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How To Get Here: From The West

(From Western and Northwestern NJ)

via Route 280
Follow Route 280 East to Exit 15 (Route 21-Downtown). At bottom of ramp (traffic light), make a right onto Route 21 South (McCarter Highway). Follow Route 21 South to Raymond Boulevard. Make a right onto Raymond Boulevard (Seton Hall Law School will be on your right, Don Pepe's Restaurant on your left). At second light, make a hard right onto Park Place (PSEG Plaza will be on your right).*

via Route 78
From Route 78 East take exit 57 "Newark Airport" and follow signs for Route 21 North (McCarter Highway) to Newark. You will travel across a new bridge towards downtown Newark. Keep in the far right lane on the bridge and take the exit ramp for Broad Street. Follow Broad Street (25 blocks) until you come to traffic light at Raymond Boulevard (1 block beyond Prudential Building on your left), then bear a soft right onto Park Place (Military Park).*

*Entrance to the Military Park Garage is to your left leading you underneath the park itself. Unreserved parking prices range from $8-$13. Take stairs or escalator up to street level.