Directions — Driving

Driving Directions To Water's Edge
The East River at 44^th Drive, L.I.C., N.Y (718) 482-0033

From Manhattan:

59^th St. Bridge:
Upper Level: Take 21^st Street exit. Turn left onto 21^st street. Go three lights to 44^th drive. Make a right onto 44^th Drive and proceed to river.

Lower Level: Stay to your right coming off bridge. At the third light (Jackson Avenue) make a right onto Jackson. Continue to 44^th drive and make a right. Proceed to the river.

Midtown Tunnel: Approximately 5 yards past toll booths on the right, exit at Borden Avenue. Make a right onto Borden Ave. Go 1 block and make a right onto Vernon Blvd. Follow Vernon (10) blocks to 44^th Drive, make a left and proceed 1 block to the river.

Triboro Bridge: Get off the first exit in Queens (31^st Street). Make an immediate right onto 29^th street. Go one block and make a right onto Astoria Blvd. Follow Astoria Blvd to 21^st Street and make a left on 21^st Street. Follow to 44^th Drive. Make a right and proceed to river. (Approx. 2 miles)

From Nassau & Suffolk County (L.I.)

Long Island Expressway: Take the L.I.E West to the last exit before the midtown tunnel (Van Dam Street). Make a right onto Van Dam Street. Proceed 5 lights to Thomson Ave. and turn left. Follow to 44^th Drive, turn right and proceed to river.

Grand Central Pkwy: Take the Grand Central Parkway to the last exit before the Triboro Bridge (31_st Street). Continue straight off the exit 6 lights to 21^st Street. At 21^st Street make a left. Follow 21^st Street to 44^th Drive. At 44^th Drive make a right and proceed three blocks to the river.

From Brooklyn: Take the BQE to exit 33 (McGuiness/ Humbolt St.) Bear left off the ramp onto McGuiness Blvd. Proceed on McGuiness, over the Pulaski Bridge. Once on the other side of the bridge you will then be on 11^th Street. Proceed 10 blocks to 44^th Drive. Make a left onto 44^th drive. Proceed to the river.

From Queens: Take Queens Blvd to Jackson Avenue (Note: Kelly's Furniture on the Corner). Make a left onto Jackson Avenue. Go three lights and make a right onto 44^th Drive. Proceed to the river.

From Westchester (Upstate)

Whitestone Bridge:Take the Whitestone Bridge onto the Grand Central Parkway West and proceed as above.

Throgs Neck Bridge: Take the Throgs Neck Bridge to the Clearview Expressway. Follow the Clearview to the Long Island Expressway West and proceed as above.

From New Jersey

Through Manhattan: Take the Lincoln Tunnel across town to the 59^th Street (Queensboro) Bridge. Enter on 58^th Street to the Upper Level.

George Washington Bridge: Take the G.W Bridge to the Triboro Bridge and Proceed as above.