Directions

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Directions to The Mill

 

Local Shopping and Dining

 

Directions to Nay Aug Park and Everhart Museum  
To Nay Aug Park’s Main Entrance

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn left and go towards the far end of the Mill.
2. Turn RIGHT at the end of the big parking lot and go over the train tracks.
3. Go to the end of the block and over the small bridge.
4. At the T in the road, with the baseball field directly in front of you, turn left onto Richter Ave. (big hill)
5. At the top of the hill, turn RIGHT onto Gibson Street.
6. Go straight for only a few yards on Gibson Street.
7. Turn LEFT at the first street, onto Colfax Ave. (you’ll see Army trucks stored on the corner)
8. Continue straight for approximately 0.5 miles.
9. Turn LEFT onto Mulberry St. where John J. Audubon School is on your left and CMS is straight ahead.
10. Go straight approximately 1 block to the Park’s main entrance and Everhart Museum.

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Directions to Laundromat and Dry Cleaners  
To Spotless Cleaners and Dry Cleaning
311 South Blakely Street
(570) 344-8462
Approximate travel time: 5 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn RIGHT and go to the end of the block.
2. Turn LEFT onto Ash St. Take Ash St. past the baseball field and up the big hill.
3. Turn RIGHT at the top of the hill onto Wheeler Ave. where Heil’s Place bar is on the right corner.
4. Continue straight on this road for approximately 0.5 miles, past Riccardo’s Grocery Store (on your right).
5. The road then runs into a T. Turn LEFT at the T. you only go a few hundred feet and you reach an old Army Tank in the middle of the road to form a Y. Stay to the RIGHT.
6. You are now on South Blakely Street. Continue straight for 0.2 miles.
7. Spotless Cleaners is on your right, across the street from the Blockbuster Video Store.

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Directions to CVS Drug Store  
To CVS Drug Store
349 South Blakely Street
(570) 347-6991
Approximate Travel Time: 3 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn RIGHT and go to the end of the block.
2. Turn LEFT onto Ash Street. Take Ash Street past the baseball field and up the big hill.
3. Turn RIGHT at the top of the hill onto Wheeler Ave. where Heil’s Place bar is on the right corner.
4. Continue straight on this road for approximately 0.5 miles past Riccardo’s grocery store (on your right).
5. The road then runs into a T. Turn LEFT at the T. You only go a few hundred feet and you reach an old Army tank in the middle of the road to form a Y. Stay to the RIGHT.
6. You are now on South Blakely Street. Continue straight for 0.1 miles.
7. CVS is on your RIGHT.

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Directions to Convenience Stores and Gas Stations  
To Convenience Food Mart (Just Food, No Gas)
1000 Prescott Avenue
(570) 343-7999
Approximate Travel Time: 2 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn RIGHT and go to the end of the block.
2. Turn LEFT onto Ash Street. Continue straight on Ash Street to the traffic light.
3. Go straight through the traffic light and up the hill.
4. Bear to the LEFT at the Y in the road and then continue on up the hill.
5. Convenience Food Mart is at the top of the hill on your RIGHT at the corner of Ash Street and Prescott Avenue.

To Joe’s Kwik Mart (Gas and Food)
1219 Wheeler Avenue
(570) 347-6297
Approximate Travel Time: 2 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn RIGHT and go to the end of the block.
2. Turn LEFT on to Ash Street. Take Ash Street past the baseball field and up the big hill.
3. Turn RIGHT at the top of the hill onto Wheeler Avenue where Heil’s Place bar is on the RIGHT corner.
4. Continue straight for approximately 0.1 miles. Joe’s Kwik Mart in on your RIGHT.

To Turkey Hill Minute Mart (Food and Gas)
401 South Blakely Street
(570) 347-2531
Approximate Travel Time: 3 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn RIGHT and go to the end of the block.
2. Turn LEFT onto Ash Street. Take Ash Street past the baseball field and up the big hill.
3. Turn RIGHT at the top of the hill onto Wheeler Avenue where Heil’s Place bar is on the RIGHT corner.
4. Continue straight on the road for approximately 0.5 miles, past Riccardo’s Grocery Store (on your right).
5. The road then runs into a T. Turn LEFT at the T. You only go a few hundred feet and you reach an old Army tank in the middle of the road to form a Y. Stay to the RIGHT.
6. You are now on south Blakely Street. Continue straight for 0.1 miles.
7. Turkey Hill is on your right, across from the Dunmore Police Station.

