NJ DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Office of Training and Professional Development

30 Van Dyke Avenue

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Main Number (732) 448-6300

IS MY EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER? PLEASE CALL: 732-448-6330. If the Professional Center at DCF is closed, special events will not take place and must be rescheduled.

Directions from:

Southeast Jersey

Take Garden State Parkway North to Exit 127 for NJ-440 S/Industrial Avenue toward I-287 N. Left merge onto NJ-440 N/I-287 N. Continue on I-287 N take exit 2B for NJ-27 S toward New Brunswick. Merge onto NJ-27, after approximately 6 miles turn left onto Van Dyke Avenue. Look for the gray building with red lined windows/doors and a number 30 on it. The two entrances are off of Van Dyke Avenue.

Southwest Jersey

Take I-295 North to Trenton. Take exit 67A toward New Brunswick/US-1 North. Merge onto U.S. 1 North / Brunswick Pike. Exit onto NJ-91 N/Jersey Avenue. After you pass over railroad tracks, you will reach Van Dyke Avenue on your left. Make a left onto Van Dyke Avenue. Look for the gray building with red lined windows/doors and a number 30 on it on your left. The two entrances are off of Van Dyke Avenue.

Trenton

Take U.S. 1 North. Exit onto NJ-91 North/Jersey Avenue. Stay on Jersey Avenue approximately 1.5 miles. After you pass over railroad tracks you will reach Van Dyke Avenue on your left. Make a left onto Van Dyke Avenue. Look for the gray building with red lined windows/doors and a number 30 on it to your left. The two entrances are off of Van Dyke Avenue.

Northwest Jersey

Take I-287 South to Exit 10 to merge onto County Route 527 S/Easton Avenue toward S. Bound Brook/New Brunswick/NJ-527. Slight right merge onto County Route 527 South, continue straight on 527S for approximately 2 miles. Turn right onto Franklin Boulevard. Turn left onto Somerset Street. Take the first right onto Van Dyke Avenue. Look for the gray building with red lined windows/doors and a number 30 on it to your right. The two entrances are off of Van Dyke Avenue.

Northeast Jersey

Take I-95 S/New Jersey Turnpike South to Exit 10 for NJ-440 E toward I-287 N/Perth Amboy/ Metuchen. Continue on I-287 North. Take Exit 2B for NJ-27 South toward New Brunswick. Merge onto NJ -27 for approximately 6 miles and then turn left onto Van Dyke Avenue. Look for the gray building with red lined windows/doors and a number 30 on it to your left. The two entrances are off of Van Dyke Avenue.

For Transit information, please call (973) 275-5555 or go to this link http://www.njtransit.com

PARKING

The Professional Center has parking for 250 onsite. The majority of those parking spaces are located in the back of the building. We arrange for additional areas for parking on “heavy traffic days,” and there is some parking on Van Dyke Avenue, however, there are limits to these options as well:

Parking on the side of the street opposite the Professional Center is prohibited from 8:30 am – 10:30 am on TUESDAYS.

Parking on the same side of the street as the Professional Center is prohibited from 8:30 am – 10:30 am on FRIDAYS.

There are a finite number of parking spaces available in the immediate area. Coming early and carpooling are always good ideas.

BUILDING ACCESS

We use both the front and back entrances to the building.