Allentown Jewish Community Center's Jewish & Israeli Film Series Directions

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This information is from the JCC's flyer directions2002.doc

The 19th St Theater, 527 N. 19th St, Allentown PA

Box Office: 610-432-8943
Administration: 610-433-8903

From Route 22, exit at 15th St South (into Allentown toward the Fairgrounds).
Follow 15th St and then turn right onto Tilghman (the third or fourth light) and continue to 19th St.
Turn left onto 19th St.
The 19th St Theater is two blocks south on the left (a block before 19th St ends where it meets Liberty St).
Park on the street or pass the Theater and turn right onto Liberty St. Take another right to park in the lot behind the First Union Bank.
For handicap access, drop off at the front of the building. Note: there are stairs to the rest rooms.

For other films at the 19th St Theater, see http://www.civictheatre.com/film/schedule.html

Kirby Hall (Dept. of Govt. & Law), Room 104, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (the map address is approximate, check the campus map below)

Seating limited to 134 - advance ticket purchase recommended.

From Route 22, get off at the 4th St Exit (the last one before the bridge to NJ). From Allentown, bear left following the signs for Lafayette and turn left at the light going under the underpass and continuing up the hill. At the first street on the left, turn left onto McCartney St, continuing 2-3 blocks to High St. Turn left onto High St. Pass the William's Arts Center on the right. Continue straight ahead and bear left with the road. At the fork, bear right. About 150 yards there will be a parking lot on the right. The rear of Kirby Hall (Dept of Govt. & Law, not the dorm) is across the road on the left. Look for fluorescent green film series signs.
Park in the parking lot to the right.
For handicap access, facing the rear of Kirby Hall, cross the road and proceed right to the ramp entrance on the right side of the building.

Kirby Hall is building 25 on the map http://www.lafayette.edu/community/campusmap/campmap.htm

Moyer Hall, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St, Allentown, PA.

From Route 22, exit at Cedar Crest Boulevard and go south. (If you are coming from Bethlehem or Easton, it's a left turn at the light at the end of the exit ramp.)
At the third light on Cedar Crest (1.2 miles total on Cedar Crest from Route 22: .2 miles to the first light at Pennsylvania, .6 miles more to the second light at Tilghman St, and .4 miles more to the third light at Chew St.), turn left and go straight on Chew St. (not a hard left which will put you on College Heights Blvd.)
Proceed east on Chew St. approximately 11 blocks.

The Empie Theater in the Dorothy & Dexter Baker Center for the Arts will be the large modern white building on the right about a block and a half after the light on Ott St.
For handicap access to the Baker Center, enter through the front or rear entrances on Baker St. The rest rooms are on the same level.

For Moyer Hall, continue past the Baker Center (the large modern white building on the right) and at the Library (the brick building on the right), turn left into the large semi-circular driveway through the main campus. Moyer Hall is the second building on the right just north of the Chapel. The distance from the light at Ott and Chew to the semi-circular driveway is 0.3 miles.
For handicap access, enter through the front of Moyer Hall. Rest rooms are on the same level.

For the Lithgow Auditorium in Trumbower Hall, enter the large semi-circular driveway as for Moyer Hall.
Trumbower Hall is about half-way around the semi-circular drive way.

Alternate route to Muhlenberg College from Bethlehem:
From Route 22, exit at 15th St South (into Allentown toward the Fairgrounds).
Follow 15th St and then turn right onto Tilghman (the third or fourth light) and continue to 22nd St (the intersection with the JCC).
Turn left onto 22nd St and continue a few blocks to Chew St. There is a stop sign at 22nd and Chew St.
Turn right onto Chew St and continue two blocks. (The Muhlenberg campus starts at 24th St.)

Parking Choices:
1) Off Chew St. just past the Library, turn right (toward Macgregor) and then another right into the parking lot behind the Library.
2) Continue on Chew and turn left on 23rd St. (not marked but it's at the corner of Knesseth Israel) and then right on the next street (also not marked). There is a parking lot on the right side.

Prosser Auditorium, Haupert Union Building (the HUB), Moravian College, Main Street Campus at Locust and Monocacy St, Bethlehem, PA.

From Route 22: Exit at Center Street (Route 512); turn left off exit ramp.
Travel south for 2.4 miles and turn right onto Elizabeth Avenue at the traffic light.
At the second traffic light after Center and Elizabeth,
turn left on Main Street;
turn left at the next corner onto Locust Street;
turn right into the College parking lot.
You will be ticketed if you park in other lots.

