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I will be staying in a hotel called Days Inn and Suites Jamaica JFK airport 9566 Tuckerton st, Jamaica and I will be with my wife and 3yrs old kid. What is the best way to visit the statue of Liberty from there ? We would prefer public transport over taxis. We are planning to start from the hotel around 4PM. Thanks.
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I will be staying in a hotel called Days Inn and Suites Jamaica JFK airport 9566 Tuckerton st, Jamaica and I will be with my wife and 3yrs old kid. What is the best way to visit the statue of Liberty from there ? We would prefer public transport over taxis. We are planning to start from the hotel around 4PM. Thanks.
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Depending on when you go, the last ferry can be as early as 3:30 pm. Right now (summer) it's at 5 pm. But you have to pass through security first just like at an airport. nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/hours.htm
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I will be staying in a hotel called Days Inn and Suites Jamaica JFK airport 9566 Tuckerton st, Jamaica and I will be with my wife and 3yrs old kid. What is the best way to visit the statue of Liberty from there ? We would prefer public transport over taxis. We are planning to start from the hotel around 4PM. Thanks.
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I will be staying in a hotel called Days Inn and Suites Jamaica JFK airport 9566 Tuckerton st, Jamaica and I will be with my wife and 3yrs old kid. What is the best way to visit the statue of Liberty from there ? We would prefer public transport over taxis. We are planning to start from the hotel around 4PM. Thanks.
usa public-transport new-york-city
usa public-transport new-york-city
asked Jul 24 '17 at 23:14
Mark Shiffor
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asked Jul 24 '17 at 23:14
Mark Shiffor
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asked Jul 24 '17 at 23:14
Mark Shiffor
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asked Jul 24 '17 at 23:14
Mark Shiffor
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asked Jul 24 '17 at 23:14
Mark Shiffor
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Depending on when you go, the last ferry can be as early as 3:30 pm. Right now (summer) it's at 5 pm. But you have to pass through security first just like at an airport. nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/hours.htm
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Jul 24 '17 at 23:35
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Depending on when you go, the last ferry can be as early as 3:30 pm. Right now (summer) it's at 5 pm. But you have to pass through security first just like at an airport. nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/hours.htm
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Jul 24 '17 at 23:35
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Depending on when you go, the last ferry can be as early as 3:30 pm. Right now (summer) it's at 5 pm. But you have to pass through security first just like at an airport. nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/hours.htm
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Jul 24 '17 at 23:35
Depending on when you go, the last ferry can be as early as 3:30 pm. Right now (summer) it's at 5 pm. But you have to pass through security first just like at an airport. nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/hours.htm
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Jul 24 '17 at 23:35
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A few other public transit routes you could take that might be easier:
Walk to Jamaica Canter, take the J to Broad St. (about 55 minutes), walk 10-15 minutes through the heart of Wall Street to the ferry terminal/security screening in Battery Park. Cost: 1 subway ride. Google calls this 1:15 door-to-door.
Walk to Jamaica Station, board a Long Island Rail Road train for Atlantic Terminal (lookup schedules here, 20 minute ride). Transfer to the 5 (NYC subway) and exit at Bowling Green (8 minutes). Walk into Battery Park for the ferry. Cost: 1 subway ride + 1 LIRR ride. Google calls this 50 minutes door-to-door.
Option #2 will save you 25 minutes or so and is less walking, but at the cost of adding an LIRR fare and the inconvenience of a transfer. Up to you whether that makes sense.
You must, as Andrew Lazarus notes, get tickets in advance and will need to leave the hotel substantially before 4pm to arrive on time, even if you're on the last boat.
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LIRR passengers traveling on the weekend, within city limits, should choose City Ticket, which is considerably less expensive than a normal off-peak ticket. "Within city limits" includes Jamaica to Penn Station in Manhattan, or indeed Jamaica to any other station west of Jamaica, in both directions. I believe these tickets are also valid on holidays.
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Your motel is near JFK airport, and not convenient to tourist attractions. However, you are very close to the subway station for the E train, which goes into Manhattan with very few stops.
I'm not a subway expert (but here is the map), but I would suggest taking the E to the Lexington/53rd station, transferring to a Lexington Avenue Local (6) southbound for one stop to Grand Central, and changing there to the Lexington Ave Express (5) bound for Bowling Green. Bowling Green is near the ferry terminal for the Statue of Liberty. The transfer at 53rd involves a rather lengthy enclosed corridor: when first built, these stations did not connect and did not offer free transfer. My recollection is that the change at Grand Central is from one side of the platform to the other.
Tickets for the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are available in advance and do sell out.
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A few other public transit routes you could take that might be easier:
Walk to Jamaica Canter, take the J to Broad St. (about 55 minutes), walk 10-15 minutes through the heart of Wall Street to the ferry terminal/security screening in Battery Park. Cost: 1 subway ride. Google calls this 1:15 door-to-door.
