surrounding areas. For better visibility, a blue light is affixed to the telephone pole. The boxes work like radios—just pull the handle to open the box and press the red button inside to speak. To hear a reply, release the button. Give the security officer your location, and personnel will be dispatched right away. If you can, tell the dispatcher the nature of the emergency.

Call Box Locations

Morningside Campus

• 415 West 118th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive
• 514 West 114th Street
• Upper campus (between Mathematics and Earl Hall)
• Pupin Plaza
• Revson Plaza
• Uris (east side)
• John Jay (east side of Butler)
• Dodge (front door)
• 614 West 114th Street (River Hall)
• Furnald lawn
• Kent (front door)
• 460 Riverside Drive
• 411 West 115th Street
• West 114th Street and Broadway (Hogan Hall)
• 411 West 116th Street (Wein Hall)
• Southeast corner of West 114th Street and Broadway
• West 113th Street and Broadway (McBain Hall)
• Southeast corner of West 120th Street and Broadway
• Front of 448 Riverside Drive
• 611 West 113th Street (parking lot)
• Sundial, College Walk
• Southwest corner of West 120th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
• Earl Hall gate

Medical Center

• 50 Haven Avenue (on the fence in front of Bard Hall)
• 169th Street and Fort Washington Avenue (near the side entrance to the Hammer Center)
• On the fence outside Towers 1 and 2 (171st Street and Haven Avenue)

Baker Field

• Soccer Field
• Baseball Field

Safe Havens

Occasionally, Columbia students, faculty, and staff may feel uneasy about walking home, waiting for a bus, or walking to a car. If that ever happens to you, just look for the Red Lion at participating neighborhood merchants. The Red Lion is the logo for the “Lion’s Watching” Safe Haven program organized by Columbia University’s Public Safety Department, which has screened more than 70 businesses near the Morningside and Medical Center campuses. At businesses featuring the Red Lion in their windows, you can ask the merchant to phone Columbia Public Saefty or the police and wait for Public Safety personnel to respond.