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- NYU was on the verge of collapse and President Hester had to make a decision. To the disappointment, and even anger, of the current students and alumni from the Heights, NYU put the campus up for sale in 1972 and in March 1973 CUNY bought the campus and it became the new Bronx Community College.
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Feb 27, 2023 · In 1973, NYU sold the University Heights campus to the City College of New York, and it’s now home to the Bronx Community College. Alumni tours are sometimes offered, and the campus has been used for photoshoots for advertisements and scenes in films such as “Mona Lisa Smile” and “The Greatest Showman.”
In 1973, New York University sold its Bronx campus located in University Heights and withdrew from the borough, after being there for eighty years. The campus then was occupied by Bronx Community College of the City University of New York.
- Themis Chronopoulos
Feeling the pressures of imminent bankruptcy, NYU sold the University Heights campus to the City University of New York (CUNY), which occurred in 1973 (it now serves as the Bronx Community College campus).
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the sale of New York University’s former University Heights campus in the Bronx.
In 1973, New York University, faced with financial hardship, chose to sell the Heights and it became the home of Bronx Community College. Almost forty years later, the campus remains roughly the same, keeping the history of NYU University Heights alive.
To the disappointment, and even anger, of the current students and alumni from the Heights, NYU put the campus up for sale in 1972 and in March 1973 CUNY bought the campus and it became the new Bronx Community College.
Engineering, arts, and science majors lived and learned on the idyllic grounds for decades, but in 1973 the university made the painful decision to sell the property to CUNY to avoid financial ruin.
