Directions to Grace Lutheran Church, 925 Fifth Ave, River Edge, NJ, from New York City, as of 1/2012:

BY TRAIN: Use window or machine to purchase ticket to your destination before boarding. From Pennsylvania Station (31st-33rd Streets, 7th-8th Avenues), take any train going to the Secaucus Junction transfer station. Use your ticket to pass through the Secaucus lobby turnstiles, change platforms, and catch the Pascack Valley Line to River Edge station (regular fare $7.25 from NYC, child/senior/disabled $3.25) and walk 1 mile to the church: uphill along River Edge Rd, right turn onto Kinderkamack Rd, left onto Midland Ave, and right onto 5th Ave.

Alternatively, for a fuller schedule of arrivals and depatures, from Secaucus catch the Main & Bergen County Line train to Ridgewood, NJ (regular fare $9.25 from NYC, $4.25 child/senior/disabled). It will then be necessary to take a 7-mile cab ride to River Edge (approximately $20-25 for 1-3 passengers).

By Bus: From Port Authority Bus Terminal (40th-42nd Streets, 8th-9th Avenues), take NJTransit #165 Oradell or Westwood but NOT Parkway Express (regular fare $5.50, child/senior/disabled $2.50) or Rockland Coach #11A (regular fare $5.35, senior/disabled $2.70 with reduced fare coupon). Trip takes about an hour. Use machine or window to purchase ticket before boarding. Ask driver if he or she can let you off at Kinderkamack Rd and Midland Ave in River Edge. It is a half-mile walk from Dunkin Donuts on the corner west on Midland Ave to the light at 5th Ave. Turn right, Church is on left.