Princeton Club of New York

University-affiliated club

Princeton Club of New York

Successor| Merged into Penn Club of New York[1][2]
Formation| December 12, 1866; 157 years ago (1866-12-12)
Type| Private Club
Legal status| Social and recreational club
Location|

* New York City, NY, U.S.

Region served

| New York metropolitan area

The Princeton Club of New York was a private clubhouse located at 15 West 43rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, founded in 1866 as the Princeton Alumni Association of New York. It reorganized to its current name in 1886. Its membership was composed of alumni and faculty of Princeton University, as well as 15 other affiliated schools.

In 2021, the club defaulted on its $40 million mortgage debt and the property was foreclosed.[3][4][5] The building was sold in December 2023 for $8 million.

## History[edit]

The club was founded as the Princeton Alumni Association of New York in 1866. In 1886, it reorganized as the Princeton Club of New York, incorporating as a club under New York laws on December 12, 1899.[6][7] Since its incorporation, the club has had four homes, with its current location being at 15 West 43rd Street in Manhattan since February 1963.[8] The clubhouse was located on Clubhouse Row, where many of New York City's other clubs are located.[9]

The club closed in March 2020 during the early days of the COVID pandemic and never reopened, losing approximately one-third of its fees-paying members during the initial year of closure.[10] In October 2021, the club defaulted on $39.3 million in mortgage debt from lender Sterling National Bank.[11][4][5] In December 2021, 15 West 43rd Street LLC purchased the defaulted loan from Sterling National Bank and in June 2022 the LLC sued to foreclose on the property.[3] 15 West 43rd Street LLC, a shell company, bought the Princeton Club building in December 2023 for $8 million.[12][13]

Unlike other alumni clubs on Clubhouse Row, the organization had no financial relation to Princeton University.[4][10]

The club members, part of the staff, and the in-residence Williams Club were absorbed into the Penn Club of New York following a previous visiting reciprocity agreement between the Princeton-Penn Clubs.[1][2]

The Columbia University Club of New York was in residence at the Princeton Club from 1998 to 2017, when it left to become in-residence at The Penn Club at 30 West 44th Street.[14][15]

## Amenities[edit]

The ten-story club featured a variety of amenities for its members, including two restaurants, banquet space, a fitness center, squash courts, and 58 guest rooms.[4][16] The club featured 9,000 square feet (840 m2), where it hosted events throughout the year for its members.[16]

## Membership[edit]

Membership in the Princeton Club was restricted to alumni, faculty, and students of Princeton University, as well as 15 other affiliated colleges and universities,[17] reporting approximately 6,000 members in its final years[16]

## See also[edit]

* Penn Club of New York
* Columbia University Club of New York
* Williams Club
* List of American gentlemen's clubs

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Chao, Eveline (January 7, 2022). "It Wasn't Just the Pandemic That Closed the Princeton Club". Curbed. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
2. ^ a b Alexander, Benjamin (October 18, 2022). "Williams Club in New York moves to Penn Club building". The Williams Record. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
3. ^ a b Monahan, Shea (June 9, 2022). "Creditor Files to Foreclose on Princeton Club's Midtown Home". The Real Deal New York. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
4. ^ a b c d Boyle, Matthew (October 20, 2021). "Princeton Club of NYC on Life Support After Defaulting on Mortgage". Bloomberg News. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
5. ^ a b Kagan, Sam; Opperman, Lia (October 27, 2021). "Princeton Club of New York defaults on mortgage". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
6. ^ Club Men of New York: Their Occupations, and Business and Home Addresses: Sketches of Each of the Organizations: College Alumni Associations. New York: Republic Press. 1902. p. 29\. OCLC 8726209.
7. ^ Mellby, Julie (February 2, 2016). "Princeton Club of New York City". Graphic Arts. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
8. ^ Leitch, Alexander (1978). A Princeton Companion. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 378\. ISBN 978-0-691-04654-9. JSTOR j.ctt13x0zx2.
9. ^ Slatin, Peter (May 9, 1993). "Penn's Racing to Join Clubhouse Row". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
10. ^ a b Boyle, Matthew (February 6, 2023). "NYC's Shuttered Princeton Club Lands in Tussle Over Trademark Name". Bloomberg News. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
11. ^ "Princeton Club Defaults on $40M Mortgage, Could Lose Midtown Home". The Real Deal. October 20, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
12. ^ Hughes, C.J. (December 5, 2023). "Midtown's debt-ridden Princeton Club changes hands for $8 million". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
13. ^ "Lender Acquires Princeton Club for $8M". The Real Deal. December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
14. ^ "The Columbia Club's New Home". Columbia College Today. July 5, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
15. ^ Skelding, Conor (August 4, 2016). "Columbia, Princeton clubs at impasse over residence agreement". Politico. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
16. ^ a b c "PCNY – Princeton Club – New York, NY". The Princeton Club of New York. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
17. ^ "Associate Schools – Princeton Club – New York, NY". The Princeton Club of New York. Retrieved October 29, 2021.

