DIRECTIONS TO DINNER/DANCE, EXPO, HOTEL, & PICNIC

JFK Holiday Inn
144-02 135TH AVE
JAMAICA, NY 11436-1831
 Hotel Front Desk: 1-718-6590200 | Hotel Fax: 1-718-3222533
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/hd/nycjf

From Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, & New Jersey:
1: Take I-95 North or US Rte 1. North to NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE North.

2: Take I-278 East via EXIT 13 toward GOETHALS BR/VERRAZANO BR (toll), Crossing into NY. (10.46 miles)

3: Keep LEFT at the fork to go on I-278 East/VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE. (1.73 miles)

4: Merge onto BELT PKWY East via the exit on the LEFT toward KENNEDY AIRPORT. (16.87 miles)

5: Take EXIT 20 toward 150 ST/ROCKAWAY BLVD. (0.16 miles)

6: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto S CONDUIT AVE/NY-27 East/South CONDUIT BLVD. Continue to follow South CONDUIT AVE/NY-27 East. (0.71 miles)

7: Take the ramp toward KENNEDY AIRPORT/150 ST. (0.11 miles)

8: Turn LEFT onto 150TH ST. (0.09 miles)

9: Turn LEFT onto North CONDUIT AVE/NY-27 West. (0.19 miles)

10: Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto 135TH AVE. (0.16 miles)

From Queens & Long Island
- Take Belt Parkway West to 678 South and follow from 5 above.

From Connecticut & Maine (I-95 South):
1: Take I-95 South (Portions toll) (Crossing into NEW YORK).

2: Take the HUTCHINSON PKWY SOUTH exit, EXIT 14, toward WHITESTONE BR. (0.2 miles)

3: Merge onto HUTCHINSON RIVER PKWY South (Portions toll). (6.04 miles)

4: HUTCHINSON RIVER PKWY South becomes I-678 S. (9.73 miles)

5: Take EXIT 2 toward ROCKAWAY BLVD. (0.15 miles)

6: Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto VAN WYCK EXPY. (0.05 miles)

7: Turn LEFT onto ROCKAWAY BLVD. (0.19 miles)

8: Turn RIGHT onto 142ND ST. (0.42 miles)

9: Turn LEFT onto 135TH AVE. (0.1 miles)

DIRECTIONS TO THE PICNIC:
(Rockland County State Park, Route 9W - Nyack, NY)

From New Jersey & Pennsylvania:
NJ Turnpike North, take last exit before George Washington Bridge (9W,Palisades Parkway & Ft. Lee).
Follow signs for Route 9W North, you will take this for about 30 miles, once you get through the town of Nyack (Park is about 2 miles away).
Do not take the first entrance into the park...use the 2nd entrance and bear left, follow sign to field 2B.

From Garden State Parkway (NJ):
Go North towards Tapanzee Bridge (New York City), take the last exit before you get on the Tapanzee Bridge (Route 9W), follow 9W North about 2.5 miles, take 2nd entrance into the park and bear left, follow sign for field 2B.

From Connecticut & NY
Take Route 87North towards Tapanzee Bridge, take 1st exit off Bridge (9W ), follow 9W North to 2nd entrance into the park and bear left towards field 2B.

From JFK Holiday INN, (Jamaica, NY):
1: Start out going WEST on 135TH AVE toward 142ND ST. (0.2 miles)

2: Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto VAN WYCK EXPY. (0.5 miles)

3: Turn SLIGHT LEFT to take the VAN WYCK EXPWY ramp. (0.1 miles)

4: Merge onto I-678 N (Portions toll). (11.4 miles)

5: I-678 N becomes HUTCHINSON RIVER PKWY N. (6.8 miles)

6: Merge onto CROSS COUNTY PKWY W via EXIT 13 toward SAW MILL PKWY / YONKERS. (1.9 miles)

7: Take EXIT 4N toward I-87 N / CENTRAL AVE / THRUWAY. (0.8 miles)

8: Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto CENTRAL PARK AVE. (0.2 miles)

9: Merge onto NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY N / I-87 N toward TAPPAN ZEE BR / ALBANY (Portions toll). (14.0 miles)

10: Take the US-9W exit- EXIT 10- toward NYACK / SO NYACK. (0.5 miles)

11: Turn SLIGHT LEFT to take the ramp toward NYACK / SO NYACK. (0.2 miles)

12: Take the US-9W ramp toward NYACK. (0.1 miles)

13: follow 9W North, take 2nd entrance into the park and bear left, follow sign for field 2B. (2.5 miles)