Bug Lab address: 28 Sixth Street, New Westminster.
Google Maps directs you incorrectly! Please follow the directions below.
Driving Directions From Highway #1
- Take Brunette Avenue exit West (not towards Coquitlam, take the exit sign that states "New Westminster". There is a large IKEA near this exit.
- When you exit you are now on Brunette Avenue heading west, go through the lights at Braid and Brunette Avenue. The Braid Street Skytrain Station is on your right hand side.
- Brunette Avenue merges with Columbia Street at the next traffic light and the road naturally turns left (or west). Continue to follow this road, you are now on East Columbia Street heading west.
- Follow this road for about 2.5km. The road curves under the Patullo Bridge now you are on West Columbia Street.
- You will pass Army and Navy on the left hand side, and the next light is Sixth Street and there is a Starbucks on the corner.
- Turn right on Sixth Street, we are immediately behind the Starbucks that is on the corner of Sixth Street and Columbia Street.
Driving Directions From the Alex Fraser Bridge and Richmond
- Drive over the Queensborough Bridge, transfer into the right hand lane as you are on the bridge. This lane naturally exits right and when it exits, the road is named Stewardson Way.
- Follow Stewardson Way (the Skytrain route is on your right hand side) for about 2.5km.
- Stewardson Way becomes Columbia Street, transfer into the left hand land because the street splits and you want to take Columbia Street.
- Turn left at Eighth Street, drive up the hill to "Carnarvon Street".
- Turn right at Carnarvon Street
- Turn right at Sixth Street, you are very close to the Bug Lab (the location is in the next block), so park along the street. You will see the sandwich boards on the sidewalk.
- For parking, drive straight through Columbia Street and immediately merge right and drive into the Front Street Parkade. The cost is $1 per two hours and the machines take coins and major credit cards.
Driving Directions From Vancouver Area
- Marine Drive east - drive all the way to the Queensborough Bridge (don't go over the bridge). Get in the lane that states "Stewardson Way".
- Follow Stewardson Way (the Skytrain route is on your right hand side) for about 2.5km.
- Stewardson Way becomes Columbia Street, transfer into the left hand lane because the street splits and you want to take Columbia Street.
- Turn left at Eighth Street, drive up the hill to "Carnarvon Street"
- Turn right at Carnarvon Street.
- Turn right at Sixth Street, you are very close to the Bug Lab (the location is in the next block), so park along the street. You will see the sandwich boards on the sidewalk.
Parking
- A large parkade is situated parallel with Columbia Street. The cost is $1 for two hours. The machines take major credit cards.
- Street parking is available. The cost is $2.50/hour and the machine only takes coins.
- Free parking is on the east side of Carnarvon Street (up the hill on Sixth Street half a block, Carnarvon is perpendicular to Sixth Street, turn right). Free parking for two hours maximum, strictly enforced.
Directions for Public Transit
- Take the Skytrain to Columbia Street Station. Exit the station on Columbia Street.
- Turn Right from the station and walk 1 block west to Sixth Street.
- Cross Sixth Street and turn right, walking up Sixth Street (north). We are located directly behind Starbucks and up Sixth Street. We are across the street from the New Westminster Police Station.