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Midtown (42nd–59th Streets)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

| West of
5th Av|

* 2 Columbus Cir
* 5 Columbus Cir
* 5 W 54th St
* 7 W 54th St
* 10 W 56th St
* 11 W 54th St
* 12 W 56th St
* 13–15 W 54th St
* 30 W 44th St (Penn Club)
* 30 W 56th St
* 46 W 55th St
* 53W53
* 111 W 57th St
* 120 W 46th St
* 125 W 55th St
* 130 W 57th St
* 140 W 57th St
* 165 W 57th St
* 200 Central Park S
* 218 W 57th St
* 220 Central Park S
* 224 W 57th St
* 240 Central Park S
* 500 5th Av
* 520 5th Av
* 608 5th Av
* 650 5th Av
* 660 5th Av
* 712 5th Av
* 750 7th Av
* 810 7th Av
* 888 7th Av
* 1166 6th Av
* 1301 6th Av
* 1345 6th Av
* 1717 Broadway
* 1740 Broadway
* Aeolian Hall
* Alwyn Court
* Americas Tower
* Axa Equitable Center
* Bank of America Tower
* The Briarcliffe
* Brill Bldg
* Calvary Baptist Church
* Carnegie Hall Tower
* Central Park Place
* Central Park Tower
* CBS Bldg
* Church of St. Mary the Virgin
* Crown Bldg
* Coty Bldg
* Deutsche Bank Center
* Executive Plz
* Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
* Gainsborough Studios
* Hampshire House
* Hearst Tower
* Manufacturers Trust Bldg
* Mark Hellinger Theatre
* Times Square Church
* Metropolitan Tower
* New York City Bar Association Building
* New York Yacht Club Building
* One57
* The Osborne
* Paramount Plz
* Park House
* Philippine Center
* Random House Tower
* Rockefeller Apts
* Rodin Studios
* St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church
* St. Thomas Church
* Salmon Tower Bldg
* Solow Bldg
* Tower 49
* Tower Fifth
* Trump Parc
* W. R. Grace Bldg

| Rockefeller Center|

* 1 Rockefeller Plz
* 10 Rockefeller Plz
* 30 Rockefeller Plz
* 50 Rockefeller Plz
* 75 Rockefeller Plz
* 1211 6th Av
* 1221 6th Av
* 1251 6th Av
* 1271 6th Av
* British Empire Building
* International Building
* La Maison Francaise

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Times Square|

* 1 Astor Plz
* 1 Times Sq
* 3 Times Sq
* 4 Times Sq
* 11 Times Sq
* 20 Times Sq
* 229 W 43rd St
* 255 W 43rd St
* 1500 Broadway
* 1501 Broadway
* 1540 Broadway
* 1552 Broadway
* 1585 Broadway
* TSX Broadway

