Sloan-Kettering Mesothelioma Cancer Center

Contact Information

Tel: 212-639-2000
Address: 1275 York Avenue New York, NY 10021
URL: www.mskcc.org

Patient Resource Highlights

The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is committed to assistance in all aspects of a patient's cancer diagnosis. While the center recognizes that anyone's life will be changed by a cancer diagnosis, they encourage healthy and productive life thereafter. The cancer center therefore offers several different approaches for patients at different stages of the diagnosis. They offer help for the newly diagnosed, by counseling patients in how best to live their lives after a positive diagnosis of cancer.

In addition Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is also unique in that it operates a specific program for elderly cancer patients, whose perception of the disease can be decidedly different than other patients. The center prides itself upon its inclusion of all people involved in a cancer diagnosis, from the oncologist to the spouse, into the treatment or cancer management plan. This is how the center has distinguished itself among not only other similar facilities but in the hearts of patients and families.

Driving Directions

Driving from Brooklyn and Staten Island:

  • Via the Williamsburg, Manhattan, or Brooklyn Bridges, or the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel
  • Exit onto the Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Drive, and take the FDR Drive north (uptown).
  • Exit FDR Drive at 61st Street. Continue one block on 61st St. and turn right on to York Avenue. Continue north for six blocks.

Driving from the Bronx, Westchester, and New England:

  • Via the Triborough Bridge to Manhattan
  • Exit the bridge onto the FDR Drive South
  • Take FDR Drive south to the 71st St. exit. Proceed one block on 71st Street and turn left on York Avenue. Continue south for three blocks.

Driving from Queens and Long Island:

  • Via the Triborough Bridge
  • Exit the bridge onto the FDR Drive South
  • Take the FDR Drive south to the 71st St. exit. Proceed one block on 71st St. and turn left on York Avenue. Proceed south for three blocks.

Driving from Upstate New York and Northern New Jersey:

  • Via the G.W. Bridge
  • Merge onto I-95 North
  • Take the Harlem River Drive/Amsterdam Avenue exit.
  • Keep left at fork in the ramp.
  • Merge onto Harlem River Drive; Proceed South.
  • Stay straight to go onto the FDR Drive South
  • Take the FDR Drive south to the 71st St. exit. Continue one block on 71st St. and turn left on York Avenue. Proceed south for three blocks.

Accomodations:

Helmsley Medical Tower
1320 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 1-800-HM-Tower

Affinia Gardens
215 East 64th St.
New York, NY 10065
Phone: 1-866-AFFINIA

Midtown East Courtyard by Marriot
866 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 1- 800-894-6380

Alternative Business Accomodations
Phone: 212-445-0494

Equity Corporation Housing
Phone: 212-367-7368

Public Transportation:

Subway Information is available regarding fares at all subway stops, here are the locations closest to Sloan-Kettering

  • The 6 stops at 68th Street and Lexington Avenue.
  • The Q stops at Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street.
  • The N, R, 4, 5, and 6 stop at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue.

Bus - There are various bus routes that also reach Sloan-Kettering. Information is specific to your starting point and can be gathered at any public bus station.

Last modified: December 10 2009.