Prosser Auditorium is in the Haupert Union Building (aka The HUB) on the corner of Locust and Monocacy St.
After you park in the Locust St lot, cross Main St, walk one block on Locust St, cross Monocacy, and you are at the Haupert Union Building.
There is an entrance on Locust St. Prosser Auditorium is to your left as you enter the building.

For a Moravian College map, see http://www.moravian.edu/campusMaps/northBuildings/prosser.htm

The Roxy Theater, 2004 Main St, Northampton, PA.

From Route 22, exit at MacArthur Rd North (aka 7th St / Route 145 North).
Continue on MacArthur Rd 4.3 miles north to the top of the hill where Route 145 and Route 329 intersect.
Turn right onto Route 329 going east for about 1 mile over the bridge to the light at Main St in Northampton.
Turn right onto Main St.
The Roxy Theater is in the middle of the block on the right.
For parking, 1) before you reach Main Street, just after the bridge, turn right at the laundromat and then about mid-block turn left into the parking lot behind the Roxy Theater, or 2) if you have reached Main Street and driven past the theater, just continue around the block to your right to reach the rear parking lot from that direction, or 3) there is parking on the street.
For handicap access, drop off at the front of the building. Note: there are stairs to the rest rooms.

Alternate route to the Roxy Theater from Bethlehem:
Go north on Schoenersville Rd.
In the area around the intersection with Airport Rd, keep in the center lane of Schoenersville Rd, and continue straight on Schoenersville Rd at the light near Gregory's Steakhouse.
Continue straight shortly after as Schoenersville Rd becomes Weaversville Rd.
Remain on Weaversville Rd. for about 2 miles and continue straight as it becomes Wienersville Rd.
Continue straight for about 0.8 miles to the light at the intersection with Rt 329.
Turn left (towards Northampton) onto Rt 329 (also called N. Bath Blvd) and continue for about 2 miles.
Rt 329 becomes East 21st St in Northampton.
Continue straight through the light at Laubach Ave.
The next light is Main St. A Gulf gas station with a whale wash is at the NE corner. and the Carini Italian Restaurant (with a red sign) is at the SW corner.
Continue straight through the light and make the next left onto Center St.
Continue about half a block on Center St.
The Roxy parking lot will be to your left.
The back of the Roxy is red brick.

Cinema Treasures has an article on the Art Deco-style Roxy Theater at http://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/470.html

Tompkins Center, Cedar Crest College, 100 College Drive, Allentown, PA.

From Route 22, take the Cedar Crest Blvd exit.
Turn left on to Cedar Crest Blvd and travel through four traffic lights.
Turn left onto the campus (a little past the fourth light).
(1.7 miles total on Cedar Crest from Route 22: .2 miles to the first light at Pennsylvania, .6 miles more to the second light at Tilghman St, .4 miles more to the third light at Chew St, .2 miles more to the fourth light at Parkway, and .3 miles more to the campus entrance (with a small sign but no light).)
After turning left at the campus entrance, proceed straight until you hit the circle.
Turn right at the circle.
Tompkins Center is on the right about 1/4 way as you go around the circle.
(The location of the arrow on the internet map is incorrect by a few blocks due to the street numbering on campus.)
For parking, choose one of the lots on the left just as you enter the campus before you get to the circle or go half-way around the circle and turn right and take the first right to park behind Tompkins Center.
For handicap access, drop off at the ramp in front of the Theater.

Whitaker Lab Auditorium - Room 303, Lehigh University, 5 East Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA,

From Route 22, exit at Route 378 and go south. Continue on 378 South over the hill-to-hill bridge. On the bridge, get in the left lane to make a turn on to 3rd St. The sign will say "3rd St. - Rt. 412". At the first light (at the bottom of the hill), turn right on to Broadhead Ave. Follow Broadhead Ave about three blocks, passing 4th St and Morton St, and make a left onto Packer Avenue. On the left on Packer, you will pass a high school, Vine St, Mart Library, Neville Hall, the Mudd Building, and then Whitaker Lab at the corner at Packer and Webster. At the first stop sign, Whitaker Lab will be the second curb-side building on the left at the corner of Webster. Zoellner Art Center is two blocks further.
There is parking on the street. For additional parking, turn left onto Webster. There is a parking lot on the left below Whitaker Lab. The Zoellner parking garage is also available for a fee of $1.
Be careful where you park. You might need a Lehigh parking permit to park in the lots on Morton behind Whitaker Lab.
For handicap access, facing the building, there is a ramp at the left of the buidling. There are rest rooms downstairs and down a long corridor on the entry level.

For a Lehigh University campus map, see http://www.lehigh.edu/~inmap/campusmap.html

For more information or snow cancellations, call the JCC at 610-435-3571.

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