Need help from Savy New Yorkers, Please!

Elaine Margarett · Dec 4, 2013

Just found out we have to drive from MD to a business meeting on Madison Ave on Friday. Neither my hubby or I are familiar with the city (eek!). I'm thinking our best bet would be to drive up Thursday afternoon and stay at a hotel outside the city, then take a train into Manhattan and then a taxi to Madison Ave.

Please...any suggestions? I don't want to take our car into the city and worry about finding our way around or even a place to park.

cray · Dec 4, 2013

if train all the way is an option for you that's what i'd do.

i have no idea where you are but taking the train from baltimore or DC to NYC is snap.

ap123 · Dec 4, 2013

Traffic is going to suck on a Friday. Any day, really, but especially Fridays, and especially during the holiday season.

Another vote for skipping the car completely and taking a train to NY.

What info are you looking for? Hotels, restaurants, subway?

Elaine Margarett · Dec 4, 2013

Hubby wants to drive up Thursday for his meeting on Friday. I was thinking we should find a hotel in New Jersey and then he could take the train into the city and then a cab to his appointment. Meeting is located at 300 Madison Ave. One hotel I checked out had a free shuttle to Times Square. Another hotel said it was within walking distance to the train station.

We were told that the meeting location was near Grand Central Station. I was wondering what would be the preferred place to stay in Jersey. Hoboken? North Bergan?

ap123 · Dec 4, 2013

I would try for Jersey City or Hoboken.

cornflake · Dec 4, 2013

Elaine Margarett said:
Hubby wants to drive up Thursday for his meeting on Friday. I was thinking we should find a hotel in New Jersey and then he could take the train into the city and then a cab to his appointment. Meeting is located at 300 Madison Ave. One hotel I checked out had a free shuttle to Times Square. Another hotel said it was within walking distance to the train station.

We were told that the meeting location was near Grand Central Station. I was wondering what would be the preferred place to stay in Jersey. Hoboken? North Bergan?

It'd be so much easier, I'd think, to just take the train the entire way.

If you want to do Thursday - I wouldn't stay in Jersey. I'd never stay in Jersey, honestly. A shuttle to Times Square on a Friday could take you god knows how long. The other day there was a 90-minute delay on I think everything in from Jersey and it wasn't Friday.

If you really don't want to stay in the city, try a hotel in Brooklyn or like Astoria, Queens. Much simpler - you're only taking the subway in.

jjdebenedictis · Dec 4, 2013

Ahem. The Bedbug Registry.

"The New York metro area has the worst infestation in the United States, with over 4000 bed bug reports."

You can check the hotels in a lot of other cities too, depending on where you decide to stay.

Maryn · Dec 4, 2013

I'm not a New Yorker, just a visitor, but if it were my call, I'd stay in the city in any of the hotels near the train station. That way, you're depending not on public transit but on your own two feet to make it to scheduled appointments and events.

Of course, Manhattan hotels are not cheap, and that may be a factor. Definitely nix any idea of driving into the city, though. Traffic can be unbearable, and there are times when no matter how much you're willing to spend, you cannot find a place to park.

Maryn, who always takes the train in

Elaine Margarett · Dec 5, 2013

Thanks all!

Great suggestions and thank you for the Bedbug Link!! Meeting got postponed so now I have the time to thoroughly check out how to get in and out of the city, and get Mr. Margarett's suit dry cleaned.

Need help from Savy New Yorkers, Please!

Elaine Margarett

High and Dry

cray

Superior Life form

ap123

Twitching

Elaine Margarett

High and Dry

ap123

Twitching

cornflake

practical experience, FTW

jjdebenedictis

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Maryn

At Sea

Elaine Margarett

High and Dry