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DFW-EXPLAT
Lastly, if you are trying to get to Manhattan on the cheap and don't want to pay the $45 straight cabfare from LGA, I believe LGA Airporter makes the run in their coach buses for $12.75 one way. They drop at the Port Authority at 42nd- from there it's a short (and much cheaper) cab ride to Schwartz.
I wouldn't waste a cabbie's time for a 4-6 block ride.