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Directions to Restaurants  
To Scanlan’s Restaurant (Soups, Salads, Sandwiches and Brunch)
532 Spruce Street
(570)348-1133
Approximate Travel Time: 5 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn LEFT towards the far end of the Mill.
2. At the end of the big parking lot turn RIGHT onto Myrtle Street.
3. Go over train tracks down the block, over small a small bridge to a T in the road.
4. With the baseball field directly in front of you, turn LEFT onto Richter Avenue.
5. Go up Richter Avenue (big hill) 0.2 miles.
6. At the top of the hill turn RIGHT onto Gibson Street.
7. Go up Gibson Street (big hill) 0.2 miles.
8. At the top of the hill turn LEFT onto Harrison Avenue.
9. Take Harrison Avenue0.4 miles to Mulberry Street.
10. Turn RIGHT onto Mulberry Street. Travel on Mulberry Street approximately 1 mile. (you will pass the university of Scranton on your left)
11. Turn LEFT at the first stop light past the University (an old church that’s now part of the U of S is on the left corner) onto Jefferson Avenue.
12. continue straight and turn RIGHT at the second traffic light onto Spruce Street.
13. Continue straight for one block to Scanlan’s. It will be on your LEFt across form the courthouse.


To Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
511 Moosic Street
(570) 585-4120
Approximate Travel Time: 4 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn LEFT towards the far end of the Mill.
2. At the end of the big parking lot turn RIGHT onto Myrtle Street.
3. go over train tracks down the block, over small bridge to a T in the road.
4. With the baseball field directly in front of you, turn LEFT onto Richter Avenue.
5. Go up Richter Avenue 0.1 miles.
6. At the top of the hill turn RIGHT onto Gibson Street.
7. Go up Gibson Street 0.2 miles.
8. At the top of the hill turn LEFT onto Harrison Avenue. Take Harrison Avenue for 0.8 miles.
9. Turn RIGHT onto Moosic Street and travel 0.4 miles.
10. Krispy Kreme is on your right.

To Bistocchi’s Italian Restaurant (Lunch and Dinner)
1120 Wheeler Avenue
(570) 961-9112
Approximate Travel Time: 2 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn RIGHT and go to the end of the block.
2. Turn LEFT onto Ash Street. Take Ash Street past the baseball field and up the big hill.
3. Turn RIGHT at the top of the hill onto Wheeler Avenue where Heil’s Place bar is on the right corner.
4. Continue straight on Wheeler Avenue to the end of the block. Bistocchi’s is the little building on the corner on the right side of the street.

To Cara Mia’s Gourmet Deli (Lunch)
210 East Drinker Street
(570) 344-1633
Approximate Travel Time: 5 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn RIGHT and go to the end of the block.
2. Turn LEFT onto Ash Street. Take Ash Street past the baseball field and up the big hill.
3. Turn RIGHT at the top of the hill onto Wheeler Avenue where Heil’s Place bar is on the right corner.
4. Continue straight on this road for approximately 0.5 miles, past Riccardo’s grocery store (on your right).
5. The road then runs into a T. Turn LEFT at the T. You only go a few hundred feet and you reach an old Army tank in the middle of the road to form a Y. Stay to the RIGHT.
6. You are now on South Blakely Street. Continue straight for approximately 0.5 miles. Go past the Blockbuster video store that is on the corner on your LEFT at the traffic light. Go through the traffic light to the next light.
7. Turn RIGHT onto East Drinker Street.
8. Cara Mia’s is about a half a block up on the RIGHT, next to the Dunmore Candy Kitchen.

