From the Northwest via Highway I-40

Take Interstate Highway 40. It will become Route 132 / College Road as it enters Wilmington.

Follow College Road for a few miles, past the UNCW campus, and past Oleander (Route 76).

After you pass Oleander, stay in your RIGHT hand lane. You will see a sign that reads "STATE PORTS," and the lane will branch off to the right and become Shipyard Boulevard. As you turn onto Shipyard you will see on the right side the New Hanover Department of Aging Building, and shortly thereafter, Hoggard High School on the same side. (If you should see a Krispy Kreme donut shop on your right or a YWCA pool on your left, you have gone too far. Turn right at the donut shop's corner and drive to the next traffic light and turn left onto Shipyard.)

Follow Shipyard for several stoplights. You will pass a large cemetery on the right (Greenlawn). Get into the RIGHT hand lane because you will need to turn right at the next light which is Carolina Beach Road (there is a McDonald's fast food restaurant on the corner on your right).

After turning right follow Carolina Beach Road to North Carolina Avenue. Turn right onto North Carolina Avenue and follow street to back parking lot.

The phone number here is (910) 343-8209. Call if you get lost.

From the West via highway 74, 76, or from the south via highway 17

Take Highway 74/76/17 across the Cape Fear River into Wilmington.

Get into the RIGHT hand lane before you cross the bridge because on the other side of the bridge as you enter Wilmington, you will need to turn right.

DO NOT TAKE the exit to the "STATE PORTS" immediately after the bridge (an industrial road not recommended for passenger cars), but instead,

Turn RIGHT at the first traffic light after the bridge onto 3rd Street (there is a Burger King fast food restaurant on the corner on the left).

After you turn right onto 3rd Street, you should stay in the left lane. You will cross railroad tracks and there will be a slight turn to the right as 3rd Street becomes Burnett Boulevard and it passes Greefield Park on the left.

The next traffic light will be where Carolina Beach Road branches off to the left (this is also where the industrial "State Ports" road reconnects to Carolina Beach Road).

As you turn left at the light, stay in the left lane. You will need to make another LEFT turn at the third street past the traffic light. This is "North Carolina Avenue." (If you should see Legion Stadium on your left or an Advance Auto or Auto Zone Store on your right, you have gone too far. Turn around and return to North Carolina Avenue and turn right.)

Follow North Carolina Avenue until it ends at the parking lot for the ALPER CENTER of Elderhaus.

From the South via Carolina Beach Road (Fort Fisher)

Take Route 132 North (which becomes College Road) to Myrtle Grove Junction (there is a Wachovia Bank on the near right corner, and a Burger King fast food restaurant on the far left corner).

Stay in your LEFT lane and TURN onto Carolina Beach Road.

After you turn left onto Carolina Beach Road, you will pass the new WalMart, Echo Farms, Independence Boulevard, a McDonald's Restaurant at Shipyard Boulevard, and after that, Legion Stadium.

As you pass the stadium, get into the RIGHT lane.

Turn RIGHT at "North Carolina Avenue." (If you should see Greenfield Park on your right, you have gone too far. Turn around and return to North Carolina Avenue and turn left.)

Follow North Carolina Avenue until it ends at the parking lot for the ALPER CENTER of Elderhaus.