Directions to Training Locations
Birch Family Services Administrative Office
104 West 29th Street, Third Floor | Map
New York, NY 10001
Tel (212) 616-1800
The Phyllis L. Susser School for Exceptional Children
71-64 168th Street, Flushing, New York 11365 | Map
Phone: (718) 591-8100
By Public Transportation:
7 train to Main Street, Flushing. Take the Q65 bus (on Main Street ) to 73 rd Avenue and 164 th Street. When you get off the bus, walk to right towards the light and cross the street opposite where the bus let you off. Walk four blocks to 168th Street and 73rd Avenue. There is a Jewish Temple (Israel Center of Hillcrest Manor) on the corner. We are located inside the temple.
F train to Parsons Boulevard. Take the Q65 bus on Parsons Boulevard/Hillside Avenue to 73rd Avenue and 164th Street. When you get off the bus, walk to the light and make a right. Walk four blocks to 168th Street and 73rd Avenue. There is a Jewish Temple (Israel Center of Hillcrest Manor) on the corner. We are located inside the temple.
E train to Parsons Boulevard/Archer Avenue (last stop). Get out of the train station at Jamaica Avenue exit. Take the Q65 bus on Jamaica Avenue and 162nd Street. When you get off the bus, walk to light and make a right. Walk four blocks to 168th Street and 73rd Avenue. There is a Jewish Temple (Israel Center of Hillcrest Manor) on the corner. We are located inside the temple.
Driving Directions:
From the Bronx and Westchester - Throgs Neck or Whitestone Bridge to Clearview Expressway. Exit 73rd Avenue . Right turn on 73rd Avenue to 168th Street.
From Brooklyn - Belt Parkway to Van Wyck Expressway. Exit Main Street. Continue on Main Street to Union Turnpike. Right on Union Turnpike to 168 th Street. Left on 168th Street to 73rd Avenue.
From Manhattan - BQE or Queens Midtown Tunnel into Long Island Expressway. Exit Kissena Boulevard. Stay on service road; make a right on 164th Street to 73rd Avenue. Left on 73rd Avenue to 168th Street.
From Long Island - Take Long Island Expressway Westbound to Utopia Parkway exit. Left on Utopia Parkway to 73rd Avenue. Right on 73rd Avenue. Right on 73rd Avenue to 168th Street.
Cross Island Parkway to Union Turnpike Exit. Make a left on Union Turnpike to 168th Street. Make right on 168th Street to 73rd Avenue.
Grand Central to 168th Street. Make a right on 168th Street to 73rd Avenue.
From Laguardia Area - Take Grand Central Parkway going east to Parsons Boulevard exit. Stay on service road to 168th Street. Left on 168th Street to 73rd Avenue.
Parking - There is a parking lot on 167th Street.
Directions to Springfield Gardens
145-02 Farmers Boulevard, Springfield Gardens, New York 11434 | Map
*Street Parking Only
Phone: (718) 527-5220
By Public Transportation:
E train to the last stop - Jamaica Center (Parsons/Archer). Walk one block to Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and take the Q113 or Q111 Farmers Boulevard Bus. Get off at Guy R. Brewer and Farmers Boulevard. Cross the street and proceed one block to your left and you will be at the school.
Driving Directions:
From Midtown Manhattan - Take Queens Midtown Tunnel to Long Island Expressway to Grand Central Parkway East. Stay in right lane of Grand Central Parkway to Van Wyck Expressway. Take Van Wyck to Belt Parkway, Eastern Long Island. Take Belt Parkway to Farmers Boulevard exit. Make right turn at first signal light (Mobile Station). School is behind Mobile Station, first building on right-hand of Farmers Boulevard.
From Nassau - Take Cross Island Parkway South or Southern State Parkway. Exit at Farmers Boulevard and take North Conduit to Farmers Boulevard. Turn left on Farmers Boulevard and proceed through first signal to school (on right side of Farmers Boulevard, behind Mobile station).
From Queens - Proceed as above directions from Nassau or take Van Wyck Expressway South and proceed from Van Wyck to Belt Parkway. Take Van Wyck to Belt Parkway , Eastern Long Island. Take Belt Parkway to Farmers Boulevard exit. Make right turn at first signal light (Mobile Station). School is behind Mobile Station, first building on right-hand of Farmers Boulevard.
From Upper Manhattan - Take Triboro Bridge to Grand Central Parkway. Stay in right lane of Grand Central Parkway to Van Wyck Expressway. Take Van Wyck to Belt Parkway, Eastern Long Island. Take Belt Parkway to Farmers Boulevard exit. Make right turn at first signal light (Mobile Station). School is behind Mobile Station, first building on right-hand of Farmers Boulevard.
From the Bronx and Westchester County - Take Major Deegan Expressway; cross Triboro Bridge to Grand Central Parkway. Stay in right lane of Grand Central Parkway to Van Wyck Expressway. Take Van Wyck to Belt Parkway, Eastern Long Island. Take Belt Parkway to Farmers Boulevard exit. Make right turn at first signal light (Mobile Station). School is behind Mobile Station, first building on right-hand of Farmers Boulevard.
Directions to Western Queens
10-24 49th Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101 | Map
Phone: (718) 786-1104
By Public Transportation:
Bus Q19 runs along 21st Street; transfer for the 103 at 41st Avenue and 21st Street. Bus 103 runs along Vernon Boulevard.
7 train to Vernon-Jackson. Stay in the third to the last car. When you exit the Vernon Jackson Station, you will be on 50th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard. (There's a police station on the left-hand side and Dorian's Dinner on the right hand side.) Walk towards St. Mary's Church on 49th Avenue and make a right on the corner of 49th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard. Western Queens' School is on 49th Avenue between Vernon Boulevard and Jackson Avenue. Walk past Church's rectory and the school is right next door. Walk up four steps, and go through two sets of doors to the front office.
Driving Directions:
From Brooklyn - Brooklyn Queens Expressway to McGuinnes-Humbolt Street Exit. Make left turn onto McGinnes Boulevard. (Gas station on right side of McGinnes Boulevard.) Take McGinnes Boulevard straight. Go over Pulaski Bridge make right to 48th Avenue. Make left onto 48th Avenue. Go one block to Vernon Boulevard. Make left on Vernon, one block to 49th Avenue. Make left and school is in the middle of the block.
From the Bronx - Take the Triboro Bridge. Exit at first exit - 31st. Go straight to EL. Make right to Broadway. Make right on Broadway go to end of Broadway. Make left onto Vernon Boulevard. Go straight to 49th Avenue. Make left and school is in the middle of the block.
From Manhattan - Take the Midtown tunnel. Make an immediate right after toll both when exiting Midtown Tunnel on to Borden Avenue. Take Borden Avenue for a quarter of a block, and then bear right onto Vernon Boulevard. Take Vernon Boulevard one block and make a right on 49th Avenue. Western Queens is on 49th Avenue, in the middle of the block, between Vernon Boulevard and Jackson Avenue.
From Queens and Long Island - Take Grand Central to Hoyt Avenue. Make left under EL to Broadway. Make right onto Broadway, go to end. Make left onto Vernon Boulevard. Go straight to 49th Avenue, make left. School is in the middle of the block.
Garage Parking - There is no parking available at the school. There are parking lots on Borden Avenue (which is at the end of Vernon Boulevard). There are meters along Vernon Boulevard and street parking on the side street.