Walk to Jamaica Station, board a Long Island Rail Road train for Atlantic Terminal (lookup schedules here, 20 minute ride). Transfer to the 5 (NYC subway) and exit at Bowling Green (8 minutes). Walk into Battery Park for the ferry. Cost: 1 subway ride + 1 LIRR ride. Google calls this 50 minutes door-to-door.
Option #2 will save you 25 minutes or so and is less walking, but at the cost of adding an LIRR fare and the inconvenience of a transfer. Up to you whether that makes sense.
You must, as Andrew Lazarus notes, get tickets in advance and will need to leave the hotel substantially before 4pm to arrive on time, even if you're on the last boat.
edited Jul 25 '17 at 17:14
Andrew Lazarus
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answered Jul 25 '17 at 0:39
Zach Lipton
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LIRR passengers traveling on the weekend, within city limits, should choose City Ticket, which is considerably less expensive than a normal off-peak ticket. "Within city limits" includes Jamaica to Penn Station in Manhattan, or indeed Jamaica to any other station west of Jamaica, in both directions. I believe these tickets are also valid on holidays.
– phoog
Jul 25 '17 at 17:17
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
A few other public transit routes you could take that might be easier:
Walk to Jamaica Canter, take the J to Broad St. (about 55 minutes), walk 10-15 minutes through the heart of Wall Street to the ferry terminal/security screening in Battery Park. Cost: 1 subway ride. Google calls this 1:15 door-to-door.
Walk to Jamaica Station, board a Long Island Rail Road train for Atlantic Terminal (lookup schedules here, 20 minute ride). Transfer to the 5 (NYC subway) and exit at Bowling Green (8 minutes). Walk into Battery Park for the ferry. Cost: 1 subway ride + 1 LIRR ride. Google calls this 50 minutes door-to-door.
Option #2 will save you 25 minutes or so and is less walking, but at the cost of adding an LIRR fare and the inconvenience of a transfer. Up to you whether that makes sense.
You must, as Andrew Lazarus notes, get tickets in advance and will need to leave the hotel substantially before 4pm to arrive on time, even if you're on the last boat.
edited Jul 25 '17 at 17:14
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
answered Jul 25 '17 at 0:39
Zach Lipton
57.7k10175236
2
LIRR passengers traveling on the weekend, within city limits, should choose City Ticket, which is considerably less expensive than a normal off-peak ticket. "Within city limits" includes Jamaica to Penn Station in Manhattan, or indeed Jamaica to any other station west of Jamaica, in both directions. I believe these tickets are also valid on holidays.
– phoog
Jul 25 '17 at 17:17
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
A few other public transit routes you could take that might be easier:
Walk to Jamaica Canter, take the J to Broad St. (about 55 minutes), walk 10-15 minutes through the heart of Wall Street to the ferry terminal/security screening in Battery Park. Cost: 1 subway ride. Google calls this 1:15 door-to-door.
Walk to Jamaica Station, board a Long Island Rail Road train for Atlantic Terminal (lookup schedules here, 20 minute ride). Transfer to the 5 (NYC subway) and exit at Bowling Green (8 minutes). Walk into Battery Park for the ferry. Cost: 1 subway ride + 1 LIRR ride. Google calls this 50 minutes door-to-door.
Option #2 will save you 25 minutes or so and is less walking, but at the cost of adding an LIRR fare and the inconvenience of a transfer. Up to you whether that makes sense.
You must, as Andrew Lazarus notes, get tickets in advance and will need to leave the hotel substantially before 4pm to arrive on time, even if you're on the last boat.
edited Jul 25 '17 at 17:14
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
answered Jul 25 '17 at 0:39
Zach Lipton
57.7k10175236
A few other public transit routes you could take that might be easier:
Walk to Jamaica Canter, take the J to Broad St. (about 55 minutes), walk 10-15 minutes through the heart of Wall Street to the ferry terminal/security screening in Battery Park. Cost: 1 subway ride. Google calls this 1:15 door-to-door.
Walk to Jamaica Station, board a Long Island Rail Road train for Atlantic Terminal (lookup schedules here, 20 minute ride). Transfer to the 5 (NYC subway) and exit at Bowling Green (8 minutes). Walk into Battery Park for the ferry. Cost: 1 subway ride + 1 LIRR ride. Google calls this 50 minutes door-to-door.
Option #2 will save you 25 minutes or so and is less walking, but at the cost of adding an LIRR fare and the inconvenience of a transfer. Up to you whether that makes sense.
You must, as Andrew Lazarus notes, get tickets in advance and will need to leave the hotel substantially before 4pm to arrive on time, even if you're on the last boat.
edited Jul 25 '17 at 17:14
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
answered Jul 25 '17 at 0:39
Zach Lipton
57.7k10175236
edited Jul 25 '17 at 17:14
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
edited Jul 25 '17 at 17:14
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
edited Jul 25 '17 at 17:14
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
12k22252
answered Jul 25 '17 at 0:39
Zach Lipton
57.7k10175236
answered Jul 25 '17 at 0:39
Zach Lipton
57.7k10175236
answered Jul 25 '17 at 0:39
Zach Lipton
57.7k10175236
57.7k10175236
2
LIRR passengers traveling on the weekend, within city limits, should choose City Ticket, which is considerably less expensive than a normal off-peak ticket. "Within city limits" includes Jamaica to Penn Station in Manhattan, or indeed Jamaica to any other station west of Jamaica, in both directions. I believe these tickets are also valid on holidays.
