How to get to my house in New Jersey

Address:
  1-40 26th Street
  Fair Lawn
  NJ 07410

Google maps location

Note that if you enter "140 26th Street" into some of the online maps then you'll get the wrong location. It is "1-40" and not "140". Also note that most online maps place my house a little south; it has the right block but the house is closer to Rosalie than the jug handle. I've updated the Google Map entry so that it points to my front door, but other online maps may be wrong

By Train:
Get the Bergen County line (Hoboken) train to Broadway-Fairlawn. The platform is raised above street level. The exit is at the south end of the platform and you go down stairs to the street. At the bottom of the stairs turn left (for a Hoboken bound train, this means walking under the rail bridge). You are on Broadway, walking East. You need to walk 5 blocks, crossing Banta, Hartley, Grunauer and finally Plaza Road until you get to 26th Street. 26th Street is a wierd small one-way street "jug handle" with a pedestrian crossing. There should be a carpet shop on your left. Cross at 26th Street and then turn left to walk up 26th Street. 1-40 is on the left (yes, the other side of the road, but it's not a busy road) one house down from the corner with Rosalie.

A cut down timetable of trains

By Bus:
From the bus terminal at the GWB, take the 171 bus (NY-Paterson). It leaves from platform 24 (Front), between 6am and 1am. It's a 30 min. ride, theoretically. Eventually the bus will reach Broadway Rt 4. There is a stop at the corner of Broadway and 27th Street. Get off there. Walk one further block to 26th Street, then turn right (Northwards) up 26th. 1-40 is on the left one house down from the corner with Rosalie.

If catching the 171 from the other direction, the bus stop is between Plaza and 26th.

Complete NJT timetable for 171 bus (PDF)

By Car:
Take your best route to Rt. 4 (from Manhattan, just go over the GWB and follow the signs). Continue on Rt. 4 until the highway divides into parts (it splits off into Rt 208); stay in the lanes for Rt. 4. At the traffic lights for 26th St turn right. 26th St is a wierd jug handle and you "can't get there from here". You can either take 27th Street to Rosalie, turn left, and then next left onto 26th, or else stay in the right lane and the jug handle should take you onto Plaza Road, heading north. You will want the next on the right, which is Rosalie. There is a firehouse on that corner, so it's easy to see. On Rosalie, take the first right; this is 26th St from the other direction. My house is 2nd on the right.

Note: You can NOT turn north onto Plaza Road from Broadway/Rt.4 You must use the jug handle at 26th.

If you are heading Eastwards on Rt 4 (eg from Elmwood Park area) then you can not turn left onto 26th Street. Instead you need to take the U-turn at Plaza Rd

Some bad ASCII art

   Plaza
     ^
   | | |                           |    |
 --- v -----------------------------    ----
         Rosalie <-->
 __    ____________   _____________     ____
   |   |          |  | 26th       |     |
 P | ^ |          |  |  |         |  2  |
 l | | |          |  |  v         |  7  |
 a | v \_________/   /            |  t  |
 z |                /             |  h  |
 a |     <---      <              |     |
   |    __________  \             |  S  |
 R | | /          \  \  26th      |  t  |
 d | | |          |  |   ^        |     |
   | v |          |  |   |        |     |
---    ------------   -------------     ----
         <--  Broadway Rt 4

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         -->  Broadway Rt 4
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