 Arriving at JFK on 17 Nov- how do we get to Jersey City?
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:21:55 -0500, jdoe <jdoe@> wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:43:42 +0100, B Vaughan<me@> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:20:49 +0000, Hetts
>><Hetts.2h7ntn@travelbanter.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>Three girls are arriving at JFK on 17th November at 7.00pm and we need
>>>to get to the Hyatt Jersey City. I think the PATH station is Exchange.
>>>we have never been to New York before and do not know our way around.
>>>How is the best way to get there?
>>
>>Since there are three of you, a taxi from the airport to Penn Station
>>might be your best option. There is a fixed cost for the taxi, which I
>>think is $40 plus tolls and a tip. Figure $50 - $55 for the three of
>>you.
>>
>>There is a shuttle bus that could take you to Penn Station, but the
>>cost for three people is not much less than the cost of the taxi, and
>>you would probably have to change bus once, and when you get to the
>>station you would have to find the PATH system.
>>
>>Ask the cab driver to leave you at the entrance to the PATH station,
>>and take the PATH train to Jersey City.
>
>
>very poor instructions, the OP said they were going to Exchange place
>in JC, one way would be to take the airtrain to Howard beach, take the
>Manhattan bound A train from there to Chambers St/ WTC, connect with
>the PATH to Exchange place. Penn Station is a very long block from the
>PATH terminus at 6th ave and 33 rd street and the PATH service there
>does not go to exchange place directly, you'd need to change trains at
>Newport for a WTC train that stops at exchange place.
That I think would be easier than transferring at the Chambers
Street station which is a real pit. I wouldn't send any visitor
there unless they have cleaned it up a lot lately. Truly scary.
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