By Automobile

From Manhattan

Manhattan Bridge: exit onto Flatbush Avenue. Continue approximately three and one-half miles to Parkside Avenue. Turn left onto Parkside Avenue and travel four blocks to New York Avenue. Turn right at New York Avenue and continue one block to Clarkson Avenue.

Brooklyn Bridge: stay to the left at the end of the bridge, following the ramp to Boerum Place, which becomes Adams Street. Continue along Adams Street to Atlantic Avenue. Turn left onto Atlantic Avenue and continue to Flatbush Avenue. Turn right onto Flatbush Avenue and continue approximately two and one-half miles to Parkside Avenue. Turn left onto Parkside Avenue and travel four blocks to New York Avenue. Turn right at New York Avenue and continue one block to Clarkson Avenue.

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (toll): exit onto the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Continue approximately one mile, staying to the left, and exit onto Prospect Expressway. Note: Currently, the Prospect Expressway is closed weekdays from 5:00 AM until 11:00 AM. for repairs. If you are traveling to Downstate earlier than 11:00 AM, please take one of the other routes described on this page. Travel three exits to the Fort Hamilton Parkway exit. Continue through two traffic lights to Caton Avenue. Turn left onto Caton Avenue, and continue sixteen blocks to Flatbush Avenue. Turn left onto Flatbush Avenue and continue two blocks to Parkside Avenue. Turn right onto Parkside Avenue and travel four blocks to New York Avenue. Turn right at New York Avenue and continue one block to Clarkson Avenue.

From Staten Island and Newark International Airport

Ve rrazano Narrows Bridge (toll): follow bridge to Route 278, the Gowanus Expressway. Travel approximately five miles to the Prospect Expressway exit. Continue on the Prospect Expressway three exits to the Fort Hamilton Parkway exit. Travel along East 5 Street through two traffic lights to Caton Avenue. Turn left onto Caton Avenue, and continue sixteen blocks to Flatbush Avenue. Turn left onto Flatbush and continue two blocks to Parkside Avenue. Turn right onto Parkside Avenue and travel four blocks to New York Avenue. Turn right at New York Avenue and continue one block to Clarkson Avenue.

From Long Island and Airports:

Southern Long Island and JFK: West on Belt Parkway to North Conduit Boulevard exit (Exit 17W). Continue on North Conduit Boulevard for about 3/4 mile. Fork left onto Linden Boulevard, and take Linden Boulevard to New York Avenue. Right two blocks on New York Avenue to Clarkson Avenue.

Northern Long Island and LaGuardia: Take Grand Central Parkway to Jackie Robinson Pkwy (formerly Interboro Pkwy). Continue to Pennsylvania Avenue exit. Follow Pennsylvania to Linden Boulevard, turn right onto Linden. Take Linden Boulevard to New York Avenue. Right two blocks on New York Avenue to Clarkson Avenue.

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