NYC/NJ Question

[Munchkin03]

In the interest of cutting down on transfers and saving time, I would take the Long Island Railroad, and not the subway, directly to Penn Station from the JFK Airtrain Station. Then you could take NJT to Newark Airport. One transfer at Penn Station.

Good luck!

[Buttonz]

A private car service is going to run you $60 + tolls + tip. A yellow cab will run you about the same I think, if not more.

If your willing to spend the time doing it, I'd do what you suggested.

I find it hard you had trouble getting a flight into Newark though. You could also have just taken Amtrack from up here straight there, it might have been easier.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

There are shuttle vans that go back and forth between the airports, but I can't think of the name now.
Other than that, Munchkin is on target.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

In the interest of cutting down on transfers and saving time, I would take the Long Island Railroad, and not the subway, directly to Penn Station from the JFK Airtrain Station. Then you could take NJT to Newark Airport. One transfer at Penn Station.

Good luck!

I agree, i live in Queens and having commuted from Queens to Jersey and all in between, i would also recommend taking Airtrain to LIRR to Penn.

Est. cost & time:

Airtrain - $7, about 20 min to Jamaica
LIRR from Jamaica to Penn - $5 (off peak), $7 (peak), another 20-25 minutes
Penn to Newark - $14 (not sure of cost diff. peak/offpeak), i think 45 minutes?

thats roughly $30 on about 2 hours of travel time

or... double the $ and cut the time in half with a cab?

actually, check this site out: shuttles to/from JFK/Newark

Airporter (Princeton Airporter)
1-800-385-4000 or (609) 587-6600
$24 Frequent service
7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
75 - 90 minutes
http://www.goairporter.com/

[ZTAMich]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

In the interest of cutting down on transfers and saving time, I would take the Long Island Railroad, and not the subway, directly to Penn Station from the JFK Airtrain Station. Then you could take NJT to Newark Airport. One transfer at Penn Station.

Good luck!

Ya...taking the subway from the stop by JFK to Penn Station will take over an hour according to hopstop.com, plus the extra time on Air Train. LIRR should be shorter.

Hijack, we have to hike to Newark from the Bx to get a direct flight for our trip to St. Thomas next month. UGH.

[AnatraAmore]

Thanks for your suggestions! I think that I might take the LIRR to Penn and then the NJT into Newark. (Plus, maybe I can steal a bit of time and venture into the city... I LOVE NYC!)

In regards to the getting a direct flight, unfortunately in this case, my company has agreements/policies on what airlines they buy tickets from and also like to be cheap. (Not that I'm complaining... they did pay for my seat!)So, my choices were Delta, Jet Blue, Southwest, and American Airlines. None of which fly from Boston or Providence to Newark without flying way out of the way. It would have taken me 5 or 6 hours of travel to get there on what should be an hour flight. So, even with all the transfers and travel through NY on the way, it's still going to be much quicker than having a layover in Chicago with American, since they are the only one of the 4 that fly into Newark. <sigh> I love the airline industry.

[AnatraAmore]

Sidenote: My mother just booked a flight down to Florida for next month. Guess where she's stopping... oh, the irony!

[tld221]

Originally Posted by ZTAMich

Ya...taking the subway from the stop by JFK to Penn Station will take over an hour according to hopstop.com, plus the extra time on Air Train. LIRR should be shorter.

Hijack, we have to hike to Newark from the Bx to get a direct flight for our trip to St. Thomas next month. UGH.

who are you flying on? i was able to fly direct to STT from JFK... but this was last summer, i dunno. PS have fun! STT is awesome!

[ZTAMich]

Originally Posted by tld221

who are you flying on? i was able to fly direct to STT from JFK... but this was last summer, i dunno. PS have fun! STT is awesome!

Continental. We live in the Bronx tho so really going to JFK is no different than going to Newark. LGA would have been perfect!!

[happyponies]

This should help. For just $24 you can book a direct shuttle on Olympic Airporter. The shuttle runs from JFK directly to Newark. It leaves:9a, 11a, 1p, 3p ,and 4p, 5p, 6p,and 7pYou can either reserve on line at Olympicairporter.comOr book by phone:732-938-6666