Aug 27, 2016, 7:54 pm
Last edit by: progapanda
Effective MAY 5 2018 - FHV pickup for Terminal B permanently located on 2nd level of garage - https://twitter.com/lgacentral/statu...10117236142080 - exit the Departures level and proceed to the bridge at the far right, enter the Garage, and find your lettered pickup lane/column.
FHV pickup for Terminals C and D require taking a free shuttle to the Marine Air Terminal for pickup at that location. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/new-...minal-c-d.html
As of August 2019, FHV pickup for Terminals C and D is now available in the curb area between the two terminals.
As of August 2019 - Yellow Taxi pickup for Terminal B may require shuttle bus transfer during peak traffic periods. Yellow Taxi pickup for Terminals C and D is via shuttle bus to Terminal A at all times! - https://twitter.com/LGAairport/status/994659741568774155/photo/1
LGA Airport Travel Advisories [Official Site]:
http://laguardiaairport.com/traveladvisories/
LGA Airport - Changes to MTA Bus Routes [Official Site]:
http://laguardiaairport.com/news/cha...-at-laguardia/
LGA-Area Traffic [Google Maps]:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7636.../data=!5m1!1e1
NYC DOT Traffic Camera - Grand Central Parkway at 27th Ave (LGA Central Terminal Entrance):
http://dotsignals.org/google_popup.php?cid=679
LGA Redevelopment Website:
https://www.anewlga.com/
LGA New Rideshare / For-Hire Vehicle Rules (as of 5 Apr 2017):
http://laguardiaairport.com/news/fhv-pick-up/
http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/pre...adLine_id=2667
As of August 2019, FHV pickup for Terminals C and D is now available in the curb area between the two terminals.
As of August 2019 - Yellow Taxi pickup for Terminal B may require shuttle bus transfer during peak traffic periods. Yellow Taxi pickup for Terminals C and D is via shuttle bus to Terminal A at all times! - https://twitter.com/LGAairport/status/994659741568774155/photo/1
LGA Airport Travel Advisories [Official Site]:
http://laguardiaairport.com/traveladvisories/
LGA Airport - Changes to MTA Bus Routes [Official Site]:
http://laguardiaairport.com/news/cha...-at-laguardia/
LGA-Area Traffic [Google Maps]:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7636.../data=!5m1!1e1
NYC DOT Traffic Camera - Grand Central Parkway at 27th Ave (LGA Central Terminal Entrance):
http://dotsignals.org/google_popup.php?cid=679
LGA Redevelopment Website:
https://www.anewlga.com/
http://laguardiaairport.com/news/fhv-pick-up/
http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/pre...adLine_id=2667
LGA Traffic Nightmare: Redevelopment 2016–≈2020; New For-Hire Vehicle & Taxi Pickups
May 10, 2018, 4:44 pm
#302
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It was a nightmare on Sunday @ 5 PM. All regular existing garage traffic plus TLC cars exit through the parking garage gates. Then get funneled into a single lane of traffic that must merge.
It took 40+ minutes for our car to reach us then exit the garage. With I would have dealt with the 15-20 minute taxi line.
It took 40+ minutes for our car to reach us then exit the garage. With I would have dealt with the 15-20 minute taxi line.
May 12, 2018, 11:23 am
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I was there last Sunday as well. Obviously pick up was a much smoother experience compared to the old Shuttle Bus and it was actually less chaotic than the old curbside pickup at Terminal B, but it was indeed a 15-20 min wait to exit the garage. I don’t know what they were thinking by only having a single lane for the exit
May 13, 2018, 6:52 am
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May 29, 2018, 1:01 pm
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A quick question for the LGA regulars on here: have a 10am flight Friday out of B and will be coming in from CT on the Metro-North. Options are either to get off at Harlem-125th and take the M60, or to continue to Grand Central, take the 7 train to Woodside and then the Q70. I've had some pretty poor experiences on the M60 so I'm leaning toward the second option, but was wondering if anyone had any advice / opinions regarding taking the bus to LGA / how traffic would be at this time etc. Thanks in advance!
May 29, 2018, 3:09 pm
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A quick question for the LGA regulars on here: have a 10am flight Friday out of B and will be coming in from CT on the Metro-North. Options are either to get off at Harlem-125th and take the M60, or to continue to Grand Central, take the 7 train to Woodside and then the Q70. I've had some pretty poor experiences on the M60 so I'm leaning toward the second option, but was wondering if anyone had any advice / opinions regarding taking the bus to LGA / how traffic would be at this time etc. Thanks in advance!
May 30, 2018, 6:51 am
#307
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Though I'm an M60 user, heard some good things about Q70 now that it is Select Bus Service, it might make up for the time on the 7 if the Triboro Bridge (err, sorry Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) has heavy traffic, both have Terminal B as their first airport stop.
Probably still stick with the M60, I know will be on that since in June I'm on B6 out of Terminal A and Q70 doesn't go there just the last stop on the M60.
Probably still stick with the M60, I know will be on that since in June I'm on B6 out of Terminal A and Q70 doesn't go there just the last stop on the M60.
May 30, 2018, 11:04 am
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The M60 is an SBS route now, too.
Maybe take a look at Google Maps when you're on the train. If there is a lot of red along 125th Street between Park Ave and the river and/or on the Triboro/RFK bridge, but the BQE (aka I-278) between Broadway and the Grand Central Parkway looks clear, then go for the 7-to-Q70 routing. Otherwise, I'd probably stick with the M60 as it's so much more direct. Google Maps "typical traffic" for Friday 8:30am is pretty clear along the M60 route. And Google Transit quotes 35 minutes from 125th/Park to LGA via M60 vs. 38 minutes from GCT to LGA via 7 and Q70 (not including the time it takes your MNR train to get from 125th to GCT).
