[1] Through a "long-term strategic partnership,"[2] it continues on as the “NYTS Institute for Urban Engagement” at Union Theological Seminary.

[3] New York Theological Seminary began its life in 1900 as the Bible Teacher's College in Montclair, New Jersey.

Under the leadership of theological educator George W. Webber, the school developed programs for students in the greater New York metropolitan area who were already in ministry, were bi-vocational, or were considering a shift from secular to religious vocations.

[9] The seminary sold its campus and relocated to more affordable space and began offering its programs at nights or on weekends when urban church leaders who worked full-time could attend.

In the 1990s, the curriculum was modified to reflect the seminary's commitment to social and community analysis and the increasingly multicultural urban context.

[16] The Ecologies of Learning Project (EOL) was founded in 2004 by former professor of Urban Studies and Religion Lowell Livezey (d. 2007), and was funded in part by a grant from the Lilly Endowment.