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Directions to Swim Meets

BERKELEY AQUATIC CLUB – 649 Springfield Avenue, Berkeley Heights, NJ
From Rt. 1 take 287 North, the Berkeley Heights Watchung Plaza is on right as you enter town. Follow sign to the Berkeley Aquatic Club (look for pool sign). When you see pool on right at light, turn right into complex. Club is on left. Enter at the corner, upper parking and pool is in black. Make right onto Passaic Street. Pool entrance is to the first driveway on the right.
CRANFORD COMMUNITY POOL – Cranford, NJ
From Garden State Parkway: Exit 135. Go Cranford on Centennial Avenue. At 2nd traffic light, turn right onto South Avenue. Proceed to 3rd traffic light, turn left onto Lincoln Ave. Pool will be about 1/4 mile on right.
RIDGE SCHOOL – Athletic Center, Essex Road, Ridgewood, NJ
The Ridge School is located on South Van Dien Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ, continue to Exit 160 on NJ Turnpike to Rt. 17 North, exit at Ridgewood Ave., from center of Ridgewood, East on Ridgewood Ave., Right on South Van Dien, School is 1/2 mile on left. From Garden State Parkway, Exit 163. Proceed east on Washington Ave, Left on Van Dien Ave. The school is 1/2 mile on right.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY – Princeton, NJ
To use MAPS do a search for: “DeNunzio Pool, Princeton, NJ” for directions. NJT intersection in Princeton (when light turns to green go straight and follow directions). If coming from the South: Rt 1 North, Take Washington Rd exit. Pool is near bridge over railroad. Parking lots are located at top of hill. If coming from the North: Rt 27 South, through main street (Nassau St), turn left at light by university, go past buildings, pool is straight on the left just before bridge over railroad.
RAMAPO COLLEGE – Ramapo Valley Road (Rt.202), Mahwah, NJ
Garden State parkway, keep Rt. 17 North, north Rt. 17 North, Rt. 202 North, make left at light into Mahwah's Campus entrance is on right.
RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (west Somerset County College: Rt. 28 and Lamington Road, North Branch NJ)
Go west on Rt. 22 to N. Bridgehampton/Country Club Road, which is first exit west of intersection with 287. At light, get off exit and keep right and cross 2 bridges, entrance to left. Rt. 287 to Rt. 22 West, Rt. 28 West, to the college entrance. College is on left (sign at campus entrance) off Rt. 28. Driveways and college are on left; parking is near Athletic building, next to pool area.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: Brown Rec. Center, Bartholomew Road, Piscataway, NJ
From 287 take Exit 8 Rutgers Stadium (sign will refer to “R” and point you to “River Road”). You will be on River Road southbound. Make a left at Metlars Lane and right onto Bartholomew Road. Pool is on right. From Rt. 18 West: Cross the Raritan River Bridge, take the first left at light onto River Road. Right at first light to Metlars Lane. Metlars Lane right onto Bartholomew Road. Pool is on right.
SOMERSET HILLS YMCA – 140 Mount Airy Road, Basking Ridge, NJ
I-287 South or North: Exit 30A (east) toward Bernardsville. You will be on E. Mount Airy Road, less than a mile from the interchange. After Mount Airy Road over Interstate 287, the Basking Ridge YMCA is at traffic light. Building is on left.
TRENTON STATE COLLEGE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, Trenton, NJ
To College of New Jersey, the Princeton exit is just after crossing Highway 206 exit to South Carolina shuttle and take left toward campus. The pool is across campus, behind the field house, next to softball diamonds. Parking is just past field on left, college is ahead 1/4 mile, main pool behind field house.
WILLIAM PATERSON COLLEGE, Wayne, NJ
Garden State Parkway north, exit 159, R. onto Vreeland Road. @ Vreeland to Rt. 23 North. Go about 1.7 miles north, right onto Alps Road, to left at light to Pompton Road (Rt. 504). Main entrance is on right, just past baseball field. Pass campus on left, at next light, right into driveway. Pool is located in building with orange roof (look for sign to Rec Center).
OUT-OF-STATE MEETS

Please, drive CAREFULLY! Use a detailed highway map for all out-of-state meets, in addition to these directions.
NEW YORK GRAND PRIX

  1. Take the Garden State Parkway North or Interstate 287 North.
  2. Bear right when the New York State Thruway (Interstate 87). Follow signs.
  3. Take New York State Thruway South toward Tappan Zee Bridge.
  4. Exit at Palisades Parkway exit 13 (Palisades Parkway North).
  5. Follow to the end of the ramp and make a right at the light onto Germonds Road.
  6. Take Germonds to the next light and cross over Route 304.
  7. Go straight on Germonds Road.
  8. Head straight onto Parrot Road.
  9. Felix Festa Middle School is on the left. Pool entrance and parking area is in the back of the school by the tennis courts.
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
West is at Syracuse Balewater Water Cap, past Stroudsberg, Pa. to 1380 North St. Scranton, Pa. Follow signs. I-81 north to Binghamton, take right past Wysox.
U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT, NEW YORK
Garden State Parkway & N.Y. Thruway North. Get out at the driveway for 2-3 mile West Point exit. Take Exit 274 (Palisades Pkwy exit) toward Bear Mountain Bridge. On Bear Mountain Bridge, turn right.
MARIST SWIM CLUB AT JAMES J. MCCANN RECREATION CENTER - MARIST COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
See pool sign, Thruway N at Exit 36, go straight onto New Poughkeepsie Bridge. Go less than 3 miles, pool is back on left just past bridge. Pool parking entrance is left before pool—follow sign for Marist parking.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, MIDDLETOWN, CT
Topeka Take bridge as shown below to Rt. 5 North, Hartford. Follow sign to East and proceed over the bridge. Wesleyan Campus: Take right onto High Street and proceed west around campus.
You can use this page for anything you like, but we recommend knowing your own route instead of reading this and confusing your swimmers. Remember that you can always print out any directions you need from this page.
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