Directions to Abington Meeting
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FROM THE NORTH (Willow Grove, Hatboro)
Take Route 611 South. When you approach the the main Jenkintown Shopping District move into your left lane. Turn left at Drake Tavern, which is on the corner of Greenwood Ave (the traffic light). Proceed past the next traffic light (Washington Lane) and bear left at the fork in the road (Triangle Gym). Turn left into the Abington Monthly Meetinghouse driveway.
FROM THE SOUTH (Center City Philadelphia)
Take Route 611 North (Broad Street). Just past 66th Ave take right fork onto Old York Road. In about 2 miles you will pass Elkins Park Shopping Square on your left; half a mile further turn right (at traffic light) onto Meetinghouse Rd; cross Township Line Rd (traffic light)’ then past Jenkintown Rd (traffic light); about 100 yards further make a sharp left turn onto Greenwood Ave; then an immediate right at Abington Monthly Meetinghouse driveway. (If you miss the sharp turn, a second driveway entrance is further down Meetinghouse Rd. on the left).
FROM THE EAST (Tacony Bridge, Northeast Philadelphia)
Take PA Route 73 West (Cottman Avenue which becomes Township Line Road at the city limits) to Meetinghouse Rd (traffic light). Turn right onto Meetinghouse Road; go up the hill and cross Jenkintown Rd. ( traffic light); about 100 yards further make a sharp left onto Greenwood Ave; then an immediate right into Abington Monthly Meetinghouse driveway. (If you miss the sharp turn, a second driveway entrance is further down Meetinghouse Rd. on the left).
FROM THE WEST (Springfield, Ft. Washington)
Take PA Route 73 East (Church Road); left onto Washington Lane (at traffic light – Route 73 also turns at this light). Stay on Washington La (do not turn at Township Line where Rt 73 turns) and cross Old York Rd. staying on a straight trajectory (traffic light where the streets meet at an oblique angle) and continue one more block on Washington Lane. Turn right onto Greenwood Ave.(at traffic light), bear left at fork in road (Triangle Gym) left again at Abington Meetinghouse driveway.
BY TRAIN
From SEPTA Jenkintown/Wyncote train station: Directly across the street from the main entrance on the northbound side of the station is Greenwood Avenue. Walk east on Greenwood; goes uphill gradually for about ½ mile until you reach York Rd; slight left/right jog on York and continue on Greenwood; after several blocks Greenwood forks to the left, and meetinghouse driveway is within 60 yards on the left.
SEPTA BUS
Route 55
From Olney Terminal (Broad and Olney) to Doylestown mostly along Rt 611 (Broad St as far as 66th Ave, Old York Rd to Willow Grove, and Easton Rd further north) every 10 minutes during rush hour, every 15 or 20 minutes during working hours, every 20 minutes or half hour during evenings or weekends, and every hour late evenings. Get off bus at Greenwood Ave in Jenkintown and follow “From the NORTH” directions above. About a 10 minute walk.
Route 77
From Bethlehem Pk at Germantown Ave (Chestnut Hill) to NE Phila via Cedarbrook Mall, Glenside, Greenwood Ave, Jenkintown Rd, Township Line and Cottman Ave. Buses run aproximately once an hour. Get off bus on Greenwood Ave in between Meetinghouse Rd and Washington La and follow the signs. About a 5 minute walk.