Miles and Shirley Fiterman Hall BMCC.

Photos by Luis Cortez

History

The original Fiterman Hall was built in 1959, and donated to CUNY on behalf of BMCC in 1993 by Miles and Shirley Fiterman.

Fiterman Hall was irreparably damaged when 7 World Trade Center fell against its south wall during the attacks of 9-11. Students were safely evacuated by BMCC faculty and staff.

BMCC holds the unfortunate distinction of being the only institution of higher learning in the United States that sustained damage from a terrorist attack. In losing Fiterman Hall, BMCC lost one-third of its classroom and office space.

Source: BMCC

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For those of you who are interested, there is a history of Fiterman Hall that until recently, I myself, was not even aware of.

Fiterman Hall was one of the sites that were destroyed when the attack on the World Trade Center took place, on September 11th, 2001. The building was donated to Cuny by Miles and Shirley Fiterman.

As one of many New Yorkers who lived and witnessed 911, I was not aware until recently the history behind Fiterman Hall. For those of you who are too young to remember the history of 911, let me give you a brief history tour.

Fiterman Hall lies just footsteps away from where the original World Trade Center stood, and where the new Freedom Tower stands. As a New Yorker who lived through the horrible events of 911, I can tell you that I will never forget that day.Fiterman Hall is one of the campuses of BMCC. Many students from all over the world come to study in New York, and many studies at BMCC, and their many campuses, including Fiterman Hall.

As a current student at BMCC, I had the pleasure of studying at Fiterman Hall. It is a great place to learn, and visit. It is ideally located in the heart of Lower Manhattan and has many surrounding 911 sites, including the Freedom Tower and the official 911 Museum, located just a few minutes’ walk away from Fiterman Hall.

For any visitor, or New Yorker who wants to visit Fiterman Hall, you can follow the directions below, or if you want to read more about Fiterman's history, you can also click on the link above to BMCC, it has a few more details about Fiterman.

Directions

You can take the J train to Fulton Street Subway Station and then take exit Fulton St & Nassau St at NW corner. Head northwest on Fulton St toward Broadway. Turn right onto Church St. Turn left onto Vesey St. Turn right onto Greenwich St/World Trade Center. Continue to follow Greenwich St destination will be on the right.
You can also take the F train to the A, or the C trains to Chambers St. from there walk to Fiterman Hall at 245 Greenwich St.