At 3:45 Lorelie Farnsworth tells Ellery that she's taking an American Lit class at Hunter College. Hunter College is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) located at Park Avenue and 69th Street in Manhattan.
The first episode in the series with a footchase of the police after a person of interest.
Peter H. Hunt, the director of this episode, had directed Ann Reinking on Broadway in 1975 in the short-lived musical GOODTIME CHARLEY.