Directions to the Percy Grainger Home & Studio
When using GPS, please use 7 Cromwell Place, White Plains, NY 10601 as the destination address. There is street parking on Cromwell Place (free after 6:00 pm) as well as garage parking across the street (White Plains parking charges standard rates 24/7.)
Area hotels
If you are interested in staying overnight in the area to avoid long drives, we recommend these hotels, right across the state line from Old Tappan, NJ:
Directions to Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan
GPS apps
When using GPS, please use 140 Central Avenue, Old Tappan, NJ 07675 as the destination address.
Parking
Drive in past the flagpole and along the right side of the building, past the wing labeled Auditorium. Drive around back and park in the rear lot. Use the Stage Door, closest to the Auditorium. Signs inside will direct you to the Choir Room, Band Room, Stage, and rest rooms.
Driving directions
Directions From the Garden State Parkway Heading South:
Take the Garden State Parkway south to Exit 172.
Exit Parkway and go left onto Grand Avenue. Continue on Grand until you cannot go any further–this will be River Vale Road.
Make a right onto River Vale Road. Follow to Poplar Road approximately 1.5 miles and make a left onto Poplar Road. (There will be a Firehouse on your left right before Poplar.)
Follow Poplar to the first traffic light and make a left onto Old Tappan Road. Follow Old Tappan Road to the first traffic light and make a right onto Central Avenue.
Northern Valley Regional H.S. at Old Tappan is on Central Avenue approximately 300 yards down on the right side.
From Garden State Parkway Heading North:
Exit 168 – go right at exit (Washington Avenue, Route 502 East) through Hillsdale to Westwood, across railroad tracks, continue straight on Westwood Avenue (main shopping street in Westwood), bear right at “5 corners” (Fire statue), through River Vale to Washington Avenue, Old Tappan. Left on Washington Avenue (route 17N) Old Tappan, to Old Tappan Road. Right on Old Tappan Road to Central Avenue (opposite Bi-State Shopping Plaza). Right on Central Avenue to school on right.
From the Palisades Interstate Parkway:
Take the Palisades to Exit 5 South (Tappan, NY) to Route 303 South.
Go south on Route 303 through several traffic lights through Northvale, NJ. Route 303 is now called Livingston Street. Continue to follow into Norwood, NJ.
Make a right on Broadway (at TD Bank) and follow thru one traffic light, one blinker, one more traffic light, across RR tracks, to the gas station at the “Y” in the road.
Bear left at the fork in the road, which is Central Avenue. Follow 1/4 mile on Central Avenue to the school, which is on the left side.
From the George Washington Bridge:
Take Palisades Interstate Parkway north to exit 5 south – Tappan NY. Go south on Route 303 through several traffic lights through Northvale, NJ. Route 303 is now called Livingston Street. Continue to follow into Norwood, NJ.
Make a right on Broadway (at TD Bank) and follow thru one traffic light, one blinker, one more traffic light, across RR tracks, to the gas station at the “Y” in the road.
Bear left at the fork in the road, which is Central Avenue. Follow 1/4 mile on Central Avenue to the school, which is on the left side.
From Gov Cuomo/Tappan Zee Bridge:
Follow thruway to Route 303 south, through Blauvelt and Orangeburg over Palisades Interstate Parkway. Route 303 is now called Livingston Street. Continue to follow into Norwood, NJ.
Make a right on Broadway (at TD Bank) and follow thru one traffic light, one blinker, one more traffic light, across RR tracks, to the gas station at the “Y” in the road.
Bear left at the fork in the road, which is Central Avenue. Follow 1/4 mile on Central Avenue to the school, which is on the left side.
From New Jersey Turnpike:
Take Route 80 west to Garden State Parkway North. Follow directions above from Garden State Parkway.