Directions to GSEP Service Centers

Berks County Service Center

Delaware County Service Center

Lehigh Valley Service Center

Jane Seltzer Service Center

Shelly Ridge Service Center

Valley Forge Service Center

Berks County Service Center

From Route 422 Bypass
Take Lancaster Avenue exit (222 South). Travel through four lights, drive under the railroad overpass, and bear left where the road splits. This road is Route 625 or New Holland Road. Continue up the hill for one mile. At the top of the hill, you will see the old Farview Elementary School on the left. The former school is now an office building with an address of 1300 New Holland Road. Our office is in this building, but entrance to the building is on another street. Continue on New Holland Road until you see Haig Boulevard on the left. (Carl Ruth’s service station is on one corner and Tomasso’s Sandwich Shop is on the other corner.) Turn left here  Go two blocks. Then, turn left onto Kenhorst Boulevard. Go another two blocks. This road will end up in the parking lot of the old school. Enter at the parking lot level. The Reading Girl Scout Service Center is located in Suite 106.

To exit the parking lot, you can travel on Kenhorst Boulevard or on Fayette Avenue (one way out from the office complex).

From the Wyomissing and West Reading Area
Travel Museum Road to Kenhorst Boulevard. The first section of Kenhorst Boulevard ends in front of the former school.  Turn right here onto New Holland Road, turn left at Haig Boulevard and left onto the last section of Kenhorst Boulevard. Go two blocks.

From Douglassville and Birdsboro Area – Travel Route 724 West to Route 625 North. Turn right onto Route 625. You will pass St. Luke’s UCC Church on the right. Pass through the intersections of Commonwealth Boulevard, High Boulevard and Milford Avenue. Turn right at the next street - Haig Boulevard.  Go for two blocks.  Then, turn left at Kenhorst Boulevard which will end up in the parking lot of the office complex.

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Delaware County Service Center

From the Blue Route(476 South) via the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76)
or PA Turnpike (276)
I-476 South to exit 3, Media/Swarthmore. Turn left on Baltimore Pike. Continue approximately
.7 miles to the Springfield Square Shopping Center on your right. There is a Borders Book Store and John Harvard’s Restaurant in the center. The office entrance is just to the left of Borders.

From I-95 North or South and Blue Route North
Take I-95 to 476 North. Get off at exit 3, Media/Swarthmore and turn right onto Baltimore Pike towards Springfield. Go approximately .7 miles, passing the Springfield Mall and Route 320. Turn into the Springfield Square Shopping Center. The office entrance is just to the left of  Borders Book Store.

From West Philadelphia
Take Baltimore Pike and cross over Route 420 (Target is on the corner). Follow up approx. 1/2 mile to Springfield Square Shopping Center on your left. There is a Borders Book Store and John Harvard’s Restaurant in the center. The office entrance is just to the left of Borders.

From Route 1
Take Route 1 to Route 320. Follow Route 320 and turn left on Baltimore Pike. Continue approximately 1/2 mile to the Springfield Square Shopping Center on your right.  There is a Borders Book Store and John Harvard’s Restaurant in the center. The office entrance is just
to the left of Borders.

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Lehigh Valley Service Center

From Route 222
Head north on Rt. 222. Go through Maxatwany Township. Just past Premise Maid Candies (right side), there is a gas station. Bear left before the gas station. This will take you behind Lucent Technologies (a huge white building.) Follow this road to the light at Route 100. Turn left onto Route 100 and get in your far right lane. Look for signs for Routes 78 and 22. Take 78 and 22 East. Follow to the split of 78 and 22 – take Route 78 East. Follow ** below.

** From Route 78 Heading East
Follow 78 East/309 South. Exit at Lehigh Street just past Lehigh Valley Hospital Center.  Turn left at the end of the ramp and go under the Rt. 78 bridge to the first light. This is Glenwood Street. Turn left on Glenwood. *** Go 50 yards (If you get to Home Depot, you went too far.) and turn left on Moravian Avenue. We are ahead on the right – white brick building.

From Route 78 Heading West (from NJ)
Follow 78 West to the Lehigh Street exit, 20A.  Get in the left lane of the ramp and stay straight, do not bear right. Cross over Lehigh Street at the light.  Once you’ve crossed Lehigh Street, you are on Glenwood Avenue.  See *** above.

****From Route 22
Exit Route 22 at Route 309 South, Quakertown/Bethlehem. Follow 309 south to the merge
with 78 East. 309 and 78 are the same road for a few miles. Follow ** above.

From Philadelphia and South
Route 476 North (Formerly the Northeast Extension of the PA Turnpike.) Exit at Lehigh Valley, #33. After the tollbooths bear right onto Route 22 East. Follow to the exit for Route 309 South. Follow  **** above

From Harrisburg
Rt. 83 to Rt. 81 to 78 East. Follow ** above.

From Bethlehem City
Take I-78 or Route 22 above – or –Follow Emmaus Avenue toward Emmaus. Turn right onto Mack Blvd (Rita’s Italian Ice on the left.) Go to the 1st light at Downeyflake (Mack Truck Hdq. On the left) – turn left. Follow to the end at Lehigh Street. Turn left onto Lehigh Street. Follow to the light at Glenwood. Turn right at Glenwood toward Home Depot. Turn left onto Moravian Avenue just before Home Depot. The office is just ahead on the right – white, brick building.