– phoog
Jul 25 '17 at 17:17
add a comment |
2
LIRR passengers traveling on the weekend, within city limits, should choose City Ticket, which is considerably less expensive than a normal off-peak ticket. "Within city limits" includes Jamaica to Penn Station in Manhattan, or indeed Jamaica to any other station west of Jamaica, in both directions. I believe these tickets are also valid on holidays.
– phoog
Jul 25 '17 at 17:17
2
2
LIRR passengers traveling on the weekend, within city limits, should choose City Ticket, which is considerably less expensive than a normal off-peak ticket. "Within city limits" includes Jamaica to Penn Station in Manhattan, or indeed Jamaica to any other station west of Jamaica, in both directions. I believe these tickets are also valid on holidays.
– phoog
Jul 25 '17 at 17:17
LIRR passengers traveling on the weekend, within city limits, should choose City Ticket, which is considerably less expensive than a normal off-peak ticket. "Within city limits" includes Jamaica to Penn Station in Manhattan, or indeed Jamaica to any other station west of Jamaica, in both directions. I believe these tickets are also valid on holidays.
– phoog
Jul 25 '17 at 17:17
add a comment |
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3
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Your motel is near JFK airport, and not convenient to tourist attractions. However, you are very close to the subway station for the E train, which goes into Manhattan with very few stops.
I'm not a subway expert (but here is the map), but I would suggest taking the E to the Lexington/53rd station, transferring to a Lexington Avenue Local (6) southbound for one stop to Grand Central, and changing there to the Lexington Ave Express (5) bound for Bowling Green. Bowling Green is near the ferry terminal for the Statue of Liberty. The transfer at 53rd involves a rather lengthy enclosed corridor: when first built, these stations did not connect and did not offer free transfer. My recollection is that the change at Grand Central is from one side of the platform to the other.
Tickets for the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are available in advance and do sell out.
answered Jul 24 '17 at 23:59
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
add a comment |
up vote
3
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Your motel is near JFK airport, and not convenient to tourist attractions. However, you are very close to the subway station for the E train, which goes into Manhattan with very few stops.
I'm not a subway expert (but here is the map), but I would suggest taking the E to the Lexington/53rd station, transferring to a Lexington Avenue Local (6) southbound for one stop to Grand Central, and changing there to the Lexington Ave Express (5) bound for Bowling Green. Bowling Green is near the ferry terminal for the Statue of Liberty. The transfer at 53rd involves a rather lengthy enclosed corridor: when first built, these stations did not connect and did not offer free transfer. My recollection is that the change at Grand Central is from one side of the platform to the other.
Tickets for the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are available in advance and do sell out.
answered Jul 24 '17 at 23:59
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
Your motel is near JFK airport, and not convenient to tourist attractions. However, you are very close to the subway station for the E train, which goes into Manhattan with very few stops.
I'm not a subway expert (but here is the map), but I would suggest taking the E to the Lexington/53rd station, transferring to a Lexington Avenue Local (6) southbound for one stop to Grand Central, and changing there to the Lexington Ave Express (5) bound for Bowling Green. Bowling Green is near the ferry terminal for the Statue of Liberty. The transfer at 53rd involves a rather lengthy enclosed corridor: when first built, these stations did not connect and did not offer free transfer. My recollection is that the change at Grand Central is from one side of the platform to the other.
Tickets for the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are available in advance and do sell out.
answered Jul 24 '17 at 23:59
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
Your motel is near JFK airport, and not convenient to tourist attractions. However, you are very close to the subway station for the E train, which goes into Manhattan with very few stops.
I'm not a subway expert (but here is the map), but I would suggest taking the E to the Lexington/53rd station, transferring to a Lexington Avenue Local (6) southbound for one stop to Grand Central, and changing there to the Lexington Ave Express (5) bound for Bowling Green. Bowling Green is near the ferry terminal for the Statue of Liberty. The transfer at 53rd involves a rather lengthy enclosed corridor: when first built, these stations did not connect and did not offer free transfer. My recollection is that the change at Grand Central is from one side of the platform to the other.
Tickets for the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are available in advance and do sell out.
answered Jul 24 '17 at 23:59
Andrew Lazarus
12k22252
answered Jul 24 '17 at 23:59
Andrew Lazarus
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answered Jul 24 '17 at 23:59
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Depending on when you go, the last ferry can be as early as 3:30 pm. Right now (summer) it's at 5 pm. But you have to pass through security first just like at an airport. nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/hours.htm
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
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