East of
5th Av|

* One Vanderbilt
* 3 E 57th St
* 7 E 44th St
* 12 E 53rd St
* 18 E 50th St
* 19 E 54th St
* 100 E 53rd St (Selene)
* 138 E 50th St
* 252 E 57th St
* 245 Park Av
* 270 Park Av
* 277 Park Av
* 299 Park Av
* 345 Park Av
* 383 Madison Av
* 399 Park Av
* 400 Madison Av
* 425 Park Av
* 432 Park Av
* 450 Lexington Av
* 450 Park Av
* 488 Madison Av (Look Bldg)
* 500 Park Av
* 525 Lexington Av
* 550 Madison Av (Sony Bldg)
* 590 Madison Av (IBM Bldg)
* 599 Lexington Av
* 647 5th Av
* 689 5th Av
* 731 Lexington Av
* 919 3rd Av
* Apple Fifth Avenue
* Cartier Bldg
* CBS Studio Bldg
* Central Synagogue
* Charles Scribner's Sons Bldg
* Chrysler Bldg
* Church of Sweden in New York
* Citigroup Ctr
* CitySpire
* DuMont Bldg
* Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist
* Fred F. French Bldg
* Fuller Bldg
* General Electric Bldg
* General Motors Bldg
* Graybar Bldg
* Helmsley Bldg
* Lever House
* Lipstick Bldg
* LVMH Tower
* MetLife Bldg
* Modulightor Bldg
* William H. Moore House
* Olympic Tower
* Park Avenue Plz
* Park Avenue Tower
* Ritz Tower
* Saks Fifth Avenue
* St. Agnes Church
* St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
* St. Patrick's Cathedral
* Seagram Bldg
* Sutton 58
* Tiffany & Co.
* Trump Tower
* Villard Houses
* William and Helen Ziegler House

Former|

* Grand Central Palace
* Hotel Marguery
* Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont House
* Sherwood Studio Building
* St. Nicholas Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
* Studebaker Building
* Temple Emanu-El
* Union Carbide Building
* Vanderbilt Triple Palace
* William K. Vanderbilt House
* West Presbyterian Church

Theaters

| Broadway theaters|

* Ambassador
* American Airlines
* August Wilson
* Belasco
* Bernard B. Jacobs
* Booth
* Broadhurst
* Broadway
* Circle in the Square
* Ethel Barrymore
* Eugene O'Neill
* Gerald Schoenfeld
* Gershwin
* Hayes
* Hudson
* Imperial
* James Earl Jones
* John Golden
* Lena Horne
* Longacre
* Lunt-Fontanne
* Lyceum
* Lyric
* Majestic
* Marquis
* Minskoff
* Music Box
* Neil Simon
* Palace
* Richard Rodgers
* St. James
* Samuel J. Friedman
* Shubert
* Stephen Sondheim
* Studio 54
* Walter Kerr
* Winter Garden

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Other venues|

* 55th Street Playhouse
* Carnegie Hall
* Ed Sullivan Theater
* The ImaginAsian
* New Victory Theater
* New York City Center
* Paris Theater
* Radio City Music Hall
* Sony Hall
* The Theater Center
* The Town Hall
* York Theatre

Closed/demolished|

* 44th Street
* 48th Street
* Apollo
* Center
* Capitol
* Earl Carroll
* Edison
* Embassy
* Fulton
* George M. Cohan's
* Loew's State
* Lyric
* New Century
* Olympia
* Roxy
* Strand
* Times Square
* Victoria
* Ziegfeld (1927)
* Ziegfeld (1969)

Hotels

| Current|

* Algonquin Hotel
* Allerton Hotel for Women
* The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York
* Cassa Hotel & Residences
* The Chatwal New York
* Club Quarters, Midtown
* Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan
* Four Seasons Hotel New York
* Hotel Edison
* Hotel Elysée
* Hotel Gerard
* Hyatt Grand Central New York
* InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel
* JW Marriott Essex House
* The Iroquois New York
* Lexington Hotel
* Lombardy Hotel
* Lotte New York Palace Hotel
* Luxor Hotel
* Mansfield Hotel
* The Michelangelo
* Millennium Times Square New York
* New York Hilton Midtown
* New York Marriott Marquis
* Paramount Hotel
* Park Central Hotel
* Park Lane Hotel
* The Peninsula New York
* Plaza Hotel
* The Quin
* The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park
* Roger Smith Hotel
* Row NYC Hotel
* Royalton Hotel
* St. Regis New York
* Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
* Sofitel New York Hotel
* Thompson Central Park New York Hotel
* Waldorf Astoria New York
* Warwick New York Hotel