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Jane Seltzer Service Center

From Center City
Take I-95 North to Cottman Avenue Exit.  Stay on Cottman Avenue until you reach Bustleton Avenue.  Turn right on Busleton Avenue.  Stay on Bustleton Avenue until you reach Rhawn Street.  Turn left on Rhawn Street.  Seltzer Center is 1 1/2 blocks down on the left.

Traveling South on Highway 232
Stay on Highway 232 until you reach Rhawn Street.  Turn left onto Rhawn Street.  Seltzer Center is about 20 blocks down Rhawn Street.  Seltzer Center is 1 1/2 blocks on the right from Castor Avenue.

From Ambler
Follow Route 73 to Philadelphia (becomes Cottman Avenue in Philadelphia).  Stay on Cottman Avenue until you reach Castor Avenue.  Turn left onto Castor Avenue.  Stay on Castor until you reach Rhawn Street.  Turn right onto Rhawn Street.  Seltzer Center is 1 1/2 blocks on right.

From Media
Take I-476 to I-95 North.  At this point, follow directions from Center City.

OR

Take US Route 1 North. In Northeast Philadelphia, it becomes Roosevelt Boulevard.  Stay on the Roosevelt Boulevard until you reach Rhawn Street.  Turn left on Rhawn Street.  Seltzer Center
is 5 1/2 blocks on left.

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Shelly Ridge Service Center

Public Transportation
Take SEPTA'S Barren Hill "27" bus.  Get off at Northwestern Avenue, next to Friendly's.  Cross Ridge Avenue and enter property through trail (next to the "Welcome to Philadelphia" Sign) which will take you onto the property through the program area, then down our driveway to the office building.

From the Schuylkill Expressway
Exit at Belmont Avenue and bear right onto Green Lane.  Continue on Green Lane to Ridge Avenue.  Turn left on Ridge, continuing approximately 3 miles to Bells Mills Road.  Manor Road is the next left turn (ACE Center on the corner).  Continue down Manor Road to the left after Golf View Drive.

From Roosevelt Boulevard
Exit at Fox Street.  Turn right, continue on Fox until reaching Queen Lane and turn left.  Take the second right at Henry Avenue.  Continue on Henry Avenue until merge with Ridge Avenue.  Proceed on Ridge Avenue to Manor Road (third light after merge) to the left after Golf View Drive.

From the Turnpike
Take exit 333 towards Norristown. After exiting the turnpike follow the signs for Plymouth Meeting. Merge onto W Germantown Pike and continue southeast (away from Plymouth Meeting Mall) for approximately 2.6 miles. You will pass the Green Valley Country Club on your right and Miles Park on your left. Just after crossing Crescent Ave, make a slight right onto Church Rd then a left turn at Ridge Pike. Approximately half a mile down the road, make a right on Manor Rd. Shelly Ridge will be on your left.

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Valley Forge Service Center

From Rt. 422
Take the Valley Forge Historical Park Exit (Rt. 23 West).  Proceed west through the park.  The Valley Forge office is approximately 1.5 miles on Rt. 23 West of Valley Forge National Park (and Rt. 252).  You will pass the Freedom’s Foundation a few hundred yards before the council center which will be on your right hand side.

From Turnpike
Take the Valley Forge/King of Prussia exit (new exit #326).  Proceed through the toll booth and take the immediate exit on your right for Valley Forge Historical Park.  You will be on N. Gulph Rd.  Continue on for 5 lights to intersection where Rt. 23 West & N. Gulph converge.  Continue straight on Rt. 23 West through the park. The Valley Forge office is approximately 1.5 miles on Rt. 23 West of Valley Forge National Park (and Rt. 252).  You will pass the Freedom’s Foundation a few hundred yards before the council center which will be on your right hand side.

From West  (RT. 113 North)
Proceed on Route 23 east through Phoenixville.  Council Center is on left side of road approximately 2 miles from White Horse Road Intersection. (Citco, Exxon, Royal Bank, Sunoco)  Turn left on Juliette Low Way.

From Route 202
Heading South from King if Prussia
Take Route 252, Valley Forge Road and follow Route 252 North until it intersects Route 23 west.  Turn left onto Route 23 west.  Follow Route 23 west approximately 1 1/2 miles.  Turn right on Juliette Low Way.

Heading North from West Chester
Rt 202 North to Chesterbrook exit. Left at light.  Follow Chesterbrrok Blvd to Route 252.  Turn left onto Route 252.  Follow until it ends at Rt 23.  Left on to Rt 23.  Approximately 1 ½ miles on right

From Philadelphia
76 West ( Schuylkill Expressway)
Take #327 Mall Blvd. Exit. At the end of the ramp circle right. You will come to a traffic light -  yield to the right. The Crate and Barrel store will be on the left and Ruth’s Chris Restaurant on the right. This is route 23 – (which begins as N. Gulph Rd. then turns into Route 23). Stay on this road for about 5 or 6 miles through Valley Forge Park (You will see the sign for Valley Forge Park) – just continue straight..…till the end of the park (You will pass Valley Forge Convention Center on the right)…..just follow route 23 WEST. Second street past the Freedom Foundation – turn right onto  Juliette Low Way (will see GSEP sign)

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