Directions & Parking

Location:
We will have our information booth setup at 2206 Fairmount Avenue.  We will have plenty of maps of the event, along with many other fun items.  We are just 5 blocks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Directions from:

Google Maps
Yahoo Maps
Mapquest
 
  

Directions from the North or West:
- Take Interstate 76 (the Schuylkill Expressway) to Exit 344 (Old Exit 38), which is Interstate 676, also know as the Vine Street Expressway.
- On I-676 take the first exit, "Benjamin Franklin Parkway/ 23 Street."
- Take the first left onto 22nd Street.
- Pass the Philadelphia Museum of Art (on your left) and continue five blocks north, to Fairmount Avenue.

Directions from the South or East:
- Take I-95 to Exit 22 (Old Exit 17) and follow Interstate 676 West.
- Get off at "Art Museum/Benjamin Franklin Parkway" Exit.
- At the top of the ramp, turn right onto 22nd street.
- Pass the Philadelphia Museum of Art (on your left) and continue five blocks north, to Fairmount Avenue.

On-Street Parking:
There is ample on-street parking surrounding the event. While the parking is unmetered, some streets do have a two or three hour limit.

Parking Lot:
There is a public parking lot right across from our information booth. Parking costs are $7.00 up to 7pm on Sundays.

Public Transportation:
Bus Service to the area is convenient to SEPTA bus routes: 48, 43, 33, 32, 7.

- Take the 7, 32, or 48 to 22nd and Fairmount Avenue.

- Take the 33 to 20th and Fairmount. 

- From the 43 bus, get off at 21st and Spring Garden Streets and walk north.
- Fairmount Avenue is the next major street, parallel to Spring Garden Street.

Big Bus and Philadelphia Trolley Works:
Both the Big Bus (Stop #8) and the Philadelphia Trolley Works (Stop #11) routes have a stop directly in front of the Eastern State Penitentiary.

The Phlash:
The new Phlash route has a stop at 22nd Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. From the Phlash stop walk 4 blocks north on 22nd Street to Fairmount Avenue.