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how to drive from Bronx to Manhattan First Avenue
We are Californian on New England vacation next month.
How do I drive from Bronx 278 Buckner Expressway south bound to Park Avenue in Manhattan? Actually, I will br drive from New Heaven, Connecticut. I am look at the map and do not know I should take the Triborough Bridge in the Randalls Island and drive into Franklin Roosevelt Drive along the East Rivier? Or, I should take the Thrid Avenue Bridge from Bronx into Manhattan Third Avenue. What are each option toll charges? According to Google Map direction, I should take the Triborough Bridge to get on 125th Street, Manhattan. What are the toll charges? I need to program the GPS so that I can drive and get there safely. Thank you. |
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how to drive from Bronx to Manhattan First Avenue
On Sep 21, 2:40*pm, "ArbH" wrote:
We are Californian on New England vacation next month. How do I drive from Bronx 278 Buckner Expressway south bound to Park Avenue in Manhattan? Actually, I will br drive from New Heaven, Connecticut. I am look at the map and do not know I should take the Triborough Bridge in the Randalls Island and drive into Franklin Roosevelt Drive along the East Rivier? Or, I should take the Thrid Avenue Bridge from Bronx into Manhattan Third Avenue. What are each option toll charges? According to Google Map direction, I should take the Triborough Bridge to get on 125th Street, Manhattan. What are the toll charges? I need to program the GPS so that I can drive and get there safely. Thank you. Toll charges may be found on the MTA website www.mta.info, under tunnels & brides. Traffic is usually very heavy. You may find it easier to take the train from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal. Same website, under Metro North, then trains to Grand Central Terminal on the schedule. Express trains run frequently all day long.. |
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You may find it easier to take the train from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal. Same website, under Metro North, then trains to Grand Central Terminal on the schedule. Express trains run frequently all day long.. Metro-North discounts all of their one way and round trip tickets by 5% if you buy them on line. Delivery to California should take about a week. It'll save you some hassle. Go to www.mta.info and look for Web Ticket on Metro-North's part of the site. Michael Finfer Bridgewater, NJ |
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how to drive from Bronx to Manhattan First Avenue
We are Californian on New England vacation next month.
How do I drive from Bronx 278 Buckner Expressway south bound to Park Avenue in Manhattan? Actually, I will br drive from New Heaven, Connecticut. You're really better off taking the train from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal which is on Park Ave in the middle of New York. The round trip offpeak fare is $28, less than what you'd pay just to park in Manhattan, not to mention the bridge and thruway tolls. If you've never driven in NYC traffic, you won't enjoy it as your GPS keeps telling you to make turns that the traffic won't permit. Trains go at least hourly all day, more often at busy times. See http://mta.info/mnr/html/planning/sc.../schedules.htm for New Haven line schedules. R's, John |
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how to drive from Bronx to Manhattan First Avenue
John Levine writes:
You're really better off taking the train from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal which is on Park Ave in the middle of New York. The round trip offpeak fare is $28.... If you do this, be aware that there are multiple train services from New Haven to New York. John is talking about the Metro-North trains. There are also Amtrak trains in two grades, Regional and Acela, with two classes of seating on each. Amtrak is less frequent and I'd expect even the cheapest trip to cost quite a lot more than $28, but it also has nicer seats and on-board refreshments, which Metro-North does not. Travel time will be about the same for either service. Amtrak and Metro-North use the same station in New Haven (very likely they have separate ticket windows, so you have to use the right one) but in New York they use different stations, about a mile apart -- Metro-North uses Grand Central, as stated, while Amtrak uses Penn(sylvania) Station. See http://mta.info/mnr/html/planning/sc.../schedules.htm And see under http://www.amtrak.com if you want to consider Amtrak. -- Mark Brader "The best you can write will be the best you are. Toronto Every sentence is the result of a long probation." -- Henry David Thoreau, 1841 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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how to drive from Bronx to Manhattan First Avenue
You're really better off taking the train from New Haven to Grand
