Receiving

Transport, Receiving and Storage has seven receiving stations around campus and takes in over 100,000  packages each year.

All individuals (shippers) requesting or making shipments for which Yale is responsible must do so through Yale’s approved shipping application (eShipGlobal), except for intra-campus shipments, as detailed below.  Shippers who fail to use Yale’s approved shipping application, without first receiving an approved exception (see Special Situations & Exceptions, below), will not be reimbursed for costs incurred.  Violations of this policy involving a University Purchasing Card (PCard) are subject to the provisions of Policy 3215 Yale Purchasing Card and Procedure 3215 PR.01 Yale Purchasing Card Procedure, including all pertinent disciplinary measures.

All shipments for which Yale is responsible must comply with the following regulations:

Intra-Campus Shipments

Intra-campus shipments include all shipments between Yale locations (e.g., West Campus, Medical, Science Hill).  Intra-campus shipments are not required to be processed through Yale’s approved shipping application (except for those involving research/clinical materials, as described below).  Instead, intra-campus shipments should be arranged directly through Yale Transport, Receiving & Storage (TR&S) or a specialty mover.  Shippers should use their best judgment (assessing size, value, and any other relevant considerations) in deciding whether to utilize these services or transport goods by other means (e.g., on foot, personal vehicle).  Shippers must not use common carriers (e.g., UPS, FedEx, DHL, World Courier) for intra-campus shipments.

Packages Addressed to Yale Faculty and Staff

Package inquires please complete the TR&S request form.

For more information about our receiving stations see below:

Yale Central Campus Receiving

The Central Receiving Station is responsible for receiving any Yale authorized shipment and to redeliver or arrange for redelivery by a specialist contractor within the Yale community including the “Central”, “Science” and “Medical School” areas. Except for the months of August and September, most shipments are scheduled for redelivery the following workday. Many receiving stations at Yale are not equipped to handle larger shipments. When they are mistakenly routed to one of those receiving stations, the shipment must then be rerouted to Central Receiving for processing.

John Ghiroli has been lead person for the Central Receiving Station since 2012 and is available to answer any concerns you may have. He can be reached at (203) 436-4595.

Hours of Operation

Receiving: 8:00 a.m. - noon and 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Receiving dock: 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Monday - Friday

Location and Shipping Address

Yale University Central Receiving
344 Winchester Avenue Dock 7 & 8
New Haven, CT 06511

Additional Services

We are not equipped to receive: foodstuffs, certain hazardous materials, live animals, certain chemicals and gas cylinder shipments.

Personal Packages

The University is not responsible for loss or damage to personal packages or mail addressed to any of its employees at a Yale facility. In order to avoid a possible financial loss, it is strongly recommended that such items be mailed or shipped to the employee’s home or to a friend or relative. (Personnel Policies and Practices Manual, Section 604.3)

Yale School of Medicine Receiving 

Medical School Receiving Department
200 South Frontage Rd.
New Haven, CT 06510

The Medical School Receiving department only accepts and delivers packages/shipments for the university, not the hospital.

We Do Not Accept Packages Addressed to:

  • Yale New Haven Hospital – 726 Howard Ave./55 Park Street
  • Yale New Haven Health – 789 Howard Ave.
  • E.S. Harkness – 367 Cedar Street
  • 350 George Street
  • 250 South Frontage Rd.
  • CMHC - 899 Howard Ave./34 Park Street

Packages from private shipping carriers (UPS/FEDEX/DHL/AMAZON/ Etc.), should be addressed to (Medical School University Departments Only).

If your department resides in the following (main campus buildings) listed below, please address packages/shipments in the following format:

Example:

Jack Davis
Cell Biology – SHM C 232
Yale University
200 South Frontage Rd. (Not your building address)
New Haven, CT 06510

These main campus buildings include:

  • (LEPH) Laboratory for Epidemiology and Public Health
  • (SHM) Sterling Hall of Medicine– B,C,L, and I Wings
  • (Child Study) 230 South Frontage Rd.
  • (NIHB) Nieson and Irving Harris Building
  • (JEH) Jane Ellen Hope Winchester Building
  • (NSB) Nathan Smith Building
  • (WWW) William Wirt Winchester Building
  • (LCI) Lippard Laboratory of Clinical Investigation
  • (FIT/FMP) Fitkin Memorial Pavilion
  • (LMP) Laboratory for Medicine and Pediatrics
  • (HRT) Hunter Building
  • (CB) Clinic Building
  • (DCB) Dana Clinic Building
  • (MRC) Magnetic Resonance Center – 801 Howard Ave.
  • (NP) North Pavilion – Smilow Cancer Center, (EP) East Pavilion, (SP) South Pavilion, (WP) West Pavilion – (packages are delivered to non-hospital departments only for these buildings)
  • (TMP) Tompkins Memorial Pavilion
  • (TE) Tompkins East
  • (FMB) Farnham Memorial Building
  • (BB) Boardman Building
  • (LSOG) Laboratory for Surgery Obstetrics Gynecology
  • (LH) Lauder Hall
  • (BML) Brady Memorial Laboratory

