From Route 17: Ridgewood Avenue exit toward Ridgewood. When the road straightens out, The Cupola is on your left. (If you get to the traffic light at Paramus Road (gas station/Commerce Bank), you've gone too far.) The entrance with the maroon awning (see photo) is closest to The Georgian Room where we rehearse.
From Ridgewood: Go east on Ridgewood Avenue toward Paramus. Go through the traffic light at Paramus Road (assuming it's green). Stony Lane School is on your right, and The Cupola is right after it. The entrance with the maroon awning (see photo) is closest to The Georgian Room where we rehearse.
From Oradell: Oradell Avenue becomes Ridgewood Avenue just before the Garden State Parkway. Go over the Parkway, go over Route 17, follow the directions for Route 17 above.
From the south on Kinderkamack Road: Head north to Hillsdale, turn right at the light onto Piermont Avenue (after Pascack Valley H.S.). Go to end, turn right onto Rivervale Road. Go 200 yards, turn left into the Town Hall complex (406 Rivervale Road). Park by the Library (the arrow on the map above). Walk down the hill to the amphitheater.
From The Cupola: East on Ridgewood Avenue over Route 17. Turn left onto Pascack Road (traffic light). Turn right onto Hillsdale Avenue at that traffic light. Go 2 miles through the center of town to Kinderkamack Road; turn left onto Kinderkamack, then right onto Piermont Avenue and follow the directions above.
Kinder, gentler alternate from The Cupola: Go west on Ridgewood Avenue half a block to Paramus Road (Commerce Bank); turn right onto Paramus Road. Go over 17, past the exit onto 17 North, and immediately after it is Glen Avenue; turn right. The second light is Pascack Road, and this light has a left-turn arrow! (which the lights at Ridgewood & Pascack and Linwood & Pascack do not have). Go to Hillsdale Avenue, and follow the directions above.
Although there is a small parking lot next to the band shell, the access road from the west is usually guarded by a police officer who is not easily persuadable. It's better to park at either the Tenakill Middle School or (more likely) Public Library and walk. It's also easier to get out from the school and library after the concert and fireworks.
From Westwood, Broadway becomes Old Hook Road and, after it crosses the train tracks and then Schraalenburgh Road, High Street. After you cross Knickerbocker Road, watch for the school on your left and the library across the street.
From Teaneck, Teaneck Road becomes Washington Avenue in Bergenfield and Dumont and then Schraalenburgh Road. Turn right at the right onto High Street. After you cross Knickerbocker Road, watch for the school on your left and the library across the street.
If you feel particularly glib, go one block north on Schraalenburgh to Cedar Lane. If the cop lets you cross Knickerbocker, continue past the fireworks staging area (Aha! Now you know why the cop is there.) to the small parking lot. If not, tuck your tail between your legs, turn right on Harrington Avenue, wait for all the pedestrians and band members to cross into Memorial Park, and then maybe circle around to the library/school.
From U.S. 9W, take the Route 502 exit (traffic light), following the signs for 502, which jogs to the right one block after Piermont Road.
Crescent School