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Directions to Downtown Scranton (Courthouse Square)  
Approximate Travel Time: 5 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn LEFT towards the far end of the Mill.
2. At the end of the big parking lot turn RIGHT onto Myrtle Street.
3. Go over train tracks down the block, over small bridge to a T in the road.
4. With the baseball field directly in front of you, turn LEFT onto Richter Avenue.
5. Go up Richter Avenue 0.1 miles.
6. At the top of the hill turn RIGHT onto Gibson Street.
7. Go up Gibson Street 0.2 miles.
8. At the top of the hill turn LEFT onto Harrison Avenue.
9. Take Harrison Avenue 0.4 miles to Mulberry Street.
10. Turn RIGHT onto Mulberry Street. Travel on Mulberry Street approximately 1 mile. (you will pass the University of Scranton on your LEFT)
11. Turn LEFT at the first stop light past the University (an old church that’s now part of the U of S on the left corner) onto Jefferson Avenue.
12. Continue straight and turn RIGHT at the second traffic light.
13. Continue straight for one block to Courthouse Square.

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Directions to the University of Scranton  
Approximate Travel Time: 5 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn LEFT towards the far end of the Mill.
2. At the end of the big parking lot turn RIGHT onto Myrtle Street.
3. Go over train tracks, to the end of the block, over the small bridge to a T in the road.
4. With the baseball field directly in front of you, turn LEFT onto Richter Avenue.
5. Go up Richter Avenue (big hill) 0.1 miles.
6. At the top of the hill turn RIGHT onto Gibson Street (big hill).
7. Go up Gibson Street 0.2 miles.
8. At the top of the hill turn LEFT onto Harrison Avenue.
9. Take Harrison Avenue 0.4 miles to Mulberry Street.
10. Turn RIGHT onto Mulberry Street and go 0.6 miles.
11. The University of Scranton wil be on your LEFT side of Mulberry Street.

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Directions to the Nearest Bank  
To Penn Security Bank
968 Prescott Avenue
(570) 342-9101
Approximate Travel Time: 2 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn RIGHT and go to the end of the block.
2. Turn LEFT onto Ash Street. Continue straight on Ash Street to the traffic light.
3. Go straight through the traffic light and up the hill.
4. Bear to the left at the Y in the road and then continue on up the hill.
5. the bank is at the top of the hill on your left on the corner of Ash Street and Prescott Avenue.

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Directions to the nearest Hospital  
To CMC Hospital
1800 Mulberry Street
(570) 969-8000
Approximate Travel Time: 3 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn LEFT and go towards the far end of the Mill.
2. Turn RIGHT at the end of the big parking lot and go over the train tracks.
3. Go to the end of the block and over the small bridge.
4. At the T in the road, with the baseball field directly in front of you, turn LEFT onto Richter Avenue (big hill).
5. At the top of the hill, turn RIGHT onto Gibson Street.
6. Go straight for only a few yards on Gibson Street.
7. Turn LEFT at the first street, onto Colfax Avenue. (you’ll see Army trucks stored on the corner)
8. Continue straight for approximately 0.5 miles. CMC is straight ahead.

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Directions to Interstate 81  
To Interstate 81
Approximate Travel Time: 7 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door turn LEFT towards the far end of the Mill.
2. At the end of the big parking lot turn RIGHT onto Myrtle Street.
3. Go over train tracks down the block, over small bridge to a T in the road.
4. With the baseball field directly in front of you, turn LEFT onto Richter Avenue.
5. Go up Richter Avenue 0.1 miles.
6. At the top of the hill turn RIGHT onto Gibson Street.
7. Go up Gibson Street 0.2 miles.
8. At the to of the hill turn LEFT onto Harrison Avenue and continue straight on Harrison Avenue for approximately 0.6 miles.
9. After the bridge, turn LEFT at the traffic light onto Moosic Street.
10. Go straight on Moosic Street ot the next traffic light (chick’s diner is on the left).
11. Turn LEFT at the traffic light onto Meadow Avenue and follow it up past the shopping center (on the RIGHT) and Clarion Hotel (on the LEFT) to a T in the road.
12. Turn LEFT. Entrance to Interstate 81 South is the immediate right. Entrance to Interstate 81 North is straight ahead 100 yards and then a LEFT turn.

