Parking suggestions, road and parking lot closures for Commencement Weekend

The university has issued a list of special changes for roads and parking on campus to accommodate Commencement Weekend activities, May 23-25.

Parking: Sage Hall parking lot will close at 5 p.m. until 6 a.m. Sunday, May 25.

Crescent Lot will close at 5 p.m. until approximately 4 p.m. Sunday, May 25. Any remaining cars towed at the owner's expense.

Parking lots: The following lots will close at 1 a.m., with any remaining cars towed:

  • Parking garage (except for mobility-impaired permit holders): closed until approximately 2 p.m. on Saturday.
  • Barton Hall east end parking spaces will close until approximately 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Road closures:

  • Campus Road will be closed 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., from Garden Avenue to the Bartels Hall metered lot.

Sunday, May 24

Parking lots: The following will close at 1 a.m. with any remaining vehicles towed. Lots will reopen at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday, unless noted below.

  • Parking garage (except for mobility-impaired permit holders): closed until approximately 2 p.m. Sunday.
  • Day Hall parking lot, loading dock: closed until approximately 3 p.m. Sunday.
  • ILR parking lot: closed until Tuesday, May 26.
  • Garden Avenue parking spaces: closed until approximately 3 p.m. Sunday.

Road Closures: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. unless otherwise noted

  • Campus Road from West Avenue to College Avenue, eastbound lane only (8-11 a.m.).
  • Campus Road between College Avenue and Tower Road.
  • West Avenue, southbound lane (8-11 a.m.).
  • East Avenue, buses only.
  • Hoy Road.
  • Garden Avenue, between Campus Road and Tower Road, buses only.
  • Wing Drive between Campus Road and Tower Road, buses only.
  • Judd Falls Road between Tower Road and Route 366, buses only.
  • Tower Road between East Avenue and Judd Falls Road, buses only.

Parking for Commencement Sunday:

Cornell Transportation Services suggests parking in the "B" lot near the Veterinary College and in the "A" lot on Pleasant Grove Road. Regular shuttle buses will be running from those lots to the stadium. After the ceremonies, the buses will go to both parking lots from central campus bus stops.

Contact the Cornell Commencement Office at 607-255-9541 or commencement@cornell.edu if you have any questions or concerns. For complete parking information: http://www.commencement.cornell.edu/May/parkseat.html.

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