Z in New York City?

m4a1mustang · 07-21-2009, 08:22 AM

Do you have any idea on when the best time to hit NYC would be? Check in is after 3PM.

I'm pretty sure we're driving. Don't want to spend the money on a train ticket and we might swing by Philadelphia.

qnsblvd · 07-21-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Do you have any idea on when the best time to hit NYC would be? Check in is after 3PM.

I'm pretty sure we're driving. Don't want to spend the money on a train ticket and we might swing by Philadelphia.

I would say as close to 3PM as possible. I'm guessing you're coming from the south. If so, I would say take the Holland Tunnel and work your way up the island to your hotel, which I'm guessing is in Midtown. The Lincoln can be brutal traffic-wise, both when you're approaching it in NJ and trying to get out in Manhattan. Good luck.

m4a1mustang · 07-21-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by qnsblvd

I would say as close to 3PM as possible. I'm guessing you're coming from the south. If so, I would say take the Holland Tunnel and work your way up the island to your hotel, which I'm guessing is in Midtown. The Lincoln can be brutal traffic-wise, both when you're approaching it in NJ and trying to get out in Manhattan. Good luck.

Thanks. GPS/Google has us going in through the LT but I will look into alternate routes as well. I'm definitely beginning to think that getting there before the afternoon rush is going to be best.

jginnane · 07-21-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Do you have any idea on when the best time to hit NYC would be? Check in is after 3PM.

I'm pretty sure we're driving. Don't want to spend the money on a train ticket and we might swing by Philadelphia.

As early as possible! Every hotel has early check-in ... if the room's not ready, your luggage will be left with the valet until it is. You can get there at noon, drop the car, eat lunch and sight-see.

Phila is a day trip by itself. (It has a small but good Chinatown, for instance.)

BTW -- tolls and parking cost more than a RT ticket from Amtrak at Iselin NJ, to say nothing of the risk of something happening in NYC to one of your good cars. Parking tickets start at $70-150, and once a car has a ticket it can be towed at any time, for an extra $250 towing charge, plus possible damage from the tow trucks. (Don't say you weren't warned.)

I think I can safely guarantee that if you drive in this time, your NEXT visit to NYC will be by train, bus or plane.

Alexus · 07-21-2009, 10:57 AM

Manhattan is not exactly MT friendly, and I don't think the valets there drive manual transmissions very often. Better be safe than sorry.

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