Morning,
I'll be landing at JFK at around 10:30pm-11:30pm on Saturday evening, from there I'm sure I'll be stuck trying to clear security for a good hour or two which means I'll be out and on my way at say 12:30am Sunday morning.
I then need to get to our hotel which is right by Exchange Place (Path) in Jersey City. A taxi to Manhattan is fixed at $56 but as we are just outside the island and with a toll to pay it would be closer to $100, same with Uber especially at the time of night.
This leaves me with the option of public transport. As far as I can tell I have a few options;
1) Get the JFK AirTrain to Howard Beach and then get the A train (Blue) all the way to WTC, change to the Path and head 1 stop across to Exchange Place.
2) Get the JFK AirTrain to Jamaica Center and then get the E train (Blue) all to way to WTC, change to the Path and head 1 stop across to Exchange Place.
3) Get the JFK AirTran to Jamaica Centre and then get the LIRR to Penn Station. From there I must find a way to WTC to get the Path but there doesn't appear to be an obvious easy way.
4) Taxi ($56) to WTC and then change to the Path and head 1 stop across to Exchange Place.
We had planned to get 7 day Path ($30) and 7 day metro ($30) cards for the week anyway so option 1 and 2 should effectively be 'free' or close enough to. Option 4 is the most expensive, option 3 is probably the quickest way to Manhattan but then we are stuck trying to get to WTC.
I need to factor in that we'll have just come off an 8 hour flight, and spent 2 hours fighting security. My main concern with option 1 and 2 is the safety of the trains at that time of the morning (especially option 1 which goes through Brooklyn).
TL : DR - 12:30am on Sunday, need to get from JFK to Jersey City.
I'll be landing at JFK at around 10:30pm-11:30pm on Saturday evening, from there I'm sure I'll be stuck trying to clear security for a good hour or two which means I'll be out and on my way at say 12:30am Sunday morning.
I then need to get to our hotel which is right by Exchange Place (Path) in Jersey City. A taxi to Manhattan is fixed at $56 but as we are just outside the island and with a toll to pay it would be closer to $100, same with Uber especially at the time of night.
This leaves me with the option of public transport. As far as I can tell I have a few options;
1) Get the JFK AirTrain to Howard Beach and then get the A train (Blue) all the way to WTC, change to the Path and head 1 stop across to Exchange Place.
2) Get the JFK AirTrain to Jamaica Center and then get the E train (Blue) all to way to WTC, change to the Path and head 1 stop across to Exchange Place.
3) Get the JFK AirTran to Jamaica Centre and then get the LIRR to Penn Station. From there I must find a way to WTC to get the Path but there doesn't appear to be an obvious easy way.
4) Taxi ($56) to WTC and then change to the Path and head 1 stop across to Exchange Place.
We had planned to get 7 day Path ($30) and 7 day metro ($30) cards for the week anyway so option 1 and 2 should effectively be 'free' or close enough to. Option 4 is the most expensive, option 3 is probably the quickest way to Manhattan but then we are stuck trying to get to WTC.
I need to factor in that we'll have just come off an 8 hour flight, and spent 2 hours fighting security. My main concern with option 1 and 2 is the safety of the trains at that time of the morning (especially option 1 which goes through Brooklyn).
TL : DR - 12:30am on Sunday, need to get from JFK to Jersey City.
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