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Former|

* DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Metropolitan New York City
* Hotel Carter
* Hotel Claridge
* Hotel Manhattan
* Hotel Metropole
* New York Biltmore Hotel
* New York Marriott East Side
* Omni Berkshire Place
* Pabst Hotel
* Ritz-Carlton Hotel
* Roosevelt Hotel
* Savoy-Plaza Hotel
* Times Square Hotel
* Weylin Hotel
* Windsor Hotel

Other points of interest

| Restaurants/
nightlife|

* 21 Club
* 54 Below
* Alto
* Anthos
* Aureole
* Burger Heaven
* Le Bernardin
* Cafe Chambord
* Campbell Apartment
* La Caravelle
* Caviar Russe
* Del Pezzo Restaurant
* Ellen's Stardust Diner
* Gabriel Kreuther
* Gallagher's Steakhouse
* Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant
* La Grenouille
* Iridium Jazz Club
* Le Jardinier
* King Cole Bar
* Kurumazushi
* Latin Quarter
* Lespinasse
* Marea
* The Pool and the Grill
* Oceana
* The Original Soupman
* P. J. Clarke's
* Patsy's
* Le Pavillon
* Prime Burger
* The Quilted Giraffe
* Rainbow Room
* Restaurant Aquavit
* Rumpelmayer's
* Russian Tea Room
* Sardi's
* Satsuki
* Shun Lee Palace
* Stage Deli
* The Campbell

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Museums/
cultural centers|

* Austrian Cultural Forum New York
* Girl Scout Museum and Archives
* John M. Mossman Lock Museum
* Korean Cultural Center New York
* Madame Tussauds New York
* Museum of Arts and Design
* Museum of Broadway
* Museum of Modern Art
* New York Transit Museum
* Paley Center for Media
* Rose Museum
* Spyscape

Stores|

* Argosy Book Store
* Gotham Book Mart

Clubhouses|

* American Fine Arts Society
* The Brook
* Century Association
* Cornell Club of New York
* Harvard Club of New York City
* New York Athletic Club
* New York City Bar Association
* New York Friars Club
* New York Yacht Club
* Penn Club of New York
* Racquet and Tennis Club
* University Club of New York
* Women's National Republican Club
* Yale Club of New York City

Clubhouses (former)|

* Princeton Club of New York

Green spaces|

* Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden
* Central Park
* Grand Army Plaza
* Greenacre Park
* Paley Park

Educational
institutions|

* 53rd Street Library
* Circle in the Square Theatre School
* CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
* High School of Performing Arts
* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Careers
* Saint Thomas Choir School
* SUNY College of Optometry

Art galleries|

* Galerie St. Etienne
* Rehs Galleries

Transportation

| Subway stations|

* Fifth Avenue/53rd Street
* Fifth Avenue–59th Street
* Seventh Avenue
* 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue
* 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal
* 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center
* 49th Street
* 50th Street
* 50th Street
* 57th Street–Seventh Avenue
* 57th Street
* 59th Street–Columbus Circle
* Grand Central–42nd Street
* Lexington Avenue/51st Street
* Lexington Avenue/59th Street
* Times Square–42nd Street

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Railroad stations|

* Grand Central Madison
* Grand Central Terminal

Streets and
intersections|

* Third Avenue
* Fifth Avenue
* Sixth Avenue
* Six and a Half Avenue
* Seventh Avenue
* Eighth Avenue
* 42nd
* 47th
* 50th
* 51st
* 52nd
* 53rd
* 54th
* 55th
* 57th
* 59th
* Broadway
* Columbus Circle
* Duffy Square
* Grand Army Plaza
* George Abbott Way
* Lexington Avenue
* Madison Avenue
* Park Avenue
* Park Avenue Viaduct
* Pershing Square
* Shubert Alley
* Times Square
* Vanderbilt Avenue

