The Commodore Barry Club – The Irish Center
Public Transportation to 6815 Emlen St.
Train: SEPTA Chestnut Hill West train to Carpenter Station.
The last weekday train to Center City Philadelphia leaves at 11:05 pm.* For current schedule and fare information and phone numbers, visit SEPTA – Southeastern Pa. Transportation Authority. Other travel options include the Chestnut Hill East train, and bus route 23 from Germantown Ave. and Carpenter Lane.
From north and west of Philadelphia via Stenton Ave:
- Take the PA Turnpike or I-476 to Exit 333 (Norristown).
- Stay left and follow signs for Plymouth Rd.
- Turn right onto Plymouth Rd. and continue straight on Flourtown Rd.
- Turn right at a light onto Stenton Ave.
- After 1.8 miles, turn left then right to continue east on Stenton Ave.
- After 1.5 miles, turn right onto Cresheim Valley Drive.
- Cross over Germantown Ave and continue onto Emlen St. (*)
- Continue straight at the Lincoln Drive traffic circle.
- After the Carpenter Lane SEPTA station, turn under the tracks. The Irish Center will be on your right.
From Bucks County, Princeton, North Jersey, and New York via PA-309:
- Take the Jersey Turnpike, US-1, PA-611 to the PA Turnpike.
- Take exit 339 (Fort Washington) and continue onto PA-309 south to the Easton Rd exit.
- Turn right on Easton Rd then turn right on Cheltenham Avenue (Sunoco Station).
- Turn left onto Ivy Hill Road (last block of apartments)
- Turn right on Stenton Ave and a quick left on Cresheim Valley Drive.
- Cross over Germantown Ave and continue onto Emlen St. (*)
- Continue straight at the Lincoln Drive traffic circle.
- After the Carpenter Lane SEPTA station, turn under the tracks. The Irish Center will be on your right.
From Center City Philadelphia:
- Take the Vine Street Expressway (I-676) west to the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) west, or take Kelly Drive west; exit onto Lincoln Drive. (**)
- Proceed to the traffic light at Carpenter Lane (at Church of the Annunciation). From City Ave/Kelly Drive, that’s about 3 miles.
- Turn right on Carpenter Lane
- Continue under the SEPTA tracks. The Irish Center will be on your right.
From Cherry Hill and South Jersey
- Take the Ben Franklin or Walt Whitman bridge to the Vine Street Expressway / Schuylkill Expressway (I-676/I-76) west, and exit onto Lincoln Drive. (**)
- Proceed to the traffic light at Carpenter Lane (at Church of the Annunciation). From City Ave/Kelly Drive, that’s about 3 miles.
- Turn right on Carpenter Lane.
- Continue under the SEPTA tracks. The Irish Center will be on your right.
From Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
- Follow I-95 north to the Philadelphia Airport.
- Exit on PA-291 to connect to the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) west.
- Exit the Schuylkill onto Lincoln Drive. (**)
- Proceed to the traffic light at Carpenter Lane (at Church of the Annunciation). From City Ave/Kelly Drive, that’s about 3 miles.
- Turn right on Carpenter Lane
- Continue under the SEPTA tracks. The Irish Center will be on your right.