If your department resides in (TAC) The Anlyan Center, please address your packages/shipments in the following format:

Example:

Jack Davis
Immunobiology – TAC S 570
Yale University
1 Gilbert Street
New Haven, CT 06510

If your department resides in (BCMM) Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, please address your packages/shipments in the following format:

Example:

Jack Davis
Neuroscience – BCMM 331
Yale University
295 Congress Ave.
New Haven, CT 06510

If your department resides in the Amistad Building, please address your packages/shipments in the following format:

Example:

Jack Davis
Stem Cell – Amistad 220
Yale University
10 Amistad Street
New Haven, CT 06510

If your department resides in the following (science hill departments/buildings) listed below, please address your packages/shipments in the following format:

Example:

Jack Davis
Physics – 320
Yale University
266 Whitney Ave. (Not your building address)
New Haven, CT 06510

These Science Hill buildings/departments include:

  • (YSB) Yale Science Building
  • (OML) Osborn Memorial Laboratories
  • (MCDB) Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology
  • (EEB) Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • Physics
  • Kline Stockroom
  • (WNSL) Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory
  • Steep Café
  • Marsh – Botanical Garden
  • (SCL) Sterling Chemistry Laboratory
  • (YARC) Yale Animal Resource Center
  • MARX Library
  • (EHS) Environmental Health and Safety – 268 Whitney Ave.
  • (BASS) Bass Center
  • (MB/B) Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Yale Science Area Receiving

The main responsibility of the Science area Receiving station is to receive shipments addressed to 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, for the departments located in the buildings of: Bass, JWGKBTOML and SPL. Departments within these buildings are responsible to pick up their shipments on a daily basis from the Receiving Room. Receiving does not deliver. Telephone: (203) 432-5156

Note: Kline Geology Laboratory (KGL), Peabody Museum (PM), and Sterling Chemistry Laboratory (SCL) have their own receiving areas. Shipments for these areas should be directed to their receiving stations.
Shipments for WNSL should be routed to WNSL, Room #, 272 Whitney Avenue. They do their own receiving.

The Receiving Station is staffed by Maurice Fuller and Marvin Wint they always eager to answer your delivery questions. Contact him at (203) 432-5156.

Hours of Operation

  • Science Receiving is Open 8:00 AM - 4PM, Monday - Friday.
  • For immediate assistance please contact Gerry Apuzzo 203-785-5884.

Location

The Receiving station for the Science area is located on the ground level of the Bass Building, Room #109A, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511.

How We Operate

This Science Area Receiving station was designed to accept and process United Parcel Service, Federal Express and similar type/size/weight shipments. Receiving is equipped to handle packages smaller than a two drawer file cabinet, weighing less than 70 pounds. We are also equipped to receive Radioactive materials.

Should a larger than normal shipment arrive for a department serviced by this station, the receiving staff will attempt to convince the carrier driver to wait while an attempt is made to contact the department. The department will have to arrange services to accept, unload and store the large shipment. Common carrier drivers are not required to wait for arrangements to be made to unload their freight, thus receiving staff cannot guarantee they will always be able to convince the driver to wait. That is why large shipments (physically larger than a two drawer file cabinet or weigh in excess of 70 lbs.) should be originally routed to Central Receiving located at 344 Winchester Ave., New Haven, CT 06511. The shipment will then be redelivered to the Yale department by TR&S delivery personnel, usually on the following work day.

Shipping Address:

Yale University Science Receiving 
266 Whitney Avenue 
New Haven, CT 06511

If shipments are found left on the dock exterior or in the hallways, etc., our staff will attempt to process these shipments, but they cannot be responsible for any claims.

NOTE: We are not equipped to process gas cylinders.

Personal Packages

The University is not responsible for loss or damage to personal packages or mail addressed to any of its employees at a Yale facility. In order to avoid a possible financial loss, please have these items be mailed or shipped to the employee’s home or to a friend or relative. (Personnel Policies and Practices Manual, Section 604.3)

The West Campus Storage and Receiving facility has over 240,000  square feet of warehouse space to provide the Yale community with safe, secure, orderly, and economical storage space. This facility is located in building #750 at the Yale West Campus facility in West Haven, CT.

Receiving

All items are received through building #750 facility on the West Haven side of campus, and then delivered daily to the individual buildings on West Campus.  For questions, please call 203-737-3081.

Storage

TR&S will provide pick-up and retrieval service with a move request. and ensure storage that is safe, heated, dry and protected. Rates for the move could be as low as $55.00 an hour. The cost to your department for Storage can be as low as $44 per month or .65¢ per square feet per month for storage space.

Any department wanting to store materials at West Campus must fill in and sign a storage contract. The contract must indicate storage end dates for all materials.

Fred Apuzzo is available weekdays to answer your storage questions.

West Campus Receiving

SERVICE Contact Person
Telephone
Cell Phone
Team Leader Fred Apuzzo
203-737-3021
203-494-7679