Central Terminal which is on Park Ave in the middle of New York. The round trip offpeak fare is $28.... If you do this, be aware that there are multiple train services from New Haven to New York. John is talking about the Metro-North trains. There are also Amtrak trains in two grades, Regional and Acela, with two classes of seating on each. Amtrak is less frequent and I'd expect even the cheapest trip to cost quite a lot more than $28, ... The cheapest Amtrak round trip fare is a ridiculous $68. It doesn't make sense to use Amtrak for such a short trip. has nicer seats and on-board refreshments, which Metro-North does not. I gather you've never experienced the Bar Car. See the Metro-North schedule for details. R's, John |
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how to drive from Bronx to Manhattan First Avenue
Mark Brader:
Amtrak is less frequent and I'd expect even the cheapest trip to cost quite a lot more than $28, ... John Levine: The cheapest Amtrak round trip fare is a ridiculous $68. There, see? It doesn't make sense to use Amtrak for such a short trip. That's your opinion. Maybe someone else would like to see what the trains are like, or whatever. In any case, if they don't want to use Amtrak, they still need to be aware of it so they know to buy a Metro-North ticket. I gather you've never experienced the Bar Car [on Metro-North]... You're right, I did not know they had that. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Could you guys please stop agreeing? | It's wearing me out." --Bob Lieblich My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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how to drive from Bronx to Manhattan First Avenue
John Levine wrote:
ArbH wrote: We are Californian on New England vacation next month. How do I drive from Bronx 278 Buckner Expressway south bound to Park Avenue in Manhattan? Actually, I will br drive from New Heaven, Connecticut. You're really better off taking the train from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal which is on Park Ave in the middle of New York. The round trip offpeak fare is $28, less than what you'd pay just to park in Manhattan, not to mention the bridge and thruway tolls. While I like to encourage mass transit use, for a group of people travelling together, driving will be much cheaper. It's very easy to find free street parking on the far Upper East Side (just be sure to read all the signs), or very cheap garage parking in the highrise apartment buildings in the east 90s. Even in Midtown, it's easy to park for far less than $56 per day. And it's very easy to avoid tolls -- see my other post for the bridge, and take the Hutchinson River Parkway to avoid the $1.75 northbound- only toll on I-95 in New Rochelle. (The parkway route is also more scenic than I-95, and usually has less traffic.) Of course, the train could be less stressful, *if* the schedules work out, you don't have a lot of luggage, and your origin and destination are convenient to stations. Jimmy |
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how to drive from Bronx to Manhattan First Avenue
On 2009-09-21 17:41:35 -0400, John Levine said:
We are Californian on New England vacation next month. How do I drive from Bronx 278 Buckner Expressway south bound to Park Avenue in Manhattan? Actually, I will br drive from New Heaven, Connecticut. You're really better off taking the train from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal which is on Park Ave in the middle of New York. The round trip offpeak fare is $28, less than what you'd pay just to park in Manhattan, not to mention the bridge and thruway tolls. If you've never driven in NYC traffic, you won't enjoy it as your GPS keeps telling you to make turns that the traffic won't permit. Trains go at least hourly all day, more often at busy times. See http://mta.info/mnr/html/planning/sc.../schedules.htm for New Haven line schedules. There are two people traveling. Thats $56 for the both of them. Better to drive. -- "A nickel isn't worth a dime today." - Y. Berra |
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how to drive from Bronx to Manhattan First Avenue
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:30:28 -0400, Slim wrote:
On 2009-09-21 17:41:35 -0400, John Levine said: We are Californian on New England vacation next month. How do I drive from Bronx 278 Buckner Expressway south bound to Park Avenue in Manhattan? Actually, I will br drive from New Heaven, Connecticut. You're really better off taking the train from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal which is on Park Ave in the middle of New York. The round trip offpeak fare is $28, less than what you'd pay just to park in Manhattan, not to mention the bridge and thruway tolls. If you've never driven in NYC traffic, you won't enjoy it as your GPS keeps telling you to make turns that the traffic won't permit. Trains go at least hourly all day, more often at busy times. See http://mta.info/mnr/html/planning/sc.../schedules.htm for New Haven line schedules. There are two people traveling. Thats $56 for the both of them. Better to drive. I don't know the exact costs for driving, but here are some approximations: Tolls: $15 Parking: $20 160 miles RT $40 (at .25 per mile) ___ Total: $75 $75 (and my guess is that's on the low side) is more than $56. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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