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Directions to Marywood  
To Marywood University’s Main Entrance
2300 Adams Avenue
(570) 348-6211
Approximate Travel time: 7 Minutes

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn RIGHT and go to the end of the block.
2. Turn LEFT onto Ash Street. Take Ash Street past the baseball field and up the big hill.
3. Turn RIGHT at the top of the hill onto Wheeler Avenue where Heil’s Place bar is on the right corner.
4. Continue straight on this road for approximately 0.5 miles, past Riccardo’s grocery store (on your right).
5. The road then runs into a T. Turn LEFT at the T. You only go a few hundred feet and you reach an old Army tank in the middle of the road to form a Y. Stay to the RIGHT.
6. You are now on South Blakely Street. Continue straight for approximately 0.5 miles to the first traffic light, the Blockbuster video store is on the corner on your LEFT.
7. Turn LEFT at the light onto Green Ridge Street.
8. Continue straight on Green Ridge Street for approximately 0.5 miles (about 7 blocks).
9. Turn RIGHT onto North Washington Avenue. Continue straight on North Washington Avenue for about 7 blocks.
10. Go through the traffic light at the intersection with Electric Street past the Scranton State school for the Deaf and past Saint Claire’s Elementary School.
11. Continue about 100 yards past Saint Claire’s Church (on your left) and take the first RIGHT after the Church.
12. Go straight for 2 blocks to Marywood’s main entrance.

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Directions to Shopping Malls and Big Box Stores  

To Steamtown Mall in downtown Scranton

Lackawanna Avenue
(570) 343-3400

1. Starting at Grad Place’s front door, turn LEFT towards the far end of the Mill.
2. At the end of the big parking lot turn RIGHT onto Myrtle Street.
3. Go over train tracks down the block, over small bridge to a T in the road.
4. With the baseball field directly in front of you. Turn LEFT onto Richter Avenue.
5. Go up Richter Avenue 0.1 miles.
6. At the top of the hill turn RIGHT onto Gibson Street.
7. Go up Gibson Street 0.2 miles.
8. At the top of the hill turn LEFT onto Harrison Avenue.
9. Take Harrison Avenue 0.4 miles to Mulberry Street.
10. Turn RIGHT onto Mulberry Street travel on Mulberry Street approximately 1 mile (you will pass the University of Scranton on your LEFT).
11. Past the U of S, turn LEFT at the first traffic light (an old Church that’s now part of the U of S is on the left corner) onto Jefferson Avenue.
12. Continue straight on Jefferson Avenue through one traffic light. At the second traffic light (the Radisson Hotel at the old Lackawanna train station is up on the LEFT corner). Go straight through the light. Jefferson Avenue becomes Lackawanna avenue here.
13. Take the Lackawanna Avenue for tow blocks and the Mall is up on the left.

 

To the Viewmont Mall
Scranton-Carbondale Highway, Dickson City
Approximate Travel Time: 12 Minutes

1. Take Interstate 81 North to Exit 57A.
2. At the bottom of the exit its one way traffic. Turn RIGHT and og with the traffic approximately 0.25 miles.
3. The entrance to the mall is on the RIGHT.

To the Big Box Stores, e.g. Walmart, Target, Dick’s and Best Buy

1. Take Interstate 81 North to Exit 57A.
2. At the bottom of the exit its one way traffic. Turn RIGHT and go with the traffic.
3. A few hundred yards past the entrance to the Viewmont Mall, there is a traffic light. Turn RIGHT at the light (Arby’s is on the corner).
4. go down one block to the next light. There’s a T in the road. Walmart, Target, Starbucks ad Dick’s are the left and best Buy and other stores are to the right.

If you take Interstate 81 South home from the mall, get off at the exit for Moosic Street. At the bottom of the exit, turn RIGHT onto Moosic Street. Go straight through the traffic light to the next light where you turn RIGHT onto Harrison Avenue and follow your path home.

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From the University of Scranton

1.) With the University of Scranton on your right, proceed up Mulberry St. for 0.6 miles, past the gas station (on your left) and up the hill to the traffic light at the intersection of Mulberry St. and Harrison Ave.
2.) Turn left onto Harrison Ave. at the traffic light and proceed up Harrison Ave. for 0.4 miles.
3.) Turn right onto Gibson St. at the top of the hill and take Gibson St. down to the bottom of the hill for 0.2 miles (past the U.S. Army Reserve Center on your right).
4.) Turn left onto Richter St. and at the bottom of the hill (baseball field on your left) turn right onto the small bridge (Myrtle St.) and follow that for approximately 1 block and go over the train tracks.
5.) The Mill is the large building straight ahead. Park in the parking lot.

