1st visit from UK

Hi

My family of 5 adults will be in NY early April.
A few questions:
as there are 5 of us a taxi is difficult, is the airtrain from JFK into the
city(we are staying Lower manhatten) a good option?

is it advisable (or possible) to buy metro day tickets in advance from
overseas?

I am going with my son to Stony Brook University overnight. Is there an
alternative route other than train from Penn station?

thanks for looking

Laurence

Laurence wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> My family of 5 adults will be in NY early April.
> A few questions:
> as there are 5 of us a taxi is difficult, is the airtrain from JFK into the
> city(we are staying Lower manhatten) a good option?

Airtrain doesn't go into the city; it takes you to one of two subway
stations, each of which is near the end of a quite long ride into
Midtown (and one of which is on the now severely restricted A train).
You'd have quite a walk from the Airtrain station in Jamaica to the
subway platform for the E or F.

If you're staying at a hotel, they might have a bus or other transport
direct from the airport.

> is it advisable (or possible) to buy metro day tickets in advance from
> overseas?

I doubt it, but there are ticket machines in every station and they take
credit cards.

> I am going with my son to Stony Brook University overnight. Is there an
> alternative route other than train from Penn station?

It's about a 70-minute drive.

> thanks for looking
>
> Laurence

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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net

thanks for the reply Peter, I've decided that the best way from JFK to our
hotel would be a private shuttle.

thanks

Laurence
"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Laurence wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> My family of 5 adults will be in NY early April.
>> A few questions:
>> as there are 5 of us a taxi is difficult, is the airtrain from JFK into
>> the
>> city(we are staying Lower manhatten) a good option?
>
> Airtrain doesn't go into the city; it takes you to one of two subway
> stations, each of which is near the end of a quite long ride into
> Midtown (and one of which is on the now severely restricted A train).
> You'd have quite a walk from the Airtrain station in Jamaica to the
> subway platform for the E or F.
>
> If you're staying at a hotel, they might have a bus or other transport
> direct from the airport.
>
>> is it advisable (or possible) to buy metro day tickets in advance from
>> overseas?
>
> I doubt it, but there are ticket machines in every station and they take
> credit cards.
>
>> I am going with my son to Stony Brook University overnight. Is there an
>> alternative route other than train from Penn station?
>
> It's about a 70-minute drive.
>
>> thanks for looking
>>
>> Laurence
>
> --
> Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net