Directions and Parking

The Gordon Theater and Stedman Gallery are located in the center of the Rutgers-Camden campus near Third and Pearl Streets, next to the Ben Franklin Bridge on the Camden Waterfront. The venue is easily accessible from I-95, I-295, I-76/Schuylkill Expressway, The New Jersey Turnpike and NJ Route 30.

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FILM FESTIVAL PARKING:

THURSDAYS, SEPTEMBER 11th, 18th & 25th
FREE parking for the Newark Black Film Festival is available in LOT 7 at Cooper Street
and N. Delaware Avenue. A shuttle is available to transport you from the lot to the
venue and back. This shuttle runs every 10 minutes until 11pm.

FRIDAYS, SEPTEMBER 12th , 19th, & 26th
FREE parking for the Newark Black Film Festival is available in LOT 14 on 3rd Street between Cooper & Pearl Streets.

Secure, convenient parking is available on weekends in Lot 14 at Third & Pearl Streets. On weekdays, parking is available at meters and in the parking deck at Cooper Street and Broadway. For more info, call the box office at (856) 225-2700.

The Theater is just one block North and West of the City Hall PATCO stop, in the middle of the revitalized Camden Waterfront District - and picking up the PATCO from South Jersey or Center City Philadelphia is a snap – visit www.ridepatco.org for maps and schedules!

From I-76/Schuylkill Expressway, follow signs to central Philadelphia taking Exit 344, I-676 East. Take I-676 approximately 1.6 miles to the exit for the Ben Franklin Bridge. Staying in the left lanes on the exit ramp, make a right (south) at the bottom of the ramp onto 6th Street. Stay left on 6th Street following the circle to the Ben Franklin Bridge. Cross the Ben Franklin Bridge and bear right to continue on I-676 South. Remaining in the right lane, look for Exit 5B, less than ¼ mile from toll plaza on the right-hand side. Exit at 5B “Market Street/Waterfront” that begins Market Street. Stay on Market Street (west) for three blocks to Third Street. Turn right on Third Street and cross over Cooper Street onto the Rutgers-Camden campus. Continue north on Third Street for one block - Free event parking is available in Lot 14 on the west side of Third Street between Cooper Street and the Ben Franklin Bridge, just past the Business School building.

From I-95 South, take Exit 22,“I-676 East/Callowhill Street.” Make a right onto Callowhill Street (west) and get into the left lane. Make a left onto 6th Street (south) staying in the left lane and following signs for Ben Franklin Bridge. Cross the Ben Franklin Bridge and bear right to continue on I-676 South, remaining in the right lane. Look for Exit 5B, less than ¼ mile from toll plaza on the right-hand side. Exit at 5B “Market Street/Waterfront” which begins Market Street. Stay on Market Street (west)for three blocks to Third Street. Turn right on Third Street and cross over Cooper Street onto the Rutgers-Camden Campus. Continue north on Third Street for one block - Free event parking is available in Lot 14 on the west side of Third Street between Cooper Street and the Ben Franklin Bridge, just past the Business School building.

From I-95 North follow signs to Exit 19, “I-76/Walt Whitman Bridge.” Cross the Walt Whitman Bridge and move to the right lane, looking for signs for I-676 North. Take 676 North approximately 3 miles to Exit 5A “Martin Luther King Boulevard.” Staying in the right lane go straight off of the exit ramp (west), following blue “Waterfront” signs approximately 1 mile to 3rd Street. Turn right on Third Street (north) and follow it for three blocks to Cooper Street and the Rutgers-Camden campus. Continue north on Third Street for one block - Free event parking is available in Lot 14 on the west side of Third Street between Cooper Street and the Ben Franklin Bridge, just past the Business School building.

From the New Jersey Turnpike, take Exit 4 onto Route 73 North. Following signs take Route 73 to Route 38 West towards Camden. Take Route 38 West and bear right at overpass to Route 30 West. Stay on 30 West approximately 1.6 miles to the “Martin Luther King Boulevard/Waterfront Attractions” exit on the right. Off the ramp continue straight until the road splits. Following the blue “Waterfront/Aquarium” stay to the left onto Martin Luther King Boulevard. Follow MLK Blvd approximately 1 mile to Third Street and turn right on Third (north). Continue north on Third Street onto the Rutgers-Camden Campus. Free event parking is available in Lot 14 on the west side of Third Street between Cooper Street and the Ben Franklin Bridge, just past the Business School building.

From I-295 South take Exit 26 to 676 North. Take 676 North approximately 3 miles to Exit 5A, Martin Luther King Boulevard. Staying in the right lane go straight off of the exit ramp (east), following blue Waterfront signs approximately 1 mile to 3rd Street. Turn right on Third Street (north) and follow it for three blocks to Cooper Street and the Rutgers-Camden campus. Continue north on Third Street for one block - Free event parking is available in Lot 14 on the west side of Third Street between Cooper Street and the Ben Franklin Bridge, just past the Business School building.