Getting into Manhattan

Getting into “The City” from New Jersey (say, Newark International Airport) is a little funky. You can take the bridges or tunnels yourself and pay $8 bucks plus gas to sit in a moving parking lot, you can pay a taxi $40-60 bucks to take you in, or you can take public transportation for as low as $1.75. Let’s take a look at public transportation.

Your first option is to take the train. Newark Airport is connected to the NJ Transit train line, so you can hop onto the Transit line, take it through Newark Penn Station into New York Penn Station. The upside is that the train is pretty decent, it’ll get you there in about 25 minutes from the Airport, and it runs until 2 AM. The downside is that it costs $15 each way, the train comes every 20-30 minutes, and if you park your car at the Airport, you’ll be paying $25+ just for parking half a day.

Your second option is to take PATH. Newark Penn Station also has a PATH line that will take you to the PATH World Trade Center Station, which you can continue to ride up to 33^rd and Broadway. Also, if you happen to be in your own car, you can park at the Harrison PATH station on the streets or private lots. Here, parking is $6 for 10 hours, and is timed up to 5PM; so technically you could park all day (from 7AM) for $6. The upside is cheap parking, the PATH line is $1.75 each way, and it runs every 5-10 minutes. The downside is that it’s dirtier than the train, a little more ghetto, takes up to 35 minutes and runs only to Midnight.

~ by bioscigrad on May 15, 2008.