Blue Light Emergency Call
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Blue Light Emergency Call
- Open door (pull handle) and depress red button to speak, release the red button to hear response.
- Provide your location and details of incident.
- Public Safety personnel will be dispatched.
- For the Teachers College campus, the blue light is located on 120th St. Between Broadway and Amtersdam Aves., adjacent to Russell Library and the Zankel Building.
The Columbia University Public Safety Department maintains several emergency call boxes with blue lights on top throughout the greater Columbia University campus area.
Campus emergency call boxes are located at the following locations:
Teachers College Campus - 120th Street (see info above)
Columbia University Campus
Southeast corner of Mathematics building (lamp post)
Pupin Plaza
Revson Plaza
Uris/Fairchild area
Outside John Jay Tennis Courts
Dodge Hall-upper campus entry
Sundial-College Walk
Wien Hall (gate)
Kent Hall (front)
415 W 118th St. (Amsterdam-Broadway)
514 West 114th Street
614 West 114th Street (River Hall)
Furnald Lawn
460 Riverside Drive
411 West 115th Street
140 Morningside Drive at West 122nd Street (parking Lot)
Front of 448 Riverside Drive
Additional emergency call-box locations:
Columbia Soccer Stadium (218th St)
Andy Coakley Field (baseball 218th St)
50 Haven Ave (on the fence in front of Bard Hall)
169th Street and Fort Washington Ave (near Hammer Center side entrance)
171st and Haven Ave (Towers 1 and 2)
611 West 113th Street (Parking Lot)
West 120th Street and Amsterdam Ave
Emergency Phone Numbers
- Campus phone X3333
Non campus or from cell phone 212-678-3333
Public Safety Alerts
- Clery Crime Alert - Robbery (Off Campus) 07/19/2020
- Clery Crime Alert - Assault (Off-Campus) 02/17/2020
Quick Links
- Active Shooter / Hostile Intruder
- ReadyTC
- Severe Weather
- Special Event Services Request
- Departmental Policies
- Related Departments
- Student Wellness and Mental Health
Announcements
- American Red Cross Hands Only CPR Training Video
- AED Lifepak CRPlus Training Video
- AED Lifepak CR2 Training Video
Non-emergency College Services
- TC PS Non emergency 3220
- TC PS Administrative Office 3111
- TC Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) 8164/6640
- TC Facilities 3010
- TC Residential services 3235
- TC Student Development and Activities 3690
- TC Risk Management 3482
TC College Services
- TC General College Information 3000
- Office of Diversity 8410
- CU PS 212-854-5555
- CUMC 212-854-(HELP) 4357
- Barnard College 212-854-3362
- Counseling and Psychological Services 212-854-2878
- CU Medical Center 212-305-8100