The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is located in a quiet residential area of the northeast Bronx surrounded by private, attractive middle-class homes and apartment buildings that comprise the neighborhoods known as Morris Park, Eastchester and Pelham Parkway. The environment around AECOM combines small-town living with a special sense of community, lower cost of living, and easy access to big city excitement in Manhattan.

Not far from the medical school is the world-renowned Wildlife Conservation Park (better known as the Bronx Zoo) and the exquisite and serene New York Botanical Garden. Also nearby is the authentic fishing community of City Island, with picture-perfect marinas and some of New York's best seafood restaurants. On the way to City Island stop off at Orchard Beach. There's more than a mile of white sand for beaching and beautiful Long Island Sound, gateway to the Atlantic Ocean, for swimming and body surfing. Pelham Bay Park is a short walk away, providing one of the area's premier spots for hiking, swimming, horseback riding, golfing, bicycling and bird watching.

The Bronx is the home of historic Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Bombers, winners of 26 World Series. Extending our borders a bit, the New York City area as a whole has more major league teams than any other community in the country. The Mets play baseball across the river at Shea Stadium in Queens, and the NBA Knicks and NHL Rangers can be found in Manhattan at Madison Square Garden. And for tennis fans, the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament is played each year at the National Tennis Center, also in Queens. For even more possibilities, Meadowlands Sports Complex, home to the Giants and Jets football teams, the NBA Nets, and the NHL Devils, is just a short ride over the border into New Jersey.

And then there is Manhattan with its unrivalled array of theaters, museums, art galleries, concert halls and restaurants. Broadway, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, the American Museum of Natural History, the Hayden Planetarium, Greenwich Village, Times Square, Soho, Noho, Chinatown, Little Italy, and the Empire State Building - the very names evoke excitement and more varieties of experiences than you can find anywhere else in the world. All of this is a short 30-45 minute ride away by car, express bus, or mass transit.

Other things not mentioned above:

• Athletics:
• Falk Recreation Center located on campus, free for students. Includes cardio equipment, many weight machines, full basketball court, indoor track, and pool.
• Dolphin Gym is a private facility located across the street and open 24 hours.

• Yankee Stadium: Einstein has a lottery for tickets for all home games

• Bronx Zoo: People travel from far and wide to the Bronx for this world renowned attraction. We treat all their ailments.

• Botanical Gardens: Ditto.

• Fordham Library: Good place to study. Free access with your AECOM ID.

• Pelham bay Park: The largest park in NYC. Many running and biking trails.

• Golf: Swing your big stick and stroke some long balls at a number of relatively cheap driving ranges within a couple miles of the school. There are also a number of good public golf courses in short driving distance.

• Tennis: It exists. Lighted. Fordham or Pelham bay park

• Orchard Beach: Women in high heels on the sand. And we’re not in Miami Toto.

• City Island: Seafood, adorable record store, old school candy shops, multiple coffee shops, homemade ice cream

• Shopping
• Westchester Mall
• Woodbury Common
• Bay Plaza (in the Bronx, quick bus ride from school, or 5 min drive)
• Ikea
• Galleria

• Movies: Bay Plaza, New Roc, etc.

• Scholastic: There are always events hosted by the school, including research seminars, presentations, student club invited guest speakers, celebrations and gatherings of students for various events.