If you are playing with the band, you will be coming to 560 Charlestown Road, Hampton, NJ 08827, please follow directions below. If you are mixing, mastering or doing a post production overdub, click the link to Skyline Productions and follow those directions, do not go to Charlestown Road. If you are lost, please ring me at (732) 322-1772.

Bus From NYC

Map

Hotels

Food Options

From Newark Airport (45 minutes):

Take Interstate 78 West for 40 minutes. Make sure you cross over to the inside pair of lanes labeled "Express Lanes." Make exit at exit #12 "Jutland - Norton". Make left at stop sign. In 500 feet, make right at the traffic light onto Charlestown Rd. (If you need food or supplies for your session, you can buy them at the Exxon station at this intersection.) Proceed North on Charlestown Rd. for one and a half miles. You will see a white church as the road bends to the right. After bend, slow down and look for mailbox with #560 on the side. Make left into drive and BEAR left following dirt road into the woods. The next house you see is the studio. Enter through the main door; the sliding glass doors are used only for loading equipment.


Directions to above studios from tri-state area:

Directions from Manhattan:

Take either Lincoln or Holland Tunnel to the New Jersey Turnpike South.. Exit at exit #14 "Newark Airport / I-78 West" using the toll booths on the left side. The highway divides after toll and you will want to be on the inside pair of lanes labeled Express Lanes. Follow directions from Newark Airport above. Non rush hour driving times from either tunnel are 60 minutes to Charlestown Road Studios.

Directions from Westchester, Queens or North Shore LI:

Take Triboro or Throgs Neck to Cross Bronx Expressway. Take George Washington Bridge to New Jersey on connect with New Jersey Turnpike South (western spur). Exit at exit #14 "Newark Airport / I-78 West using the toll booths on the left side. The highway divides after toll and you will want to be on the inside pair of lanes labeled Express Lanes. Follow directions from Newark Airport above.

Directions from Brooklyn, Staten Is. and South Shore, LI:

Take Verrazano Bridge to Staten Is. Expressway I-287 West. Continue across Goethals Bridge to New Jersey Turnpike North. Exit at exit #14 "Newark Airport / I-78 West using the toll booths on the left side. The highway divides after toll and you will want to be on the inside pair of lanes labeled Express Lanes. Follow directions from Newark Airport above.

Directions from Upstate New York and Northern New Jersey:

Take NY State Thruway to Exit #14A Suffern. Take Interstate 287 South about 35 - 40 minutes. Continue until you see Interstate 78 West. Take I-78 West for 20 minutes. Make exit at exit #12 "Jutland - Norton". Make left at stop sign. In 500 feet, make right at the traffic light onto Charlestown Rd. If you need food or supplies for your session, you can buy them at the Exxon station at this intersection. Proceed North on Charlestown Rd. for one and a half miles. You will see a white church as the road bends to the right. After bend, slow down and look for mailbox with #560 on the side. Make left into drive and BEAR left following dirt road into the woods. The next house you see is the studio. Enter through the main door; the sliding glass doors are for loading only. Driving time from the Tappan Zee Bridge is 80 minutes.

Directions from Southern New Jersey or Philadelphia:

Take New Jersey Turnpike North to exit #10 Interstate 287 North. Take 287 North 20 minutes. Bear left as 287 divides. Take Interstate 78 West for 20 minutes. Make exit at exit #12 "Jutland - Norton". Make left at stop sign. In 500 feet, make right at the traffic light onto Charlestown Rd. If you need food or supplies for your session, you can buy them at the Exxon station at this intersection. Proceed North on Charlestown Rd. for one and a half miles. You will see a white church as the road bends to the right. After bend, slow down and look for mailbox with #560 on the side. Make left into drive and BEAR left following dirt road into the woods. The next house you see is the studio. Enter through the main door; the sliding glass doors are for loading only.

If you are comming from Philadelphia, a faster route may be North on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Interstate 476, then take 78 East through Allentown. Cross over into NJ and exit at #12. Make two lefts and you are on Charlestown Rd going north.

If you are coming from Baltimore or points south, consider I-83 North to Harrisburg, PA, then I-81 to I-78 east. When the NJ Turnpike is crowded, especially in summer, this is faster.


Public Transit to Charlestown Road from New York City:

From Port Authority Bus Station, take TransBridge Bus to Clinton, NJ. Get tickets at terminal, not on board. For schedule, go to transbridgebus.com. When you arrive, wait at the King Buffet Restaurant next to the bus stop. The trip takes about an hour.



Hotels:

Hampton Inn, Clinton, NJ (908) 713-4800

Holiday Inn, Clinton, NJ (908) 735-5111


Food Options:

There are kitchen facilities at the studio. I usually recommend you bring food with you so that you don't have to interrupt the session to make orders or run out to get food. You will have a half size refrigerator, a coffee maker and a microwave for your use. If you can't bring food, you can buy pre-made sandwiches and Dunkin Donuts at the Exxon Station or sandwiches to order at the Bagelsmith, both of which are at exit 12 (see map above). There is Pizza / Pasta delivery service, orders take about 45 minutes to arrive once ordered. You can find their menu here: HAMPTON PIZZA. If you want to go out to eat, I recommend the Clinton Dinner (see map), which is back down the service road one mile east of exit 12. They have a salad bar and make everything. There is Chinese take out, but someone will have to go get it (see map). It usually takes about 25 minutes round trip.