Directions to 1175 Manhattan Avenue

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NYC Subway Map

From Midtown Tunnel:
(This will turn out to be every first right you can take)
  • Stay to far right when going through toll.
  • Exiting toll take immediate right (unnamed road) to Borden Ave.
  • Right on Borden.
  • Right on Vernon
  • Bear Right on to Jackson Ave.
  • Look for Right on to Pulaski Bridge

  • Coming off Pulaski take Right on Freeman to Manhattan Ave.
  • Right on Manhattan.
  • Take Manhattan to end.
  • Large brick building is GMDC. The silver door in the middle of building with "GMDC Office" sign is entrance.
From Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges:
  • Take BQE to McGuinness Blvd exit.
  • Bear Left onto McGuinness
  • Follow McGuinness north.
  • Just before Pulaski Bridge, stay to Right (don't go over bridge) and go straight on frontage road.
  • Go all the way to end and bear left on Ash Street.
    Follow one block to Manhattan.
  • Large brick building is GMDC. Look for parking. Silver door in middle of building with "GMDC Office" sign is entrance.
From LaGuardia Airport:
  • Take BQE to Meeker-Morgan exit.
  • Continue straight parallel to BQE to McGuinness
  • Right on McGuinness.
  • Follow McGuinness north.
  • Just before Pulaski Bridge, stay to right (don't go over bridge) and go straight on frontage road.
  • Go all the way to end and bear left on Ash Street.
  • Follow one block to Manhattan.
    Large brick building is GMDC. Look for parking. Silver door in middle of building with "GMDC Office" sign is entrance.
From Queensboro Bridge, lower level:
  • Queensboro Bridge becomes Queens Blvd.
  • Stay straight to go onto Queens PLZ S.
  • Turn slight right onto Jackson Avenue
  • Bear Left onto 11th Street
    Follow over Pulaski Bridge
  • Coming off Pulaski take Right on Freeman to Manhattan Ave.
  • Right on Manhattan.
  • Take Manhattan to end. Large brick building is GMDC. Park anywhere; look for silver door in middle of building with "GMDC Office" sign.
From Long Island Expressway
  • Exit at Greenpoint Ave; follow Greenpoint Avenue straight to McGuinnes Blvd,
  • Turn right on McGuinness Blvd.
  • Follow McGuinness Blvd to Java; make a left turn on Java onto Manhattan Ave (1 block). Make a right on Manhattan and go straight (North) to the dead end approximately 10 blocks. Look for the big brick building, enter thru 1175 entrance.

Subway Directions

Directions by #7 Subway:
  • Take #7 Train to Vernon / Jackson (if you are coming from Manhattan, this stop is the one just past Grand Central, the first stop in Queens).
  • Coming from Manhattan exit at the front of the train (from Queens exit at the rear), go through a turnstile, take the left stairs past the turnstile and you will come out onto Jackson Avenue facing the Citicorp tower.
  • Go one block on Jackson towards Citicorp and take a right onto the Pulaski Bridge pedestrian walkway.
  • Walk over the bridge, crossing over the vehicle entrance to the Midtown Tunnel and the Newtown Creek. If you look to your right at about 2 o'clock you'll see a large brick building with a tall smoke stack. That's where you are going.
  • After crossing the Creek (but while you are still on the bridge) on your right you'll see stairs leading down from the bridge.
  • Take the stairs down to street level, to Ash Street (Ash runs under the bridge and perpendicular to it).
  • At the bottom of the stairs, take a left on Ash.
  • Walk one block and you'll come to Manhattan Avenue -- the GMDC building is the large brick structure in front of you, the GMDC entrance is at 1175, in the middle of the building where the "GMDC" sign is.
  • Total walking time: 10-15 minutes.


Directions by G Train:
  • (n.b. From Manhattan the L Train connects with the G Train.)
  • Take G Train to Greenpoint Avenue stop and walk North along Manhattan Avenue to GMDC building at end of the Avenue.
  • GMDC offices are in the middle of the building, at 1175 Manhattan Avenue. Look for the silver door with "GMDC Office" sign.
  • Total walking time: 5-10 minutes.