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From Marywood University

1.) Exiting Marywood’s campus, turn left onto North Washington Ave.
2.) Go straight on North Washington Ave. for approximately 2 miles (16 blocks) to the traffic light at the intersection of North Washington Ave. and Gibson St. You will have driven past St. Claire’s Church (on your right), the State School for the Deaf (on your left), through the traffic lights at Electric St and Green Ridge Street, and past the electric power plant (on your left), and through the traffic light at intersection of N. Washington Ave. and Ash St.
3.) Go two blocks past Tom Hesser BMW/ Chevy (on your right) and turn left onto Gibson St. at the traffic light.
4.) Proceed straight on Gibson St. for approximately 1.5 miles, all the way up to the top of the hill. You will go past the Mercy and Moses Taylor hospitals (both on your right), the Immaculate Conception Chruch (on your left).
5.) Go through the intersection of Gibson St. and Harrison Ave. and take Gibson St. down to the bottom of the hill for 0.2 miles (past the U.S. Army Reserve Center on your right).
4.) Turn left onto Richter St. and at the bottom of the hill (baseball field on your left) turn right onto the small bridge (Myrtle St.) and follow that for approximately 1 block and go over the train tracks.
5.) The Mill is the large building straight ahead. Park in the parking lot.

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From Interstate 81 (traveling North)

1.) Take the River St. exit off of I-81.
2.) Turn left off the exit ramp, go approximately0.5 blocks (over bridge) and take first right onto Meadow Ave.
3.) Take Meadow Ave. to the traffic light at the intersection of Meadow Ave. and Moosic St.
4.) Turn left at the traffic light onto Moosic St. Go straight to next traffic light.
5.) Turn right at the traffic light onto Harrison Ave. and proceed straight up Harrison Ave. for approximately 0.6 miles.
6.) Turn right onto Gibson St. (at the top of the hill).
7.) Take Gibson St. down to the bottom of the hill for 0.2 miles (past the U.S. Army Reserve Center on your right).
8.) Turn left onto Richter St. and at the bottom of the hill (baseball field on your left) turn right onto the small bridge (Myrtle St.) and follow that for approximately 1 block and go over the train tracks.
9.) The Mill is the large building straight ahead. Park in the parking lot.

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From Interstate 81 (traveling South)

1.) Take the Moosic St. exit off of I-81.
2.) Turn right off the exit ramp onto Moosic St.
3.) Go straight on Moosic St. through the traffic light at the intersection of Moosic St. and Meadow Ave, past Chick’s Diner.
4.) At the next traffic light at the intersection with Harrison Ave., turn right onto Harrison Ave. and proceed straight up Harrison Ave for approximately 0.6 miles.
5.)Turn right onto Gibson St. (at the top of the hill).
6.) Take Gibson St. down to the bottom of the hill for 0.2 miles (past the U.S. Army Reserve Center on your right).
7.) Turn left onto Richter St. and at the bottom of the hill (baseball field on your left) turn right onto the small bridge (Myrtle St.) and follow that for approximately 1 block and go over the train tracks.
8.) The Mill is the large building straight ahead. Park in the parking lot.

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From Downtown Scranton (Courthouse Square)

1.) Take Linden St. one block past the courthouse to the traffic light at the intersection of Linden St. and Jefferson Ave.
2.) Turn left at the traffic light onto Jefferson Ave. Go 0.5 blocks to traffic light at the intersection of Jefferson Ave. and Mulberry St.
3.) Turn Right onto Mulberry St. at the traffic light. Go straight on Mulberry St. for approximately 1 mile, past the University of Scranton (on your right) to the traffic light at the intersection of Mulberry St. and Harrison Ave.
Turn left onto Harrison Ave. at the traffic light and proceed up Harrison Ave. for 0.4 miles.
4.) Turn right onto Gibson St. at the top of the hill and take Gibson St. down to the bottom of the hill for 0.2 miles (past the U.S. Army Reserve Center on your right).
5.) Turn left onto Richter St. and at the bottom of the hill (baseball field on your left) turn right onto the small bridge (Myrtle St.) and follow that for approximately 1 block and go over the train tracks.
6.) The Mill is the large building straight ahead. Park in the parking lot.

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