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Just where is the Loew's?

The Loew's Jersey is easily reached by car or mass transit from throughout the Metropolitan Area. The following directions from several major roads include landmarks along the way to reassure you that you're on the right road.

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Mass Transit
From North or South -- the NJ Turnpike
From the West and North -- Rt. 3 and Kennedy Boulevard
From the North -- Rtes. 1 & 9
From New York -- the Holland Tunnel
Parking

Mass Transit

The Loew's is easily reached by mass transit because the Journal Square PATH Transportation Center is located directly across Kennedy Boulevard from the Theatre. PATH trains are available 24 hours a day to and from 33rd, 23rd, 14th, 9th, and Christopher Streets in New York, the Pavonia/Newport and Grove Street stations in Jersey City ,Hoboken (take the JSQ or Newark bound train) and Newark's Penn Station, where direct connections are available to NJ Transit and Amtrak trains. Additionally, several dozen local and long distance bus lines terminate in the Journal Square PATH Center. For more information, call PATH at 1 (800) 234-7284 or NJ Transit at 1 (800) 772-2222.

From North or South -- the NJ Turnpike

Take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 15E. Following signs for Jersey City, travel over the Routes 1 & 9 Truck Route North (actually on this stretch you will be traveling east) locally known as Communipaw Avenue. Pass over two draw bridges. Stay to your left. Take the left hand turn-off onto the continuation of Routes 1 & 9 North. Follow for approx.. 1/4 mile, past a cemetery on your right, to the intersection with Sip Avenue. There will be a "Wonder Bagel" shop on your right at the intersection. Turn right at that intersection onto Sip Avenue. Continue on Sip Avenue through the intersection with West Side Avenue, where you'll pass a Rite Aide pharmacy and then a "Win City" supermarket on your left. Continue through the intersection with Kennedy Boulevard, where you'll see a "VIP Diner" on your right. Immediately after passing through the intersection with Kennedy Boulevard, opposite the VIP Diner, make a left turn onto Tonnelle Avenue. Take Tonnelle Avenue as it crosses back over Kennedy Boulevard. After passing through that intersection with Kennedy Boulevard, less than a quarter of a block further down Tonnelle, make the first right turn you can onto Magnolia Avenue. This is a somewhat narrow, two-way street that appears to be a dead end. In fact, you will be looking at the side wall of the Loew's at the end of the street. Travel down Magnolia until you reach the Theatre; for parking, turn left into Square Ramp Parking Garage. After parking, follow the red pavement and "Walkway" markings alongside the Theatre; continue on the walkway as it narrows to Kennedy Boulevard. Turn left onto Kennedy and the Loew's entrance is a few paces away, next to the "J.C. Police" station.

From the West and North -- Rt. 3 and Kennedy Boulevard

Take Route 3 East and look for sign directing you to Kennedy Boulevard. Follow sign to top of ramp, next to a "Toys R Us" store. Make the right onto Kennedy Boulevard south. Continue on Kennedy Boulevard for approximately four miles to Journal Square. (Along the way, you'll pass: an "R & S Straus" auto store, an "A&P" and a "Coach House Diner" on your right, a restaurant called "Plank Board Inn" on your left, a "Chevrolet & VW" dealership on your right, a church with a tall clock tower on your left and a "White Castle" restaurant on your right.) As you enter Journal Square, you'll pass the nine story, black and gray "ADP" office building on your right. The Loew's will be about a half block down, on your right, immediately next to the one story "C.H. Martin" store.

From the North -- Rtes. 1 & 9

Take Routes 1 & 9 South, also known in Hudson County as Tonnelle Avenue. (Rtes. 1 & 9 South can also be reached from Rt. 3 East. Look for signs that say either "Routes 1 & 9" or "Jersey City".) After passing signs for the "Lincoln Tunnel" and "Rt. 3", continue south on Rtes. 1 & 9 for approximately two and one half miles until you reach the right hand jug-handle turn off for Manhattan Avenue in Jersey City. (Along the way, you'll pass a "McDonald's" on your left and later an "Efficiency Appliances" on your right.) Follow jug-handle around and cross back over 1 & 9. (There will be a "Dunkin' Donuts" on your right and a restaurant called the "Original Mana" on your left.) Continue up hill on Manhattan Avenue to the second traffic light past Rtes. & 9. This is the intersection with Kennedy Boulevard. Make the right onto Kennedy Boulevard south. (You'll pass a "Chevrolet & VW" car dealership on your right, a church with a tall clock tower on your left and a "White Castle" restaurant on your right.) As you enter Journal Square, you'll pass the nine story, black and gray "ADP" office building on your right. The Loew's will be about a half block down on your right, immediately next to the one story "C.H. Martin" store.

From New York -- the Holland Tunnel

Take the Holland Tunnel. After exiting the Tunnel, stay to the left , avoiding signs for the New Jersey Turnpike. After you pass the turn-off for the Turnpike, get over to the right and follow signs for "Local Roads". Do NOT continue to U.S. 1 & 9. Take ramp for "Local Roads" and continue straight until you reach a "T" in the road at the intersection with Kennedy Boulevard. There will be a Mobil gas station on your right. You won't be able to continue straight any further, and must make the LEFT (South) turn onto Kennedy Boulevard. Immediately after turning, you will see a "Chevrolet & VW" car dealership on your right. Continue on Kennedy Boulevard for about six blocks. Along the way you will see a tall, gray stone church steeple and clock tower on your left and a "White Castle" restaurant on your right. As you enter Journal Square, you will see the nine story, black and gray office building with the "ADP" sign on it. on your right The Loew's will be about a half block down on your right, immediately next to the one story "C.H. Martin" store.

Parking

Paid parking is available at "Square Ramp Parking Garage", located directly behind the Loew's on Magnolia Avenue. Traveling south on Kennedy Boulevard, continue past the Loew's to the third traffic light. This is the intersection of Kennedy Boulevard and Tonnelle Avenue. (It is the first opportunity past the Loew's to make a right turn.) Turn right onto Tonnelle Avenue from Kennedy Boulevard. Less than a quarter of a block down Tonnelle, make the first right turn you can onto Magnolia Avenue. This is a somewhat narrow, two-way street that appears to be a dead end. In fact, you will be looking at the side wall of the Loew's at the end of the street. Travel down Magnolia until you reach the Theatre; turn left into Square Ramp Parking Garage. After parking, follow the red pavement and "Walkway" markings alongside the Theatre; continue on the walkway as it narrows to Kennedy Boulevard. Turn left onto Kennedy and the Loew's entrance is a few paces away, next to the "J.C. Police" station. Traveling north on Kennedy Boulevard, make a right turn at the intersection with Sip Avenue. (You'll see a "VIP Diner" on your right as you turn.) Immediately after turning onto Sip Avenue, make a left turn onto Tonnelle Avenue. Take Tonnelle Avenue as it crosses back over Kennedy Boulevard. After passing through that intersection with Kennedy Boulevard, less than a quarter of a block further down Tonnelle, make the first right turn you can onto Magnolia Avenue. Continue down Magnolia, as described above, to the entrance on your left of Square Ramp Parking Garage.

A second option for parking is the "Kinny Parking Garage" under the ADP Building, located directly on Kennedy Boulevard just north of the Loew's.

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