Note also that you only want to get off the 7 at Woodside if you're on a 7 express (a train with the 7 in a diamond). If you're on a 7 local (with a circle), I'm pretty sure you want to stay on the train to Roosevelt Av/Jackson Heights and switch to the Q70 there rather than getting off at Woodside and being at the mercy of street traffic for the trip between Woodside and Jackson Heights.
Maybe take a look at Google Maps when you're on the train. If there is a lot of red along 125th Street between Park Ave and the river and/or on the Triboro/RFK bridge, but the BQE (aka I-278) between Broadway and the Grand Central Parkway looks clear, then go for the 7-to-Q70 routing. Otherwise, I'd probably stick with the M60 as it's so much more direct. Google Maps "typical traffic" for Friday 8:30am is pretty clear along the M60 route. And Google Transit quotes 35 minutes from 125th/Park to LGA via M60 vs. 38 minutes from GCT to LGA via 7 and Q70 (not including the time it takes your MNR train to get from 125th to GCT).
Note also that you only want to get off the 7 at Woodside if you're on a 7 express (a train with the 7 in a diamond). If you're on a 7 local (with a circle), I'm pretty sure you want to stay on the train to Roosevelt Av/Jackson Heights and switch to the Q70 there rather than getting off at Woodside and being at the mercy of street traffic for the trip between Woodside and Jackson Heights.
May 30, 2018, 12:16 pm
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The M60 is an SBS route now, too.
Maybe take a look at Google Maps when you're on the train. If there is a lot of red along 125th Street between Park Ave and the river and/or on the Triboro/RFK bridge, but the BQE (aka I-278) between Broadway and the Grand Central Parkway looks clear, then go for the 7-to-Q70 routing. Otherwise, I'd probably stick with the M60 as it's so much more direct. Google Maps "typical traffic" for Friday 8:30am is pretty clear along the M60 route. And Google Transit quotes 35 minutes from 125th/Park to LGA via M60 vs. 38 minutes from GCT to LGA via 7 and Q70 (not including the time it takes your MNR train to get from 125th to GCT).
Note also that you only want to get off the 7 at Woodside if you're on a 7 express (a train with the 7 in a diamond). If you're on a 7 local (with a circle), I'm pretty sure you want to stay on the train to Roosevelt Av/Jackson Heights and switch to the Q70 there rather than getting off at Woodside and being at the mercy of street traffic for the trip between Woodside and Jackson Heights.
Maybe take a look at Google Maps when you're on the train. If there is a lot of red along 125th Street between Park Ave and the river and/or on the Triboro/RFK bridge, but the BQE (aka I-278) between Broadway and the Grand Central Parkway looks clear, then go for the 7-to-Q70 routing. Otherwise, I'd probably stick with the M60 as it's so much more direct. Google Maps "typical traffic" for Friday 8:30am is pretty clear along the M60 route. And Google Transit quotes 35 minutes from 125th/Park to LGA via M60 vs. 38 minutes from GCT to LGA via 7 and Q70 (not including the time it takes your MNR train to get from 125th to GCT).
Note also that you only want to get off the 7 at Woodside if you're on a 7 express (a train with the 7 in a diamond). If you're on a 7 local (with a circle), I'm pretty sure you want to stay on the train to Roosevelt Av/Jackson Heights and switch to the Q70 there rather than getting off at Woodside and being at the mercy of street traffic for the trip between Woodside and Jackson Heights.
May 30, 2018, 12:20 pm
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I know will be on that since in June I'm on B6 out of Terminal A and Q70 doesn't go there just the last stop on the M60.
May 30, 2018, 1:16 pm
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May 31, 2018, 6:52 am
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Note also that you only want to get off the 7 at Woodside if you're on a 7 express (a train with the 7 in a diamond). If you're on a 7 local (with a circle), I'm pretty sure you want to stay on the train to Roosevelt Av/Jackson Heights and switch to the Q70 there rather than getting off at Woodside and being at the mercy of street traffic for the trip between Woodside and Jackson Heights.
You can get the Q70 SBS at 74th St Roosevelt it is 15 scheduled minutes to LGA and Q70 is 20 scheduled minutes from Woodside 7 local stop.
Jun 1, 2018, 6:34 am
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However closing the loop on this: arrived Harlem-125th 7.04am, got my ticket at 125/Lex at 7.10, bus arrived 7.14 or thereabouts and got to Terminal B 7.42. So just under half an hour, and relatively painless. And now I'm safely ensconced in the United Club (which is the one good thing about flying UA out of LGA) watching the fog lift, and thinking that I really could have taken a later train out of CT. Ah well.
Jun 1, 2018, 8:41 am
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Last took it in 2016 when it was SBS and it was pretty dire (so I switched to flying into EWR after that).
However closing the loop on this: arrived Harlem-125th 7.04am, got my ticket at 125/Lex at 7.10, bus arrived 7.14 or thereabouts and got to Terminal B 7.42. So just under half an hour, and relatively painless. And now I'm safely ensconced in the United Club (which is the one good thing about flying UA out of LGA) watching the fog lift, and thinking that I really could have taken a later train out of CT. Ah well.
However closing the loop on this: arrived Harlem-125th 7.04am, got my ticket at 125/Lex at 7.10, bus arrived 7.14 or thereabouts and got to Terminal B 7.42. So just under half an hour, and relatively painless. And now I'm safely ensconced in the United Club (which is the one good thing about flying UA out of LGA) watching the fog lift, and thinking that I really could have taken a later train out of CT. Ah well.