Just twenty-four miles from New York City, West Orange is easily accessible via Routes 280 and 78, and the Garden State Parkway. It's also just a few minutes walk to New Jersey Transit's commuter lines. Once the home of Thomas Edison's creative genius, historic West Orange provides its residents with a fine selection of artistic, cultural, and educational offerings. Nearby artistic and cultural activities include Millburn's Paper Mill Playhouse, the Montclair Museum of Art, the Livingston Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Oscar Schindler Performing Arts Center, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. In addition, some of the state's best hospitals are close by, including the Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Rutgers University Medical Center, Overlook Hospital and Mountainside Medical Center. While West Orange boasts one of the New Jersey's best school systems, it also neighbors Essex County's top institutions of higher learning, including the prestigius Montclair State, Seton Hall, and Rutgers Universities, all of which are featured in the US News and World Reports annual college ratings system.