LIU Brooklyn is located at the intersection of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues (across the street from Junior's restaurant and City Point).

The first class at the campus’ original site, located at 300 Pearl Street, had 312 students from the surrounding neighborhoods.

[3] In the fall of 2016, the university locked out its faculty union and assigned administrators and replacement hires to teach classes.

[8] The men's basketball team won the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1939 and 1941 under the guidance of Coach Clair Bee.

In 2011, LIU Brooklyn won both the Northeast Conference regular-season and tournament championship, winning 13 in a row at the end of the season.

The Blackbirds were seeded 15th in the East Region of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament losing in the first round to second-seeded University of North Carolina.