Related topics

* Billionaires' Row
* Little Brazil
* Midtown South
* Minnesota Strip

See also: Manhattan Community Board 5

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Princeton University

History
Trustees

Academics|

| Schools and
departments|

* Department of
* Economics
* Mathematics
* Physics
* Psychology
* Graduate School
* School of Architecture
* School of Engineering and Applied Science
* School of Public and International Affairs

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Centers and
institutes|

* Bendheim Center for Finance
* Center for Information Technology Policy
* Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance
* James Madison Program
* Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
* Princeton Neuroscience Institute
* Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
* Office of Population Research

Laboratories|

* Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
* Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Eating clubs|

* Eating clubs
* Cannon Club
* Cap and Gown Club
* Charter Club
* Cloister Inn
* Colonial Club
* Cottage Club
* Ivy Club
* Quadrangle Club
* Terrace Club
* Tiger Inn
* Tower Club
* former: Campus Club

Campus|

* Alexander Hall
* Art Museum
* Chapel
* Cleveland Tower
* Frist Campus Center
* Joseph Henry House
* Maclean House
* Lake Carnegie
* Library
* McCarter Theatre
* Nassau Hall
* Princeton Branch (The Dinky)
* Tiger Transit
* Prospect House
* Putnam Collection of Sculpture
* Residential Colleges
* Butler
* Forbes
* Mathey
* Rockefeller
* Whitman
* New College West
* Yeh
* Graduate
* future: Hobson
* former: First
* The Hedgehog and the Fox
* Walter Lowrie House
* Washington Road Elm Allée

Princetoniana|

* Lists of people
* American Whig-Clisophic Society
* Nobel laureates
* Presidents
* Evelyn College for Women
* FitzRandolph Gate
* Newman Day
* "Old Nassau"
* Reunions
* Jane Eliza Procter Fellowship
* former: Princeton Club of New York
* Princeton Law School

Presidents|

* Dickinson
* Burr
* Edwards
* Davies
* Finley
* Witherspoon
* Smith
* Green
* Carnahan
* Maclean
* McCosh
* Patton
* Wilson
* Hibben
* Dodds
* Goheen
* Bowen
* Shapiro
* Tilghman
* Eisgruber

Acting presidents|

* Cowell
* Green
* Blair
* Lindsley
* Stewart
* Duffield

Publications|

* The Daily Princetonian
* The Princeton Tory
* The Nassau Weekly
* The Princeton Progressive
* Princeton Alumni Weekly
* Princeton Tiger Magazine
* Princeton University Press

Organizations|

* AlumniCorps
* American Whig-Cliosophic Society
* Footnotes
* Orchestra
* Glee Club
* Katzenjammers
* Nassoons
* Theatre Intime
* Tigertones
* Triangle Club
* Two Dickinson Street Co-op
* WPRB

Athletics|

| Sports|

* Ivy League
* Big Three
* Princeton Tigers
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Men's
* Women's
* Football
* Ice Hockey
* Men's
* Women's
* Lacrosse
* Men's
* Women's
* Rugby
* Men's soccer
* Men's squash

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Facilities|

* Hobey Baker Rink
* Bill Clarke Field
* Class of 1952 Stadium
* Dillon Gymnasium
* Jadwin Gymnasium
* Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
* Roberts Stadium
* Shea Rowing Center
* former: University Field
* Palmer Stadium

Rivalries|

* 1869 New Jersey vs. Rutgers football game
* 1922 Princeton vs. Chicago football game
* Rutgers–Princeton Cannon War

Spirit|

* The First Game
* "Princeton Cannon Song"
* Princeton University Band
* Winged football helmet

* Category
* Commons

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