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Old Oct 16, 2016 | 5:54 am
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Originally Posted by brittwentz
I'd be arriving at 10 ...

I would be taking the Airtran to Jamaica Station then the LIRR to Penn Station. I'm calculating around 1,15 hours each way, plus around 45 mins making it out of the terminal. So let's say i get on the AirTran at 12, arrive downtown around 1pm
There is no way it will take you 2 hours from landing to being on the AirTrain. You've penalized yourself a couple hours in the maths here.

If you land at 10 then you'll almost certainly be in Manhattan by noon. Take the E rather than LIRR and you can get out right at Times Square or near Central Park. It is also cheaper than the LIRR and not much slower (~10-15 minutes max).

If you get off the E train at 53rd & 7th or 53rd & 5th you can walk up to Central Park then down 6th Avenue to Rockefeller Center then further down to Times Square. Finish at 42nd & 8th and hop back on the E train returning to JFK.

Plenty of time to do all that.
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