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We plan to drive out east. Lets stay we stay in New Jersey. Will it be possible to get rides via trains/bus back to New Jersey late at night if we check out the NYC night life? Or do the trains/busses close late at night??
We plan to drive out east. Lets stay we stay in New Jersey. Will it be possible to get rides via trains/bus back to New Jersey late at night if we check out the NYC night life? Or do the trains/busses close late at night??
Yes, you just have to dress warmly if it's cold. But the first time I walked over the Brooklyn Bridge at dusk it was a cold, windy winter evening, and still absolutely worth it. The High Line park on top of the old train tracks is also magnificent even in winter, which was the only time I've been there (but also can be windy due to being exposed).
If you can, take a walk from Battery Park at the tip of lower Manhattan, through the Wall Street district, Chinatown and into Greenwich Village. You can see the harbor and the Statue of Liberty, the 9/11 memorial, the NY stock exchange, the great old courthouses in the area, a somewhat gritty and very authentic Chinese immigrant neighborhood, and the nice little streets and townhouses of Greenwich Village all in the space of a mile or two, and Greenwich Village has lots of little bars you can stop in for a drink. I took a roommate who was originally from Utah there and she really loved it. It gives you a great feeling of maritime New York and the older, more historical neighborhoods that are the original core of NYC.
Of course there are a ton of things to do inside if you want to avoid the cold (many of them free)--aside from the big name museums you can walk into the insides of the Empire State Building and the Chrysler building and see the beautiful Art Deco architecture; the Museum of the City of New York on the west side of Central Park is interesting and might still have displays about NYC's 400th anniversary inside; the inside of Grand Central Station is magnificent; Fraunce's Tavern in lower Manhattan is a restaurant that also has a museum--it's the place where George Washington said goodbye to the Continental Army, in a row of very old buildings tucked away among skyscrapers.
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Buses and trains to NJ run 24/7. The best thing to do is to plan ahead. Here is a link to the NJ Transit Trip Planner. This will take into account your location and what trains/buses to take from the City.
Ah damn, sorry, wrong guy! OK, from Saddle Brook you can go about 3 miles to the train station in Garfield, take that to Secaucus Junction (2 stops), then hop on any of several lines that go to Penn Station.
http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0020.pdf
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To get to Yankee Stadium that way, as opposed to one person staying sober to drive back after the game, ugh, not sure if I'd do it UNLESS your plan is to go back into Manhattan to head out after the game.
Decent enough area, however, no trains. Gotta take bus, taxi, or shuttles, to subway/railroad into Manhattan.
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No worries there my friend. It is the "city that never sleeps" and New Jersey has a lot to do with that!
The area around LaGuardia is pretty safe.
Depending on where your hotel is actually located, you may have to check with the front desk to see if they would be able to shuttle you to the nearest subway stop which would probably be along the 7 Line. If you use this Line, get off at Grand Central and grab the 4 Line up to Yankee Stadium. Here is a link to the NYC Subway Map. Wherever you see a dot on the map, you can click on it and you will get more information about the station and the lines that stop at the station.
Thanks a lot! Looks and sounds pretty complicated, but your work checks out on Google Maps. Had to make sure you weren't trying pull one over on us.
We are in. Taking the amtrak from DC and staying at the Hilton in midtown. NYC is super easy to get around in. I would def. suggest buying a pass for the subway rather than paying each time.
I love New York is great and I can't wait to get back.
I love New York is great and I can't wait to get back.
The NY Pass seems to be a good deal to do the Top of the Rock, the Circle Line, Food on Foot. I've never done a pass type thing like this. Any input?
Or take a cab to a train station a few miles from LaGuardia (I think it is the Astoria stop at the end of a line). From there you can take the train to Manhattan and up to the Bronx.
If you offer a good tip to the airport shuttle guy, he may take you to the train station, especially if he isn't busy. I even got his phone number and he came to meet me at a train stop at 4am after going to TerraBlues in Greenwich Village.
P.S. I strongly recommend TerraBlues. It is a great blues joint. Very intimate. And outstanding music.
